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I'm just wondering because sometimes in the morning, it really looks like she is yawning. i wake my redfoot up as i'm cleaning up her tank a bit and changing the water and feeding her and misting the tank first thing in the morning and it looks like she is a little sleepy and then she "yawns" a couple times, then she'll usually get up and eat. Is she really yawning??
just curious

i think so i see mine do it as well

it's especially cute when he has a big spit bubble in his mouth!

Can Geese fly????... Does a bear $hit in the woods???... Sorry, couldn't resist.

Yea... tortoises yawn and quite frequently. Check out the cover photo of the TFH Russian Tortoise Book... I hate that picture.

>>I'm just wondering because sometimes in the morning, it really looks like she is yawning. i wake my redfoot up as i'm cleaning up her tank a bit and changing the water and feeding her and misting the tank first thing in the morning and it looks like she is a little sleepy and then she "yawns" a couple times, then she'll usually get up and eat. Is she really yawning??
>>just curious
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Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

I used to have a male Egyptian Tortoise which make a very loud noise when mating.

i know, silly question...
i guess i should have figured that tortoises could yawn, but i have never seen her do that before! it is pretty cute

...it's a turtle!

Here's my guy, waking from a rest on a rug with his buddy, my partner. Funny as heck when the tort struts over and bites the pads on the paws of the sleeping German Shepherd.