How do you prevent an overgrown beak?

[gamera154]

So my boy doesn't have an overgrown beak but I want to know how to prevent it I'm already feeding him on a flat rock but is there anything else I can do to prevent it from happening

 

[Fredkas]

So my boy doesn't have an overgrown beak but I want to know how to prevent it I'm already feeding him on a flat rock but is there anything else I can do to prevent it from happening

I think feeding him on a flat rock is the best thing you can do. Give him hard things to eat also helps, such as cuttlebone.
But if i remembered correctly, CMIIW, there are some species that naturally have a little overgrown beak than other species

 

[JoesMum]

I think feeding him on a flat rock is the best thing you can do. Give him hard things to eat also helps, such as cuttlebone.

Adding a cuttlebone to the enclosure is good advice. You'll find them in the bird aisle of pet stores.

Tearing at food - grazing - also helps with beak maintenance. So having plants in the enclosure that your tort can browse on is good too.

But if i remembered correctly, CMIIW, there are some species that naturally have a little overgrown beak than other species

The only one I can think of is Homopus Areolatus.

Russians do not naturally have overgrown beaks.

 

[klawran1]

Mine has cuttlebone and I feed him on a rough stone. Keeps his beak trimmed, even if it's a little sharp when he sneaks up on me and bites.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Grazing on plants is the best way to keep a trim beak. It's how they keep those beaks filed naturally, after all
An outdoor enclosure with lots of "the good stuff" growing so he can feed himself is the way to go.
Attaching store bought greens to a clip or securing them somehow in an indoor enclosure can work, too.

 

[gamera154]

Ok thanks

 

[Tortoise_Wrangler]

Pumpkin is a good food to wear down the beak with.