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Spitting water from nose?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:26 pmby FLhaven4strays
When Liza (9" penn cooter) eats she tends to shoot water out of her nose as she's swallowing...especially if it's a large piece of food she's trying to get down. She does dip her head under to begin swallowing, but tends to finish w/ head above water level (already looking for that next bite, LOL) and I've seen water shoot several inches away.
Has anyone else seen this?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:34 pmby octpusgirl8
Yeah, Turtley "spits" on me all the time when i'm feeding him. Just like you said, it's always when he's just swallowed a pellet and is coming up for another. Greedy little things, aren't they? No manners at all!
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Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:41 amby Cramer
Turtles smell underwater by pulling water through their mouth and expelling it through their nose or vice versa, by pumping their jaw, which you can clearly see.
When they eat, they expell excess water out too.
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Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:50 amby eugenetimpog
I didn't know that. thnx
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Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:31 pmby industrial_girl_2000
"spitting" thru the nose.....yup, totally ok.
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Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:14 pmby steve
Search the forum for "
fireman"
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Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:06 amby FLhaven4strays
steve wrote:Search the forum for "
fireman"
Hahahahaha! *loved* that thread Steve - thanks!
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Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:42 pmby marisa
Mine RES does it quite frequently. It's partially due to their anatomy.