Beak problems

[lbailey4487]

Hello, again! I filed my Russian tort, Ziggy’s, beak around a month ago. While giving him a soak today, noticed it looked a little long again. But when I started filing it gently this time, a small piece came off entirely. Looking at his beak from the front, something just seems different to me. He seems fine, seemed more mad than scared. Went straight to his lunch when I put him back in his house, eating fine. He has a terra cotta saucer that I feed him on and cuttlebone. I’ve never seen his beak really touch the saucer much when eating and he never uses the cuttlebone that I’ve noticed. I did initially break his food up but stopped after his first beak trim after doing more reading here. He has become a pretty good eater, with a main diet of raddichio, mixed greens, cucumber, prickly pear leaves, bok Choi, and small bits of Mazuri and Arcana blends and dried leaves and flowers from the yard sprinkled on top (he still doesn’t love these). Thoughts?

 

[Yvonne G]

It looks ok, you just need to make it more pointed
(the top beak)

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Doesn’t look too bad to me either, you’ve done a pretty good job! I wouldn’t be worried, a little point on the top beak like Yvonne mentions would be good, but don’t stress if you can’t quite achieve that right now, keep an eye on how long it gets, maybe try filing to a point?

I’m so glad to hear he’s been eating well

 

[lbailey4487]

Is it supposed to be growing this fast? And is it ok that a small piece chipped off?

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Is it supposed to be growing this fast? And is it ok that a small piece chipped off?

I guess it can vary from individual to individual, as long as he’s eating fine, I wouldn’t worry about the bit that came off

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Is it supposed to be growing this fast? And is it ok that a small piece chipped off?

Another thing is, does food get stuck where the beak was chipped?

 

[lbailey4487]

Another thing is, does food get stuck where the beak was chipped?

No. It just startled me a bit but doesn’t seem to bother him