yawning

Posted:
Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:50 pm
by njai
does turtles yawn?
cuz my did
they move their throats
just like us when we swallow

Posted:
Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:59 pm
by marisa
They do yawn, but if you see your turtle doing it really frequently and notice other symptoms (mucus, open-mouth breathing, for example), it would indicate he is ill.
The breathing with the throat is called gular breathing, which is normal.