Tortoise shell

[mashton10]

Is this an unhealthy shell? What can I do?

 

[Yvonne G]

There's nothing that can be done now to improve the shell. When the tortoise was very young it wasn't kept/fed properly and grew like that. But, as you can see around the lower parts, it has been growing normally for a very long time.

All a tortoise needs is good husbandry, the right food served with variety, clean water and sun shine.

 

[mashton10]

The tortoiese is now 4, I bought it from a pet shop, so there is nothing I've done wrong? Is this because of how it was fed when it was little?

 

[Yvonne G]

Basically it is from how it was cared for when it was little. Food has a little bit to do with it, but the tortoise's environment was the big kicker. He wasn't set up in a proper habitat.