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Hi Everyone! I am new to this site and found it by looking up information about my sons tortoise. We have an african leopard tortoise. I recently found out from the internet something may be wrong with our tortoise Shelly. We have had her about 6 months and it appears she has pyramiding on her shell? We were told from the reptile store to feed her various green lettuce. Give her the calcium powder, and leave her light on for about 12 hours then turn it off. Was also told she got most of her water from her food and only needed it a couple times a week and that they absorb water from their skin. After doing all this reading on the web, I have discovered that is not at all correct! Also her poop is dark and runny and has always been that way, yet another problem. Her shell is bumpy and there are tan spotches in where all the black lines are. Photos I have found show their shell to be almost smooth and solid black lines....that's not what mine now looks like. I learned they need to eat 70% various grasses? Which this poor thing has never had grass before. Now when I try to feed it to her she wont eat it. I have also learned if these problems happen with their shell it can make it hard for them to move? This is my 4 year old's sons pet and if anything happens to it he will be very upset. Please, I need help fixing our baby tortoise!! anyone have any advice??? any help is much appreciated!
Hi Everyone! I am new to this site and found it by looking up information about my sons tortoise. We have an african leopard tortoise. I recently found out from the internet something may be wrong with our tortoise Shelly. We have had her about 6 months and it appears she has pyramiding on her shell? We were told from the reptile store to feed her various green lettuce. Give her the calcium powder, and leave her light on for about 12 hours then turn it off. Was also told she got most of her water from her food and only needed it a couple times a week and that they absorb water from their skin. After doing all this reading on the web, I have discovered that is not at all correct! Also her poop is dark and runny and has always been that way, yet another problem. Her shell is bumpy and there are tan spotches in where all the black lines are. Photos I have found show their shell to be almost smooth and solid black lines....that's not what mine now looks like. I learned they need to eat 70% various grasses? Which this poor thing has never had grass before. Now when I try to feed it to her she wont eat it. I have also learned if these problems happen with their shell it can make it hard for them to move? This is my 4 year old's sons pet and if anything happens to it he will be very upset. Please, I need help fixing our baby tortoise!! anyone have any advice??? any help is much appreciated!