Pyramiding!

[MamaJ]

Hi, I’m new to the group and I’ve recently just gotten a beautiful tort for my daughter aged 28 but I’m sure he/she is slightly pyramiding??
He/she is 15 months old and the breeder told us to keep the area around his uva/b light at 85f which we are totally managing. Bathing everyday in warm water and eating a diet of fresh leaves and seems lovely and happy ?
I have put a picture up of when we first got which was 2 weeks ago to now, am I worrying unnecessarily?
Many thanks.
P.s the 2nd pic is when we first got him.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Pyramiding is caused by lack of humidity.
What is the humidity in the enclosure?
You described a UVA, UVB bulb. That's more than likely a MVB bulb. If it is, it's at least partly causing it because they are extremely desicating.

 

[Tom]

Hi, I’m new to the group and I’ve recently just gotten a beautiful tort for my daughter aged 28 but I’m sure he/she is slightly pyramiding??
He/she is 15 months old and the breeder told us to keep the area around his uva/b light at 85f which we are totally managing. Bathing everyday in warm water and eating a diet of fresh leaves and seems lovely and happy ?
I have put a picture up of when we first got which was 2 weeks ago to now, am I worrying unnecessarily?
Many thanks.
P.s the 2nd pic is when we first got him.

Minor pyramiding. Looks like you got the typical bad advice from the breeder judging from the temps and that substrate.

Here is the correct care info:

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

tortoiseforum.org

Questions are welcome.