So I've had Thor for about 8 months now. I got him at roughly 4 months old, so he's about a year old now. He has always looked this way since I got him anyways. I mean, the very slight bumps were there when I got him. Not sure how well the pictures will be, but these were the best I could get. Any closer and they became too fuzzy.
He Weighs 70-72g (I've been weighing him a lot recently to track his growth). He is 69mm SCL and 54mm Width.
Was wondering if he looked like he's Pyramiding or hitting a growth spurt? He has always had these slight bumps when I got him though, his shell was never 100% smooth.
Here is Thor as of today.
And again today.
Thor when he was maybe 5 months old.
If he looks like he's pyramiding, after reading my husbandry below, let me know if you can see anything that needs to be changed.
This is how I've kept him, everything listed below is about husbandry, diet, etc.
His substrate has always had a humidity of 50-70%. Has a warm, humid hide. Basking temp is 92-100 (depending on time of day). But always between that. Ambient room temperate is between 73-80.
His enclosure seen below is 6x4 feet. He has 2 UVB fluorescent bulbs. The side with the fixtures (6x2 ft) is always moist and humid. However the other half (where it's just plants). Is kept dryer. With watering the plants, moisture gets on that side and the humidity is usually between 20-40%. Which is low, but he's only ever over there for when he walks around, and maybe about 30mins to 1 hour a day. The rest he is always on humid substrate. Substrate is 50/50 coconut coir/play sand.
He has access to water all the time, which I change out 3-4 times a day. I see him drink daily. He always gets a 15minute soak twice a week.
There are Begonia's, 2 cacti plants, an aloe vera and a hibiscus plant in his enclosure.
The enclosure. You can tell what is moist, and what isn't. I hadn't quite finished adding all the water yet when I took the picture. But the area that is darker brown is where he spends 90% of his day and sleeps in that hide near the heat lamp.
Diet in order from Most fed to Least: Radicchio, Turnip Greens, Dandelion Greens (I don't feed the stem part, just the leaf area), Frisee, Mache, Grasses (I cut them into about 1/2" inch pieces and sprinkle it on his greens), Mazuri (2 pellets a week, Monday/Friday) Hibiscus leaves/flowers, and Clover.
And then these roughly the same of which I feed very minimal of. Red/Green Romaine, Leaf lettuce, Oak leaf lettuce, Mizuna, and whatever else is in the spring mix except spinach (too many to list).
And to add to his diet. I grow my own Mustard, Radish and Collard greens, which he got a lot of last summer and they will be added in once they are growing here again. But that diet is what he got this winter.
I feed him smaller pieces of everything, instead of huge leaves of 1 or 2 things. I like being able to use 5-10 things per meal, rather than 1 or 2. And it helps me camouflage the grass better too . He gets pure calcium carbonate sprinkled on his greens daily. He is fed twice a day. Once at 9am and then at 4pm.
I pick about 8-12, 6 inch pieces of grass.
And then I cut it up into 1/2" pieces.
And here is his greens.
Grasses/weeds I am growing from the grazing tortoise seed mix from Carolinapetsupply.
As far as outside goes. Currently building his temporary outdoor enclosure (4x6ft). I have taken him outside everyday if the temperature has been like 70 or above. Anywhere from 20mins to an hour. This spring/summer he'll be outside all day, weather permitted. Being in Michigan, he is inside from late October to May. With some warmer days in there on occasion I'll take him outside.
And to close. As Thor is now a year old. I am hoping he will start to eat more grasses. Him having more fiber is something I know he needs more of, but at this point though, he doesn't seem interested in them. I've been told by multiple people, good luck getting him to eat grass this young. So me adding in small pieces of it has been the only way he'll eat it.
Again, any suggestions on anything is appreciated, thanks!
He Weighs 70-72g (I've been weighing him a lot recently to track his growth). He is 69mm SCL and 54mm Width.
Was wondering if he looked like he's Pyramiding or hitting a growth spurt? He has always had these slight bumps when I got him though, his shell was never 100% smooth.
Here is Thor as of today.
And again today.
Thor when he was maybe 5 months old.
If he looks like he's pyramiding, after reading my husbandry below, let me know if you can see anything that needs to be changed.
This is how I've kept him, everything listed below is about husbandry, diet, etc.
His substrate has always had a humidity of 50-70%. Has a warm, humid hide. Basking temp is 92-100 (depending on time of day). But always between that. Ambient room temperate is between 73-80.
His enclosure seen below is 6x4 feet. He has 2 UVB fluorescent bulbs. The side with the fixtures (6x2 ft) is always moist and humid. However the other half (where it's just plants). Is kept dryer. With watering the plants, moisture gets on that side and the humidity is usually between 20-40%. Which is low, but he's only ever over there for when he walks around, and maybe about 30mins to 1 hour a day. The rest he is always on humid substrate. Substrate is 50/50 coconut coir/play sand.
He has access to water all the time, which I change out 3-4 times a day. I see him drink daily. He always gets a 15minute soak twice a week.
There are Begonia's, 2 cacti plants, an aloe vera and a hibiscus plant in his enclosure.
The enclosure. You can tell what is moist, and what isn't. I hadn't quite finished adding all the water yet when I took the picture. But the area that is darker brown is where he spends 90% of his day and sleeps in that hide near the heat lamp.
Diet in order from Most fed to Least: Radicchio, Turnip Greens, Dandelion Greens (I don't feed the stem part, just the leaf area), Frisee, Mache, Grasses (I cut them into about 1/2" inch pieces and sprinkle it on his greens), Mazuri (2 pellets a week, Monday/Friday) Hibiscus leaves/flowers, and Clover.
And then these roughly the same of which I feed very minimal of. Red/Green Romaine, Leaf lettuce, Oak leaf lettuce, Mizuna, and whatever else is in the spring mix except spinach (too many to list).
And to add to his diet. I grow my own Mustard, Radish and Collard greens, which he got a lot of last summer and they will be added in once they are growing here again. But that diet is what he got this winter.
I feed him smaller pieces of everything, instead of huge leaves of 1 or 2 things. I like being able to use 5-10 things per meal, rather than 1 or 2. And it helps me camouflage the grass better too . He gets pure calcium carbonate sprinkled on his greens daily. He is fed twice a day. Once at 9am and then at 4pm.
I pick about 8-12, 6 inch pieces of grass.
And then I cut it up into 1/2" pieces.
And here is his greens.
Grasses/weeds I am growing from the grazing tortoise seed mix from Carolinapetsupply.
As far as outside goes. Currently building his temporary outdoor enclosure (4x6ft). I have taken him outside everyday if the temperature has been like 70 or above. Anywhere from 20mins to an hour. This spring/summer he'll be outside all day, weather permitted. Being in Michigan, he is inside from late October to May. With some warmer days in there on occasion I'll take him outside.
And to close. As Thor is now a year old. I am hoping he will start to eat more grasses. Him having more fiber is something I know he needs more of, but at this point though, he doesn't seem interested in them. I've been told by multiple people, good luck getting him to eat grass this young. So me adding in small pieces of it has been the only way he'll eat it.
Again, any suggestions on anything is appreciated, thanks!