Average-Joe_15
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For the first time ever, my tortoise has what seems to be 2 cracks running down her lower beak.
She has been cared for by my mum for about a week because I'm currently bedridden with an injury of my own...
I don't believe my mum has fed her something so hard that it caused the crack, instead I assume that my tort had an accident where she misaligned her beak in an over-bite, thus pushing her upper beak through the lower beak.
While I'm quite worried, I have read that this can occur naturally and doesn't cause discomfort or pain at such a superficial level as this...
Will she be OK??
Should I avoid feeding her hard foods like cuttle bone for awhile??
What caused this?? ...Insufficient calcium intake??
Any advice or reassuring words would be greatly appreciated in this time of real worry-!!
She has been cared for by my mum for about a week because I'm currently bedridden with an injury of my own...
I don't believe my mum has fed her something so hard that it caused the crack, instead I assume that my tort had an accident where she misaligned her beak in an over-bite, thus pushing her upper beak through the lower beak.
While I'm quite worried, I have read that this can occur naturally and doesn't cause discomfort or pain at such a superficial level as this...
Will she be OK??
Should I avoid feeding her hard foods like cuttle bone for awhile??
What caused this?? ...Insufficient calcium intake??
Any advice or reassuring words would be greatly appreciated in this time of real worry-!!