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They are stunners Suze!
Do I spot a split acute in the top pic?
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Yes she does have a line going through that scute ( born this way ) but it's not causing any problems
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I love those little imperfections that come naturally!
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Darwin looks like that. Phew I worry about the top row looking raised a bit, but yours have the same darker mark around the middle scutes. Must just be markings and my paranoia!!
Lush pics
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It is possible to grow them smoothly. I have a lot of rehomers who are slight to very bumpy but the ones I have had from hatchlings have remained smooth as they have grown. If you look in my album @ Rambo in Herman album & Roxy in Marginated album you will see these ( they are not recent pictures to be fair Rambo was approx. 300 grams at the time, shes now 430ish & Roxy is a lot lot bigger now - I will see if I can find more recent pictures)Next to Roxy is Marge - I would like to point out I didn't grow Marge - she is a rehomer - her pyramiding is a lot less now
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Sods law, photobucket is down for maintenance
I also have a 9 year old Herman male with the smoothest shell. He looks like hes been sandpapered. I have only had him a couple of years & rehomed him from a lady who had him from a hatchling & kept all four of her torts in a heavily planted run/greenhouse, fed only weeds & hibernated them each year in a huge box of soil in a shed with just a light bulb on thermostat to stop freezing. He turns his nose up at salad leaves! |
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Prescott the vets in Morpeth are of the opinion that torts should be kept in vivs up to the age of 2 because it is easier to control the humidity which is vital to torts of that age. I have read thousands of opinions on pyramiding and the one that makes most sense to me is the one that says lack of humidity when hatchlings dries out the soft springy scutes which can then grow 'wrongly' due to their lack of suppleness, supposedly once they are dried out it can't be reversed. Of course who knows, that may be a load of crap because experts don't even have the answer to pyramiding yet, only theories. With my own two torts, I got Slovenian imports at age 2 and one had slight pyramiding and the other didn't and as they have grown over the years they have stayed in proportion which is why I believe that theory.
Robson & Prescott say.. "Tortoises These animals are becoming more and more popular. With the restriction on imports of the common tortoises many of the more tropical species are being offered for sale. Their requirements for feeding, temperature, lighting etc all differ so ensure you know exactly what is required before you buy. Remember tortoise tables do fine in a warm room but might struggle to maintain a suitable temperature in an unheated room in the middle of winter! In our opinion many tortoises are offered for sale when far too young – with these little creatures the margin for error is very small. We strongly advocate the use of a vivarium and accurate control of the temperature by use of a thermostat. Remember many tropical species such as Sulcatas and Leopards do not hibernate and can grow very large." It's not only in captivity that pyramiding occurs, Manuel Wegehaupt has his theories here http://www.testudo-farm.de/html/formation_of_humps.html which are lack of drinking water and or humidity Last edited by Alan1; 06-11-2013 at 09:43 AM. |
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That's very interesting.
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