Baby Hermanns Tortoise with a small bump on the beak...?

[EElectricEEl]

Hello everyone! First time poster, and brand new Hermanni mommy looking for a bit of advice. First I'd like to say what great advice I've read on this forum so far. I'm really happy to be part of such a great community of people And thank you in advance for your responses

My little Oros is about 2 months old now. Just a little itty bitty guy! He's an eating machine too! Can't wait to start my little tortoise garden to give him as much variety as I can . My concern is this little bump he has on the very middle of the tip of his beak. I Googled some images of other baby Hermanns tortoises, and I've seen it on others that look about his size, so I'm guessing it's a normal-ish thing and will hopefully grow out of it. At the moment it looks like a tiny tiny pimple with a white head. I just recently did some reading about using cuttle bone to substitute the calcium powder I sprinkle (Not sub completely, but offer as a better form of calcium intake), and I just learned it helps with beak maintenance too. I didn't realize they needed to keep their beak trim, so I'm wondering if that's what this little bump is that I see. Is his beak already starting to get overgrown? Or is this just a normal thing because he's so young and it will disappear with time? We've had Oros for just over 2 weeks now, and it doesn't appear to be getting any bigger...but it's not getting any smaller either. Just want to know whether it's something to worry about!

I don't have a good picture of him right now to post what I'm looking at, and I'm posting from my work computer at the moment, but if you guys need I can try to get my own photo uploaded.
But basically it looks like this one I found on Google, but when you look at his face straight on, you can see a tiny white dot in the middle.

Appreciate your time

Thanks

 

[EElectricEEl]

Oops. The Google image I pasted in my post was taken down. Sorry. I didn't realize that was a violation . I will attempt to get a good picture of the bump on my own tortoise and post it later.

 

[THBfriend]

Sounds like you're talking about the egg tooth. It'll disappear on its own after a few more months.
Here are two photos of my hatchlings, showing the egg tooth clearly:

You could keep track of your tortoise's weight. That way you'll easily know whether it is growing or not.

 

[EElectricEEl]

That's exactly it! Phew! Thank you so much for clearing that up for me I'm glad it's nothing to worry about. It's funny though; in all my years working in a pet store, not once have I heard of an egg tooth. Birds and some other reptiles have this too. Very interesting info. Thanks again!

 

[EElectricEEl]

Those are amazing pictures btw!