Bobandjeff
New Member
Hi all,
I've just recently joined this forum and introduced our 2 baby tortoises, Bob & Jeff. Bob was the 'runt' of the egg laying batch - tiny egg, tiny hatchling, slow to grow but he's been doing ok so far...until this weekend I realised that he was having trouble opening his mouth fully. He now can't feed properly as he can't get the front of his mouth open. He happily gets up in the morning, bathes in the water tray, but can't get his mouth open to feed. I suspect its been like this for several days, so we're off to see the vet tomorrow. A Vet nurse friend says it sounds like his beak needs a trim - and it does certainly look like the beak is causing the issue, right at the tip. I really hope that the vet can remedy this, as he's so tiny and I doubt can go for too long without food.
I will update again tomorrow after vet appointment, but wondered in the meantime if anyone has any experience of this? Seems very young (6 months) to have an overgrown beak or beak problems....
I've just recently joined this forum and introduced our 2 baby tortoises, Bob & Jeff. Bob was the 'runt' of the egg laying batch - tiny egg, tiny hatchling, slow to grow but he's been doing ok so far...until this weekend I realised that he was having trouble opening his mouth fully. He now can't feed properly as he can't get the front of his mouth open. He happily gets up in the morning, bathes in the water tray, but can't get his mouth open to feed. I suspect its been like this for several days, so we're off to see the vet tomorrow. A Vet nurse friend says it sounds like his beak needs a trim - and it does certainly look like the beak is causing the issue, right at the tip. I really hope that the vet can remedy this, as he's so tiny and I doubt can go for too long without food.
I will update again tomorrow after vet appointment, but wondered in the meantime if anyone has any experience of this? Seems very young (6 months) to have an overgrown beak or beak problems....