It is said to be a multifactorial disease:

-Too much proteïn in the diet (beans,some manufactured food)

-Too much quantity of a right diet

-Mineral deficiencies

-Dehidratation



I read somewhere (I thik it was Highfield in the tortoisetrust) a good article about this. I will search it and tell you.



Now they say the most important thing is to provide a humid environment for the hatchlings somewhere in the terrarium (like a box with a sponge) or to bathe it often. Dehidratation colapses the cartilaginous growing tissue before it becomes bone. When it becomes bone it is in a colapsed "matrix" and pyramidism appears. They say that tortoises fed a high protein diet but with a good hidratation don´t show pyramidism and the opposite, tortoises well fed but in a too dry environment show it.



I would also try to feed it with "natural" greens, very rich in fiber and a good ratio of minerals and vitamins (see edible food in many tortoise webs). The growth will be slow as it happens in nature.

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