pyramiding?

[Scottyoh123]

hey guys would you say my little guy is coning? Or am I just being silly?

Thanks in advance

 

[Tom]

hey guys would you say my little guy is coning? Or am I just being silly?

Thanks in advance

Yes. He is pyramiding. Pyramiding is caused by growth in conditions that are too dry.

Your substrate looks much too dry, and that Pets At Home stuff with the limestone bits in it is very dangerous. Encouraging a tortoise to eat its substrate to satisfy calcium cravings is a bad idea.

 

[Scottyoh123]

It's the prorep tortoise life stuff is that not good at all? What would you reackonmend and to dry would you say get a humidifier?

Thank you

 

[Yvonne G]

@Scottyoh123 : Looks like it, just a little bit.

 

[Scottyoh123]

Which is due to the wrong humidity I have just brought some moss and a hydrometer so that I can monitor and increase humidity for him do you know where is the best place to put the monitor? And what substrate I should be using as the pro rep one isn't good

 

[Rue]

Have you read the care sheet? It's quite thorough.

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/sticky-hermanns-tortoise-care-sheet-updated.101410/

I am using cypress mulch. I can't find it at the gardening centers, so I just buy it from PetSmart. It holds moisture very well I've found.