We will often receive tortoises that have an overgrown upper beak. Instead of going to the vet to file it down, we let them graze on the grasses and other food items in their pens with very little greens or soft food supplementing. After a few months the tortoises file their beaks down to a good short length.
Here is one tortoise four months ago. This was taken about a week after we got him, and you can see his beak is starting to break and file itself down.
Here he is today. Almost filed down to a good, healthy, strong beak. He can now bite through a raw carrot...something he had a difficult time of before.
Here is one tortoise four months ago. This was taken about a week after we got him, and you can see his beak is starting to break and file itself down.
Here he is today. Almost filed down to a good, healthy, strong beak. He can now bite through a raw carrot...something he had a difficult time of before.