pyramiding

[vixy]

can anyone tell me what pyramiding is and how it is caused and if ur tort has it how do u get rid of it, i have heard the word pyramiding alot but am not sure what it is

[GJM]

Pyramiding is where the shell appear bumpy, in species that are supposed to be smooth. This is caused by poor nutrition, over feeding and poor husbandry. Nothing can be done to reduce it but proper diet and care can stop it getting any worse

[MissHayho]

its wen the shell is all bumpy - most torts should have a smooth shell, it can be due to a number of factors but usually it is caused by poor diet

[vixy]

panicking now i have a spur and on the top of his shell a few of the squares are raised is this pyramiding and what should i do

[kimmerz]

1 of my torts has slight pyramiding, his is down to me over feeding him, thinking i was doing right by making sure he had all the food in the world and now he's an 8 month old and by the sounds of it the size of a 2 yr old so now i have to try keep him at the same weight and only let him put on a little weight untill he's the right size for his age, i've been told the pyramiding won't go but now i understand more about there diet i can sort him out. i'm currently doing the tortoise trust course, i'm only on lesson one but it's very interesting and i think i'll be very confident when i finish.

[vixy]

so how will u slow his growth down and how much did u feed him to do u currently feed him

[kimmerz]

just monitoring his weight, if he's putting weight on i know i'm giving him too much so i cut it down, i was using a bowl, which i found out by the people on this forum is a no no, and i was filling it up, i was giving him everything, but i was giving him all the wrong stuff at the same time, i was giving him a massive hand full of lettuce, cut up tomato, grape, melon, strawberrys, sprouts, and cabbage leaves. and that was in one day! now i just feed them on weeds, dandiloin leaves, clovers, grass, chicory (i think thats how its spelt) blackburry leaves, i now use these websites- http://www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/Diet.htm#plantlist http://russiantortoise.org/plant_photos.htm . i now give them a couple of leaves a day and spread them round there pen so they have to walk around and look for there food. all this is down to advice i have got on here.

[vixy]

brought some chicory today for the first time didnt know that was good for them im gonna get rid of my food bowl and scatter the food i think i do the same as u used to so 2morro we got a whole new plan to concor lol

[kimmerz]

i'm not sure if ur spur can have the same diet as my hermanns, but i can imajine that if it's a herbivore, which i think it is, it probs can have the same weeds as mine. i'm not really an expert on others diets but i don't see why it would be different to mine. how old is yours?

[vixy]

mine is only 3