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What's the deal with lumps on a leopard tortoise. I got my leopard 1 year ago. He was 5 months at the time and weighed 4.1oz. Today he is 17 months and is 15.9oz. I have tried to do everything right. I feed him 70% grasses, two soaked mazuri every couple days, plus cactus, dandilion, hibiscus, ficus, wandering jew, mixed in. I soak the grasses and whatever else I am mixing in and then chop them up bite size. He has always loved the grasses which I thought was a great success since I have read many stories about torts not eating grasses. And of course I have the UVB bulbs, temps 80 - 95 degrees. I let him outside everyday if I can in the summer. I live in Minnesota so I can only get him outside 3 months a year. And I give him vitamins, calcium with D3 couple/3times a week and straight calcium everyday. He eats everything i give him but always wants more. I feed him once a day in the morning. And then he spends the rest of the day hunting for more food. The amount of food I give him is a nicely chopped small pile that would easily fit in your cupped hand.

Am I way overfeeding him or what? Am I missing something. Plus is there a way to post pics right in this message without a link to a URL?

Thanks, Ben

What kind of humidity are you talking? I'll bet with the temperatures that high (which is good) I'll bet it is also dry.
Try providing a humid hide box.
Also... can you post a picture to see what you are calling pyramided?
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I honestly do not know how humid it is in his enclosure. I could add humidity I suppose. I have been unsure what level of humdity was good.

y the way, how do you post an image? I have them but I do not see how to do that besides giving a url where the images already exist? Can anyone help with that?

Thanks, Ben

regarding the image, first you upload them into the gallery, then you can fish them out as you post your message, this is how the window looks like:

_Link URL:
_Link Title:
_Image URL:

OR:

_Select Image from Photo Gallery: (this is where your photos stored)

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