The Russian Tortoise 
Agrionemys horsfieldii ( Testudo horsfieldii)  

Russian Tortoise Toenails

A frequent question I get is "should I cut my tortoises toenails". Russian tortoises normally have long nails. For the most part they never need trimming. The following shows what "normal" looks like.

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