Hello,
My Hermann’s tortoise has some very sharp edges on his shell that are starting to cause me some concern. Over the last few months the transparent edges are starting to protrude out more and more on the scutes up near his head and near his back legs. You can already see in the picture with the arrow that he took a nice little piece of skin off his head yesterday. Thankfully there was no bleeding. As he’s gotten bigger he’s a lot more rambunctious and likes to find trouble wherever possible, so I’d like to fix this before it becomes a serious problem. I don’t want to hurt him, so I am curious to know if it will hurt him for me file these edges back? What is the best thing I can use to do this? Is there a proper method to doing this? Any guidance, tips or advice is very appreciated.
My Hermann’s tortoise has some very sharp edges on his shell that are starting to cause me some concern. Over the last few months the transparent edges are starting to protrude out more and more on the scutes up near his head and near his back legs. You can already see in the picture with the arrow that he took a nice little piece of skin off his head yesterday. Thankfully there was no bleeding. As he’s gotten bigger he’s a lot more rambunctious and likes to find trouble wherever possible, so I’d like to fix this before it becomes a serious problem. I don’t want to hurt him, so I am curious to know if it will hurt him for me file these edges back? What is the best thing I can use to do this? Is there a proper method to doing this? Any guidance, tips or advice is very appreciated.