Hello and welcome. The beak and nails should not overgrow like that. When they do it indicates a problem. Usually it is diet, calcium, and UV related when we see this.
Your tortoise does need a beak and nail trim, but please review this info so you can correct this problem and prevent it from happening again:
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I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...
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Hey Tom thank you so much,I’ve been doing sooo much research on my tort to make sure she has a happy life. I feel really horrible, for awhile I didn’t pay much attention to her, besides feed her everyday. Now I want to show her how much I really care for her. If I start doing better for her will I see progress? It’s never to late right? Also can I clip her nails little by little myself? I definitely don’t want to mess around with her beak so I will take her to a professional with that. But could I clip them a bit? And one last thing, by the two pictures does she look healthy? Or can you not tell?Hello and welcome. The beak and nails should not overgrow like that. When they do it indicates a problem. Usually it is diet, calcium, and UV related when we see this.
Your tortoise does need a beak and nail trim, but please review this info so you can correct this problem and prevent it from happening again:
Info For New People. Please Read This First.
Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...
The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...
I'm glad you found us and decided to join, and your tortoise will be too! Questions are welcome.
"Research" leads to so much confusion because there is so much wrong and contradictory info out there. Get your info from this site. It is the best, most current info that I've ever found. We are constantly learning, experimenting, and sharing results and info here, so the info evolves and gets even better over time. Other info sources just keep repeating the same old wrong info. Its maddening.
There is no way to tell how healthy a tortoise is from a picture. Sometimes we can see indications of some problems, but more can be told by how the tooritse is being fed, housed and cared for than from a picture. Follow that care sheet, get the correct heating, lighting, UV, and diet, and things should improve. Also try to make a large escape proof outdoor enclosure for the warmer months too. Feel free to ask lots of questions too. You are welcome here, and our goal is to help you and your tortoise.
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As you have never trimmed I recommend going professional either vet or local reptile shop with a capable expert. Get both beak and claws checkwd and done and monitor annually. FYI there is blood in the claws which you can see if you use a flashlight behind the trim is near and not beyond the blood!
