Not really. The only thing over eating would result in is obesity, which is very commen in captive torts around the globe, it is seen quite often in the world of veterinary medicine. There are sulcatas in the wild that live in rich grasslands just below the extremely arid sub-sahara region that eat very well. Pyrimiding is absent in wild populations of sulcatas. Some other types of torts have been found with pyrimiding in the wild, but they are mostly star variations. I would also have to disagree that pyrimiding serves for thermoregulation purposes. If this was so then it would be seen in the wild.

I was wondering what state you raise your torts in? Also, I have two sulcatas that I have raised from hatchling in the exact same conditions, fed same diet, yet one has slight pyrimiding, and the other has a perfect shell... The cause is ambiguous, veterinarians, along with long time herpers dont have an answer.

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