First of all, let me start off by saying I am by no means an expert; however, I have kept my Sulcata alive for the last 10 months and he is growing amazingly well (although yesterday he did eat a large string...).



Here is the feeding schedule I use:



M,W & F- Organic Spring Mix (you know, the multi-colored, dark lettuces) mixed with veggies. Right now we are doing zuccini, red and orange bell peppers and wheat grass.



T,Th- A large spoonful of pumpkin puree mixed with Calcium



Sun- Organic Spring Mix only



Every sunning day that I can, his butt is outside eating grass and weeds. And half of his enclosure contains Timothy Hay and usually Orchard Grass. So on these items I allow him to free-range.



I have been using this schedule pretty relegiously for the last 2 months and I have seen amazing developement.



As far as pyramiding, it seems to be the consistence that humidity determines whether or not they develope the raised scutes.



For humidity, I make sure that there is water available in T.U.T.'s enclosure and I try to soak him daily. Also, the other half of his enclosure is peat moss, which maintains mositure, but is not wet to the touch (we do not want shell rot here).



I also believe that proper lighting, sunning and diet can contribute to pyramiding, but that might just be me.
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