shmily1605 said:Redfoot NERD said:Angi said:Well I was already sad when I started reading this thread. Now I am sad and pissed at Petco.
Angi how do you think I feel when I read about someone who has "rescued" a RF from "wherever".. and then creates an environment and cares for it not a whole lot better than where it came from. And then blames the other guy for not caring for them right. "He was pyramided when I got him.. I'll feed him right and get him a good UVB bulb to make sure it doesn't get worse!" -- good grief!
I can count on one hand the ones that look good a year after someone received a hatchling from me.... "send them to school.. buy them books.. and what do they do? - eat the books!"
NERD
Im sorry I may be wrong but are you talking about me? I said the same thing in one of my posts when I first got her (my sulcata), "She was pyramiding when I got her but hopefully with adequate exercise, proper food, lighting, and a humid environment it will improve." Correct me if Im wrong.
Angi sulcata and redfoot tortoises come from totally different CONTINENTS.. so I couldn't have been talking about you. This thread is about RF torts.. isn't it?
Don't anyone misquote me when I say that the humidity 'directly on' the carapace prevents pyramiding.. the other things you mentioned can and do influence how the 'shell' develops and grows - but that's not "pyramiding" caused by the lack of surface humidity.
Hopefully there won't be too many that mis-interpret what I just said. The only reason I'm on this thread is because it's about redfoots.. I know little or nothing about other species ----- however I do have friends that breed them
I make blanket statements often Angi.. and I seldom direct anything to someone in particular.. but when I do they know it.
Terry K