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Do you guys file your tortoises nails or clip them? My sulcatas nails stay fine but I feel like my Redfoots nails are really sharp..
Tortoise nails
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If you place some slate down in select spots of your enclosure then when your tort strolls about they will wear their nails down 
Yes, tort nails can be clipped if you are experienced at it ..
Yes, tort nails can be clipped if you are experienced at it ..
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Yeah in definitely not experienced in clipping tortoise nails. I will try your slate idea, thanks!
If you feel uncomfortable clipping the nails, you can also always file them with an emery board, in addition to having some slate in the enclosure. It doesn't have to be slate - flat stones of any kind will work.
fluffypanda17 said:
I have some slates already in my enclosure, but I still see my torts' nail keep getting longer and longer...
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Yellow Turtle said:
You could cover a slate tile with fine grit sand paper
theelectraco said:
That seems a good idea, but wouldn't that be too abrasive to the plastron as well?
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Maybe you could bury the tile half an inch under substrate and clear the center so when it walks over it it's feet touch but not really the shell.
That's what I've done - I have the 'exposed' basking rock (which is a large flagstone that I got at the quarry... for free!), and then I have several smaller pieces that are about an inch burried into the substrate. My Russian tortoise's nails all look great. They were pretty long when I first got them.
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