Yea they growing like crazy. In the past couple weeks there has been sooo much more white growth between the scutes on their carapace and a little red line in the middle of their growth ring. The tort to the left has some pyramiding and I have been taking pictures of his growth to monitor it and the gaps between the scutes have been filling up with brand new keratin. I have been seriously trying to up the humidity by daily or sometimes every other day soaks and I spray them and their cage down with warm water or room temperature water if their shell feels warm, many times a day. I also live in Florida so there is a ton of humidity and they have an outdoor enclosure coming soon!
Yeah, it's nice to see evenly growing russians because so many seem to have stuck scutes and then grow all weird. I don't think you need to worry about the humidity, adults/semi adults don't really need it as much and yours look like they're growing perfectly. I see what you mean about the pyramiding, but that isn't really pyramiding and I think the shell is going to grow naturally like that no matter what. It doesn't look bad, either. Also, once your outdoor enclosure is complete, I would love to see pictures!!
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Thanks! I think they are both "pretty" young, both are either females or very young males. The one to the left is almost definitely a girl. She has just a fat short nuben for a tail and she always has it down. The other has a longer tail and has it to the side a lot but if you flip he/she over the tail does not go past the gap between the anal scutes. I also think it is partly because of her personality too. She is a much more timid little tort and when she is relaxed either soaking or sitting on my lap, she has it down. I have noticed that she has it down by default but brings it up when some of the substrate touches and irritates it. Very gross but both have the star-shaped bottom not slit. Both are 4 inches. I am guessing maybe 5 or older. Unfortunately, I did not know much about torts when I got them and so I called my local Petco and bought them from there but I think I got lucky and I am glad I got them. I just hate the whole imported thing. I talked to the guy and he told me they were both captive-bred which may be true because they are females which is hard to come by and one has pyramiding which does not happen in the wild, but most likely not. They did not come with worms or any parasites and overall seemed pretty healthy. I am trying to give them the best life.
