hello all some questions reg a couple rescues

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hello everyone! our babies we had lots of great info from you guys for a while back are doing amazing. so thank you. a few months back we had another pair dropped on our facility and taking some time to clear up colds and clean them up (they were caked with poop everywhere and not eating much) they are doing much better i think. im wondering about this pyramiding and if this can still be stopped. they have some for sure it seems to be evening out a bit but for their age im wondering if this is considered bad at all? both are clean, healthy and eating everything in sight now lol. growing well now. one just broke 1000 grams and the other is just over 750grams. they are both gaining weight well and steady now. im guessing to early to tell about sex still but curious as to your opinions. im still learning as we go with these guys. thank you again for all your help!! the both are around 1.5 years or less from the info we got from the people. but that's their best guess.

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and a few pics of the larger one:

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Pyramiding looks minimal, and even then it seems to be smoothing out. Are they being housed together?
 

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no they each have a 4x4 enclosure for the time being. they came together and were told they were being housed together since babies. we are using garden beds with a base and shower curtain then a top the beds came with. custom misting system with sypder robotics temp and humidity controllers are what we use
 

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no they each have a 4x4 enclosure for the time being. they came together and were told they were being housed together since babies.

Good call with the separation! They’re likely different sizes because one was being bullied. That’s usually something you see a lot in pairs.
 

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thanks! we are up to 8 now. soon we will have a whole crew lol. i am working on building outdoor pens now so we can soon move them outside when they are ready. we have around 3 acres so we should have more then enough room
 

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Did you de-worm them. Being covered in feces makes me think they also may have internal parasites.
 

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Mastershake is cool too, but I'm a Meatwad guy. Lol
 

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the larger one does make a
Did you de-worm them. Being covered in feces makes me think they also may have internal parasites.
yes we always do this. we can also do fecals here. we test everyone here once every month.
 

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They look fantastic to me. And living in FL, I think it will only get better as time passes.
 

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