I have two juvenile leopards and one of them is showing some early signs of pyramiding not as much as yours. The other is perfect. They are from the same clutch of eggs, same humidity, same diet, same substrate, same UV light. The one that is showing the pyramiding is the more rapidly growing of the two. I read somewhere and I am beginning to believe it that in the wild tortoises do not grow as quickly and in captivity they grwo quicker and that may be the culprit. Sort of makes sense if you grow your shell too quickly you may grow abnormally. I tried to feed them every other day and that was a disaster. They acted starving on the second day and ate like crazy. So now I give them a smaller amount everyday and that seems to hold them.
I saw your other question and I use 50/50 sand and dirt which I wet down every few nights. Their hide has a sponge on the roof inside that I wet daily thru a hole in the roof. How old is your leopard? Tom

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• Pyramiding on shell - jeanette74, Fri Mar 31 15:26:17 2006
• RE: Pyramiding on shell - drtom, Fri Mar 31 17:43:42 2006
• RE: Pyramiding on shell - jeanette74, Fri Mar 31 19:56:39 2006
• RE: Pyramiding on shell - boxielover, Sun Apr 2 15:03:05 2006