Tortoise beak and nails

[rocky1998]

I really like my tortoise and its shell is more or less perfect... Although the nails are quite sharp and its beak isn't overgrown but I'd still like it to be shorter , besides putting stones into their pen what else can I do to trim it?
Is this an okay size enclosure for these torts , I will be changing the enclosure soon though

 

[hunterk997]

For trimming, you can have an experienced vet trim them. And what are the dimensions of the enclosure?


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[rocky1998]

28 Inches by 11 inches

 

[LolaMyLove]

28"x11" is much too small. Try expanding it to 4'x 6' if you can or better yet an outside area where he can stretch his little legs everyday.
I have an indoor house for mine that is 2.5'x4' and I only use it for night and bad weather. During the day he lives in a 4'x12' enclosure. Sometime I feel like even that is too small. Just remember bigger is always better with torts.


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[lisa127]

Though the enclosure does look on the small side, it does not look as small as 11 inches by 28 inches. That would be smaller than a 20 gallon long terrarium and this doesn't look that small.

For keeping the beak short, put cuttlebone in the enclosure. For nails, keep rocks in the enclosure.

Maybe you meant 28 inches wide and long each way, and 11 inches tall?

 

[EchoTheLeoTort]

maybe make it a little bigger. Can't hurt anything if you do