“Turtle” by Sergiu Bacioiu is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Symptoms

• Top part of the mouth has grown past the bottom jaw
• Turtle has trouble grabbing, tearing, and/or chewing their food

Cause

• Dietary imbalance
• Broken jaw
• Too many soft foods

Treatment

If your red-eared slider has an overgrown beak, you will need to take it to an experienced reptile vet to get it filed down. DO NOT attempt this on your own!

Making a cuttlebone available in your turtle’s tank helps keep the beak ground down and also provides a great source of dietary calcium.