New here, was reading for months tho

[Rustyiron]

Hi,

I am Sebastian Chan of Hong Kong, Chinese boy, 14 years old,

I have 1 Sulcata Baby 5.7cm 75g, 1 Leopard Baby 6.7cm 117g, 1 Aldabra 10cm 354g.

I am successfully raising Sulcata and Leopard without problem, but my Aldabra has soft shell and bumpy shell, is this normal?

thanks... any question about me, just ask, thanks.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome.

 

[dmarcus]

Hello and welcome...

 

[jackrat]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[ascott]

Welcome to the Forum

What type of enclosure do you keep your aldabra in? What diet do you feed your aldabra?

 

[AnthonyC]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Laura]

newspaper is not great to keep them on.. too slippery..
diet is a good place to start. lighting? Sunshine? Calcium??
I hope you have a large yard!!
Welcome.. you will learn alot .

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Sebastian:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

Your aldabran is starting to pyramid (bumpy) because he's not being kept moist/humid enough. The soft shell is from not getting enough calcium/vitamin d3.

The moisture/humidity problem would be solved by using moist cypress mulch or coconut coir as bedding instead of paper.

The soft shell will be corrected if you feed calcium-rich foods such as:
opuntia cactus
Broccoli,
Watercress
Curly Kale
Okra
chick peas
Green/French beans

and you can sprinkle calcium powder over the food too. You can either buy calcium powder at the pet store, or buy human calcium powder at the pharmacy.

But along with the calcium, the tortoise MUST HAVE vitamin d3 from the sun in order for the calcium to work inside the body.

 

[blafiriravt]

hey there. welcome to the forum

 

[pdrobber]

welcome.

 

[Rustyiron]

many thanks everyone, for your warm welcome ^^

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Hi Sebastian:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

Your aldabran is starting to pyramid (bumpy) because he's not being kept moist/humid enough. The soft shell is from not getting enough calcium/vitamin d3.

The moisture/humidity problem would be solved by using moist cypress mulch or coconut coir as bedding instead of paper.

The soft shell will be corrected if you feed calcium-rich foods such as:
opuntia cactus
Broccoli,
Watercress
Curly Kale
Okra
chick peas
Green/French beans

and you can sprinkle calcium powder over the food too. You can either buy calcium powder at the pet store, or buy human calcium powder at the pharmacy.

But along with the calcium, the tortoise MUST HAVE vitamin d3 from the sun in order for the calcium to work inside the body.

Thank you so much for hints, your tips are so helpful!!

We have high humidity here in Hong Kong, even now in late autumn, it's 60-70%, should be ok, right? do I have to keep it at 75-85%?

Maybe too much protein food caused pyramid?

Is feeding Mazuri daily ok? too much protein in Mazuri?

many thanks.

all my other tortoises have hard shells and no pyramid, only aldabra having problem so expensive and so hard to raise.....

 

[Rustyiron]

New hi photo

 

[evlinLoutries]

hello sebastian, welcome to the forum..

I think (in my opinion) your aldabra already get pyramiding problem..

u should check your aldabra daily diet and is he/she get enough sun every day..

and last question, what's that yellow thing that your aldabra ate?

 

[Rustyiron]

hello sebastian, welcome to the forum..

I think (in my opinion) your aldabra already get pyramiding problem..

u should check your aldabra daily diet and is he/she get enough sun every day..

and last question, what's that yellow thing that your aldabra ate?

Hi, I know, it's pyramiding, I give him Mazuri+Vegie or Zoomed+Vegie daily, occasionally Sunkiss Orange(that yellow thing) and Grape, 160W powersun + Zoomed 10.0 UVB, and 1 hour of sunlight weekly(2x30mins), plenty of water to drink, soak for 5-10 mins in lukewarm water daily, average humidity 70-75%. But still pyramiding.

 

[dmarcus]

What type of veggies are you giving?

 

[Yash Raj]

Welcome.