Bought this cute guy March '07 at a local pet store. It was sold to me as Greek but I think he's Hermann's. Anybody has another opinion?
Anyway, I think he has some pyramiding issues, and his body and shell is quite unproportional, not too mention that he walks "funny" unlike my other tortoises. The pet store owner told me that this is a 4-5 yrs old c.b. that the previous owner couldn't take care anymore, but not quite sure how he was raised so he looks like he is now. But the fact that matter is he's healthy. I've been feeding him only greens (romaine and dandelions, plus weeds that he eats freely in my backyard) plus calcium supplement on a weekly basis. I also hybernated him last winter for 2 months (he dug himself a hole underneat my rose bush). He looks a little better now but still not completely normal, I'll post a new picture of him once I have some time to take them. It will take quite a while to reverse the pyramiding, I guess, if I could be successful at all.
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Anyway, I think he has some pyramiding issues, and his body and shell is quite unproportional, not too mention that he walks "funny" unlike my other tortoises. The pet store owner told me that this is a 4-5 yrs old c.b. that the previous owner couldn't take care anymore, but not quite sure how he was raised so he looks like he is now. But the fact that matter is he's healthy. I've been feeding him only greens (romaine and dandelions, plus weeds that he eats freely in my backyard) plus calcium supplement on a weekly basis. I also hybernated him last winter for 2 months (he dug himself a hole underneat my rose bush). He looks a little better now but still not completely normal, I'll post a new picture of him once I have some time to take them. It will take quite a while to reverse the pyramiding, I guess, if I could be successful at all.
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