Hi everyone,
I need your thoughts and wisdom on this tortoise that I have recently been approached regarding homing. A friend sent me the picture and no other information of age, location, sex, etc. Apparently a client of my friend wants to rehome him (?). I am quite concerned about his shell if he (I think) is a CDT. My CDTs shells do not look like this at all, they are round and smooth. Can anyone tell me if this is in fact pyramiding and is it a CDT? His leg spurs are larger than my males (kept separate) but it could be due to being larger than mine, I guess. I am located in the High Desert area of California and my torts of 2 years were already put to bed earlier this month. This fellow is still out and about and it has been very cold here in the last week or longer. I know pyramiding can't be reversed. Are there other health issues that go along with it? My heart goes out to this fellow and I feel I need to help him out of where he is and improve his quality of life. I don't really have the room for a third one in my yard without relocating myself! But I could keep him in a large table that I have with lights, humidity and good diet as I did when mine were hatchlings, at least till Spring.
Thanks for your help.
I need your thoughts and wisdom on this tortoise that I have recently been approached regarding homing. A friend sent me the picture and no other information of age, location, sex, etc. Apparently a client of my friend wants to rehome him (?). I am quite concerned about his shell if he (I think) is a CDT. My CDTs shells do not look like this at all, they are round and smooth. Can anyone tell me if this is in fact pyramiding and is it a CDT? His leg spurs are larger than my males (kept separate) but it could be due to being larger than mine, I guess. I am located in the High Desert area of California and my torts of 2 years were already put to bed earlier this month. This fellow is still out and about and it has been very cold here in the last week or longer. I know pyramiding can't be reversed. Are there other health issues that go along with it? My heart goes out to this fellow and I feel I need to help him out of where he is and improve his quality of life. I don't really have the room for a third one in my yard without relocating myself! But I could keep him in a large table that I have with lights, humidity and good diet as I did when mine were hatchlings, at least till Spring.
Thanks for your help.