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Hi, Ijust took in a (?)young red foot that has huge pyramiding issues. It feeds great on both greens and bugs and will even eat dry box turtle and juvie iguana food. Last night's stool sample shows nothing unusual. I know there is no way to reverse the condition and I also know that it needs alot of humidity, other than that is there anything that i can do to make it more comfortable? Will the pyramids spread out as it grows? (it's about 4" straight line right now).
Thanks for your help,
Blue
Blue's Bayou Herpetoculture

The pyramiding doesn't get any better, the bumps your tort has now will stay the same. As he grows, the shell beneath the bumps will start to grow normally.

You may want to add fruits to is his diet. Variety seems to work the best on my pyramided tort. I would cut out the iguana and dry box turtle food and easy on the bugs. If you want to feed him dry food, try Mazuri.

Where are you located? If you are in warm enough temps, keep him outside. As long as predators can't get to him. I am lucky enough to live in S. Florida, mine live outside almost year round so I don't have to worry about humidity. Good luck.

Allegra

Thanks, I live in south eastern NC and we get some cold weather so I am keeping him indoors until late spring. I do have a pen ready for him once it warms up. I will add food and I already ordered some Mazuri for him. Thanks again, Blue

Don't worry too much about the eventual look of the carapace.
At four inches this is still a small animal and if you make corrections now, when it is an adult it will look mostly normal.
In fact, unless it is really distorted now, it might look completely normal.