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Yeah Chris has some stunners, my Amber is very smooth, but I don't know how old she is... 3 or 4 by my reckoning... fed on a mix of weeds and pellets and lettuce too
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I'm not on RFUK, this is for this forum. Very experienced keepers should get it right surely? I said I'm yet to see a perfect one not that there aren't any. Most torts I'VE SEEN have some degree of pyramiding. As I said, I will apologise to anyone I offend when I see a perfectly smooth shell.
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Sorry Merlin, that is pretty smooth.
Sorry Suze, any pics I love seeing other peoples torts. I'm doing my best and I hope Darwin stays smooth
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Just to clarify, the ones in tables are the babies, they are inside more during the summer on bad days, the rest are out side all summer.
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Don't be sorry Becci, your right, you do see a lot of lumpy torts, sadly. I do have two lumpy ones, but they came to me like that.
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piccies please
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Will do , although if you have a look through the pics pages you'll see plenty of mine, I'll see if I can find them.
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I'm sooooooo paranoid I'm getting something wrong. I'd hate to think I've done something to harm Darwin.
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Merlin your horsfeild looks lovely have you had her from a hatchling? did you achieve the smooth growth and how much does she weigh, is she correct weight to size
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She is underweight just now, some separation stress and worms this year I am afraid
No I only got her last April, she was lovely and smooth when I got her, unlike Misha who came lumpy but is smoothing out as he grows. She was 6.5cm when I got her last April, 12cm now, and I did hibernate her last winter, but wont this winter due to weight.
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