underbite

Hello there! I am a brand new tortoise parent, rescuing one that needed a more attentive owner. She is a four year old Horsfield. I’ve noticed that the shell edge just above her head/neck is unsymmetrical and jagged? Also she has a slight underbite, it isn’t much but I think she has mostly been...

Hello! My tortoise (testudo hermanni boettgeri 4 yrs old) has an underbite. I rescued it from my cousin because he got it for his kids and was keeping it in bad living conditions (inside glass enclosure with a very small layer of soil, no uvb, only feeding lettuce and dandelion leaves). It has a...

Hey I was just wondering if the lower part of mouth is normal or an underbite that should be trimmed? He eats fine and is very active so I’m to believe he’s healthy.

Hi I’m new to the forum and the tortoise community. I adopted a 3-4 year old Sulcata. The previous owner had him in a glass enclosure for majority of its life. He has some pyramiding, but my main concern is his significant underbite. It’s so prominent that he is unable to fully close his...

Any tips on what to do with this beak? This is a rescue I have had for a few months. Each month I slowly dremmel the top beak back not wanting to cause too much distress. But I’m not sure if I should attempt to do the bottom beak at the sides. I dont want to break/dislocate her jaw. So far I...

Can anyone offer any advice as to why our tortoises beak is developing this way and if this is something we should be concerned about?