Hows Olive's shell looking?

BlueBaron

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Olive seems to be growing quite quickly; she is just over 4 months old and 55g but she did hatch out on the large side to begin with at 17g. I just wanted to make sure her shell is looking all right, to me it looks fine but I have only had her since April and she is my first tortoise.

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This is how she woke up this morning :) Silly tort.
 

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Lovely little tortoise! Your coconut coir looks dry, though.

It was dry because that pic was taken in the morning, directly under the basking spot, and I had not turned the coir yet or misted. Thank you for your concern though :)
 

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It looks like she MAY have just a little early pyramiding, but I could be wrong. What is the humidity in your enclosure?:p
 

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Humidity is usually between 50 and 55%, higher following misting. I turn the coir in the am and mist, then mist in the pm. She also has a humid hide that she utilizes and has become fond of digging herself into the coir under the heat lamp as of late. She also gets bathed at least 5 days a week, 20-30 mins each time. Shes sitting in a bath right now as I am typing this :p I'll upload some more pics later.
 

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Here are a couple more pictures:
 

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Thanks guys :) It was by chance that I ended up with Olive; I had the breeder send me pics of all the tortoises he had available and on the day I told him I would decide he contacted me with a picture of a new hatchling much lighter than the others and my choice was made right then and there. Had she not hatched out when she did I would have had an entirely different tortoise!
 
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