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EJ
at Sat Oct 24 16:11:36 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EJ ]
Nope... reptiles do not sweat. Both my Redfoots and Aldabs do this... scared the heck out of me the first time I saw it. It doesn't even come out of the nares but out of the mouth. They salavate to the extreme where the front of the body gets wet. They do this in extreme cool or hot temperatures.
Note... tortoises definately do drink through the nares as if it was a straw but that is probably not the cause of the wetness you are seeing.
>>Does anybodys Aldabra sweat from the face? Sometimes mine will under every different type of humidity and temprature. Could this be a problem or is this normal? ----- Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
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