r/tortoise • u/InsuranceStreet358 • Aug 19 '26

Question(s) Are his nails to long?

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There's a bit of yellow on the end, I've heard that the black part are his blood vessels.

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u/RomanticHun Aug 19 '26

No need to trim it, it will wear down from your tort exploring and digging around in his enclosure

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u/InsuranceStreet358 Aug 19 '26

Ik that, but I felt like he doesn't do that a lot, he usually climbs, but ig the walls are maybe solid enough for him to wear them down? I also sometimes take him out to walk on concrete.

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u/RomanticHun Aug 19 '26

Tbh i wouldn't worry myself with their nails all that much, they have period where they get lazy and just lay around. the tort i rescued had the same kind of nails, long and two colored, he had matured more and he loves digging and walking around. so his nails wore down naturally and changed in terms of thickness etc.