Trimming puffer beak??

Smarkow

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I've kept porcupine puffers for about 20 years. Three of them to be exact. I always feed with tweezers.. Years ago I came up with a very simple hack on a standard set of tweezers. I purchased some diamond dust coated files and cut them about an inch long. I then epoxied them to the ends of the tweezers. When the puffer grabs the food he is biting down on the files thus grinding down his beak/teeth. I've been feeding this way for well over a decade with zero issues. I rinse them in fresh water and dry after feeding. I'm actually surprised no one makes something like this. There will be a tiny bit of rust at the cut ends but it doesn't cause any harm. I'll try and grab a video at feeding time tomorrow.
Brilliant
It’s a niche part of the hobby, within a niche hobby haha
But I’d buy one, though right now my DFP is still so scared of me that he’s not ready for hand feeding yet
 

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Hopefully the YouTube quality gets better.


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This Video was pretty cool to see them work on a dog face puffer at the zoo, they use a grinder bit on a dental (dremel) tool.
 
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