Trimming puffer beak??

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
 
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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