Hi, I have two redfoots and one leopard which are all 3 years old. One of my redfoots has started to whistle just a little bit occasionaly when he breathes. Now, I know that tortoises are not supposed to make any noise when they breath, but this is not very loud at all. I have to have my head within three feet of him in order to hear this noise and even then it only happens occasionally and is very faint. I began to notice this noise about six months ago and since then the tortoise has not shown any other signs of sickness. I raised the temperature in his enclosure as a precautionary measure but has yielded no change. Is it possible that there is just a little more noise now because the tortoise is getting larger. If this a definite health issue what can I do to resolve the problem? I just wanted to make sure that this is not normal as the tortoise gets older before spending 100 dollars at the vet. Thanks for any help. Cary

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• tortoise whistle - lykarok, Sun Sep 7 19:42:48 2008
• RE: tortoise whistle - emysbreeder, Mon Sep 8 02:22:07 2008
• RE: tortoise whistle - lykarok, Tue Sep 9 18:15:01 2008