Re: Question about pyramiding?

Posted by Craig McDonald on February 09, 2001 at 14:17:08:

In Reply to: Question about pyramiding? posted by Ethan and Pablo on February 08, 2001 at 19:10:36:

: If my tortoise starts to pyramid will it stop when he's full grown? What is a good diet to feed my Yellow foot. I want to make sure he gets enough calcium. I don't want him to start to pyramid or to get osteoporosis. Right now I'm feeding him Cabbage, Romaine lettuce, oranges, red pepper, tomato, and bananas. I give him about equal amounts of each. Any suggestions??

It has been my experience that, if you stop feeding a tortoise too much protein, the pyramiding will lessen with time. Our male sulcata was severely pyramidded when we bought him, but now his carapace is almost flat.
We've never had much luck with yellow-foots, so I don't know a good diet for them. Good luck!

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