General Care Discussion :: orange-red beak

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:34 pm   orange-red beak

Yesterday, I gave Mats half a baby carrot hung on the veggie-clip. When I came home from work last night, Mats had eaten all of it (which i'm happy cause he's still young), but when I looked at him, his beak was orange-reddish. I waited 'til this morning and it was still that same color. Is it normal for its beak to turn that color after eating a carrot or he irritated his beak with the hardness of the carrot by eating it?

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:54 pm   

That's normal. RES often get an orange coloured beak after eating carrots. It will probably fade away after a few days.
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:43 pm   

Ok thanks BullDog
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:00 am   

I love to see when my turtles got her orange lipstick.. hehe

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