why does my female tort use more force to escape than my male? picking up my female tort really hurts and i hold her correctly for the most part.
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tort claws
banjobert
Jun 01, 2007 10:55 AM
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banjobert
Jun 01, 2007 05:50 PM
sometimes when my male russian sees me he head bobs at me. what does this mean?
tglazie
Jun 08, 2007 04:20 AM
Sometimes, when it is warm, tortoises take more frequent breaths as their metabolism is up. The bobbing you are witnessing is the tortoise's head moving against the nasal passages, which expand downward (you can depress under the chin to find out if a tortoise has severe respiratory distress). This is entirely normal.
T.G.
