yep, you got that right.

rather than growing equally so that the tortoise have a 'rounder' shape, the shell has irregular growth and thus forming the scutes, which we call pyramids.

sorry for noob question. I thought by nature there are pyramid shape forming at the scutes? pls correct if i'm wrong.

Some might have natural pyramiding but its not that obvious. That was mainly because of the diet or genetic traits.

my juvenile star tort...shell and CpC still soft...should i fed them with calcium and vit supplement each time i give them food or just once per day?

i think should give high calcium food + sunshine.
hi! i am back! haha... yesterday i went to zoo negara, nothing new after half years. leave only one elongated. few asian brown tortoise. pond turtle, RES... nothing new. haha...

i think u must give them calcium everyday,+with real sunlight..dont forget Coscinium Plus,hak3.just joking...

u should go to sunway lagoon zoo....got lot of tortoise there....even 22 year old sulcata...u can touch him/her, feed him/her.... emys2...n lots more.....but u have to pandai cari that place....tortoise place a bit tersorok....
near sunway lagoon lake....

This post has been edited by inexsis: Mar 21 2008, 08:30 PM

back form where? ....hurm...can be spesifik tak? like once per day or twice for calcium and 5 minutes or 15 or an hour for sunbath....


cOscnium plus tu aper? , just kidding ~ nvm...

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Added on March 21, 2008, 9:09 pmwah...can feed and touch...can i keep him/her also ?? LoL ??

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This post has been edited by Skatila: Mar 21 2008, 10:58 PM

nice one bro~~~~

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he3..may god bless our ST,and protect them.

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Hahaha.... his name is Adam. Damn heavy, need 2 people to carry him. I fell while doing so last time.

Adam used to have a mate, it was some Royalty's tortoise.... they produced 4 lil sulcatas.... or was it 6? I can't remember but it was an even number ahhaah.... I was working there from Dec 2006 to Jan 2007.

ohohoh!! i want to go!!! ah!!!! make me gatal gatal edi. haha... Adam, i want to steal you home! haha......

skatila,
sun bath i think about half hour, with a bowl of water, which the tortoise can drink and 'rendam' if they feel hot. DO NOT put in direct sunlight, if not sure ur tortoise mati kepanasan. and be very careful with predator (dog, cat, gagak etc...) haha...

crazymouse, inexsis, what you guys think about skatila's case?

Zoo Negara ??? Mmmm waste money & time to go. Nothing there. I was there last year also the same

Dai86 : the ST in your Avatar look nice, I guess its a MALE. Am i right?

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Added on March 22, 2008, 12:19 amWhat case?

This post has been edited by Fat^Cat: Mar 22 2008, 12:19 AM

wow,u're so lucky.. can i work there?how to apply?ha3

If a tortoise has soft shell.... sunning and normal calcium intake would be slow.... I dunno what progress would happen coz I had 1 star that was like that before, it died within a year.... I was feeding it calcium powder and sunning him too.

The right way to treat would be lots of sun, high calcium foods and also calcium injections.... must do weekly or something. This is a faster way to get the calcium absorbed into the body to harden the shell... vet told me this 5 years ago..... coz my star died 5 years ago.

Now my current 6 year old star is healthy with a very hard shell.

but i think skatila's ST still kecik lg maa..maybe normal to have a little soft shell b4 it become hard2.

mind to tell me how to differentciate the natural vs problematic pyramiding? thank you....

ADDITINAL : About the 'cacat, Male ST that i bought from Ipoh...

The owner dont even know what is UVB !!! Mean no UVB light
Pleaseeeee read & get some info how to keep certain pet before you have them !!!

Some more, that Male ST cant walk properly. His back legs seems cant move like normal tortoise. So he will move by front legs & the back legs moving 'seret' ( like the way of Green Turttles moving on the beach )
Im not sure what course of it. Maybe because of his shell's shape or etc

Mine was also small.... it was like 2 inches.... already you can know if it is having problem. Young stars have spongy shells, not soft shell.... soft shell is like.... erm... if you press the shell easily with slight force, it means soft.... spongy is not soft, is like still solid but like spring a bit....

Hard to explain, I can only show it LOL.

Normal or Natural mean the pyramiding not look so obvious lah.. The pyramid not so high... just abit should be ok.....