Chillin with the tortoises DUW

Those sure can't live outside where I come from!
Great looking torts!

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Originally Posted by wafisherman

Great pics! How long have you had them? The pyramiding isn't as bad on the smallest one yet. I few tweaks on the husbandry and I bet you could stop it altogether for all of them (can't 'cure' pyramiding, but you can stop it from getting worse and it will be less noticeable as they grow).

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About the pyramiding, one way to stop if is to drench the animals (hose the shells down) once a day in dry season. Hosing the shell seems to soften it up a bit so that it can "stretch" grow outwards.

We are aware of the pyrimiding which is now under control with soaking. Leopards do pyramid in the wild more than other torts and is believed to be not a critical with them as it is with other species. That said we do live in a dry desert enviroment so they get soaked daily during drier weather and we spoke to a breeder here on the west coast that reccomended moisturizing cream for their shells to help as well.

Thanks for the comments:)

They are lookin Good Raul.

I will have to get some updates shots of our Tort Crew soon.

Those guys are so CUTE! I love torties :P