General Care Discussion :: Need advice about my RES's behavior

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Post Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:25 pm   Need advice about my RES's behavior

Hi everyone,

My RES Sassy has been doing some different movements with her head since yesterday I've never seen her do before. When she is basking, or hanging half out of the water on her ramp..she sometimes does this weird head movement. She either bobs her head up and down, or she opens her mouth and then stretches her neck out and then moves her whole neck/head quickly to the side..she kind of looks like she's doing that move where you throw your head to the left and then to the right when you're dancing funny lol. Or when a girl shakes her neck back and forth when she's yelling at you haha. I have looked up the RI symptoms but she doesn't have any of them except the open mouth thing, but I've also read that that is normal too when they're basking. She has a beautiful tank setup so it's not like she is in bad conditions..I don't know if i'm reading in to it too much or what..any help would be appreciated..

Thanks!
-Kelly
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:19 pm   Re: Need advice about my RES's behavior

Sounds like she's just adjusting herself when basking.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:11 pm   Re: Need advice about my RES's behavior

Maybe she just has a good song stuck in her head. Ahaha
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