Other Turtle Discussion :: Why does my turtle try to bit me....................

[Safdar]

Well gues what
I just got me first bite today

I got him a new tank
and he was stressed
i gave him a fish
And my hands were wrinkly cuz of the water
And he bit my finger

After that i tested, and put my finger and he didnt bite

Do your hands smell like repomin or anyhing

[Turtle_Turtle]

could be lol but now when i put my hand in the tank splash thinks shes always going to get fed and bites my hand even if i dont have anything

[Safdar]

I think splash grew a really bad habit
he needs to realiz he cant eat you

If your up to it
Leave ur hand in the water for him to bite
But hes 3 inchs
oh my
haha

i was thinking of letting him bite till he realized he can eat ur hand

[Turtle_Turtle]

i dont get what ur saying all i know from what u said is i am going to get bit

[Safdar]

I dont think his habit of biting u is going to get better in 1 day

Its going to take him a while to realize that he cant eat ur hand

[untsmurf]

I think what safdar was recommending was letting your turtle munch on your hand until the turt realizes that your hand isn't food. But I wouldn't recommend this. Turts aren't smart enough to tell the difference between hand and hand with food. You're just going to have to give your turt some time to get used to you. If it's already been a while (months) then you probably just have an aggressive turtle.

[Safdar]

Haha i said later on
Forget it
I thoguht he had a 1 inch turtle witch wont hurt that much
But his turtles is 3 inchs
Ouchh

[Turtle_Turtle]

i have only been hand feeding splash for 3-5 days i dont remember exactly when but ever since she thinks she can nibble on me. maybe if i stop for a while and try it again later she will forget?

[Tenodera]

nope! biting is a natural instinct. Trying to train your turtle not to bite is just weird.

[Turtle_Turtle]

yeah but she just started biting me

[Safdar]

You never know what emotional state your turtle is in
He might just be stressed and scared of you
And thall take time to biuld the trust back

[Turtle_Turtle]

no she literally will come up to me and look at me then bite me then looks at me and says where is the food

[Safdar]

Oh wow
Shes an "agressive" begger!

[Turtle_Turtle]

yep i am starting to get worried about my other turtle in there so what i do is feed her first (because she gets there first and eats it all) then i feed squirt while holding splash

[Safdar]

Ohh
you know what
It might be that your holding her when she could be eating

Shes sees food in front of her and ur holding on her shell
Stopping her from going

All she sees is a huge hand and that hand its a barrier between her and her food
Get it?

It could be that shes hates your hand because it stops her from eating more food

Get it??

Take one out of the tank and feed the other
then take out the other

It shoudlnt take that long since they seem to eat fast

Just remebr to not show the other turtle more food