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Post Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:11 pm   Speedy FANNING!!!

Today, something freaked me out, like, A LOT! When I put Speedy, my male red eared slider, in his summertime kiddie pool, he was very relaxed, but this strange, long, very dark purple-y thing came out of his tail! I freaked out, since I thought it could be like a random organ or something, even though my first thought was that he was just going to the bathroom..

It turns out, with the help of many freaked owners' articles on the internet, I've come to confirm that it was his penis! Yeah, you heard me! It's called 'fanning', and there's an explanation on this website about it as well!

So, if this happens to your turtle, don't freak out. It's normal. Luckily, his.. you know... went back inside his tail, so that means he was just putting it out for display.

Has this ever happened to any of you?

:shock:
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:58 pm   

Owh yeah~!!! I do freaked out when first time I saw the incident! Its kinda scary.. I tot a 'black ghost' wanna come out from my male turtle butt. Hahaha :D

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:48 am   

poor u having to see that
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:09 am   

I love when people see a turtle's genitals come out of their "peephole" and totally freak out like they have no idea what it is. And it seems to freak out the women on here the most, lol XD It's like, us girls don't have one of those so we don't understand it.
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:52 pm   

theartbook35 wrote:I love when people see a turtle's genitals come out of their "peephole" and totally freak out like they have no idea what it is. And it seems to freak out the women on here the most, lol XD It's like, us girls don't have one of those so we don't understand it.


Exactly! It was quite freaky.. but it happened again today, once.
Idk, he's probably asking me to get him a girlfriend. (:
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"I would say so.."

* Speedy the manly RES: 4'
* Lola the female RES: 4'
* Longie the Goldfish (7 yrs. old)
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:55 am   

hihihi... :lol:
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* 1 Chinese Golden Thread Turtle - Lost
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:26 pm   

I have taken care of Gimli now for over 10 years and today is the first time I saw this... needless to say I was a tad grossed out. I guess I know he's happy, right?? :wink:
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:52 pm   

Gimli wrote:I have taken care of Gimli now for over 10 years and today is the first time I saw this... needless to say I was a tad grossed out. I guess I know he's happy, right?? :wink:


Haha yeah, I guess so! And don't worry, I'm sure you aren't the only one who was grossed out the first time this behavior was seen! It's a freaky thing! :shock:
"So, are you obsessed with turtles?"
"I would say so.."

* Speedy the manly RES: 4'
* Lola the female RES: 4'
* Longie the Goldfish (7 yrs. old)
* Stevie the Betta (newest member)
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 pm   

Mikey went through a phase where he stuck it out everyday. :roll:
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:45 am   

untsmurf wrote:Mikey went through a phase where he stuck it out everyday. :roll:


You poor thing *huggle*

Mikey, your mommy and daddy don't want to see your peeper, m'kay?
Spike - Egyptian mau mix, 8 years old
Phryne - Japanese bobtail, 9 months old
Hurricane - RES, 8 yo, 6 1/2 in. long
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:59 pm   

theartbook35 wrote:
untsmurf wrote:Mikey went through a phase where he stuck it out everyday. :roll:


You poor thing *huggle*

Mikey, your mommy and daddy don't want to see your peeper, m'kay?


:lol: ain't that the truth!
~Christi
1.0 RES: Mikey R.I.P.
1.0 Het for Albino Red Tail Boa: Kaa ~adopted out
0.0.1 Northern BTS: Petri ~now a well-loved class pet
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Post Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:32 pm   

ShellbyRES16x wrote:
Gimli wrote:I have taken care of Gimli now for over 10 years and today is the first time I saw this... needless to say I was a tad grossed out. I guess I know he's happy, right?? :wink:


Haha yeah, I guess so! And don't worry, I'm sure you aren't the only one who was grossed out the first time this behavior was seen! It's a freaky thing! :shock:


I'm just happy I read this post before seeing it. I would've had Gimli at the vet within seconds!! lol
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:42 pm   Re: Speedy FANNING!!!

I only wished I'd have read all this before this morning.. I saw my"girl" become a "boy" and totally freaked out thinking I needed to rush "her" to the vet because her stomach was trying to come out..


Good lord... talk about ewwww...

At least he has the name Skimmer so I can just replace "beautiful" with "handsome". = : >
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