I haven't been here for awhile, so someone may have already asked this. My 5 - 5 1/2 year old male sulcata likes to be petted, but when I pet him on the rear of his carapace, he wiggles and backs up. I don't know if it's because he enjoys it, or it bothers him. Any ideas?
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sensitive carapace
mgtt
Jun 02, 2003 04:25 PM
Replies (8)
tortusjack
Jun 02, 2003 05:24 PM
All mine do it, it's fun to watch them do the "dance".
graham(UK)
mgtt
Jun 02, 2003 05:32 PM
Interesting. But I wonder why?
nathana
Jun 03, 2003 09:11 AM
May be a reaction to what might be considerred a mounting?
mgtt
Jun 03, 2003 02:49 PM
It's an idea. But he's a male, so he'd be doing the mounting. I wonder if his turtle prostate might be in that area?
tortusjack
Jun 03, 2003 03:08 PM
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nathana
Jun 04, 2003 09:17 AM
But that's what I mean... he may feel like he's being mounted and that's not good?
Anyway, just a thought.
Niki
Jun 04, 2003 10:29 AM
we scratch his rear shell as you described, or even if it's sprayed
with water. After a few times he ignores it, so to get the effect
of showing people how he can dance and do the "boogie woogie"
we don't do it a lot. I've also seen him outside scratching like
that on a hibiscus bush occasionally.
cagrlalwys
Jun 04, 2003 12:36 PM
I was wondering, does this only happen to sulcatas? Or is it all torts? Hmm I wonder why? 
