Hi,
I don't often participate in forums so I hope I am asking in the right place. I have had my turtles for about 2 1/2 years and tonight one of my turtles rose to the surface 3 times in quick succesion during feeding and squirted water from his nose. He was rising to get more food so not specifically to do it.
For a few seconds I thought it was pretty cute then I realised in 2 1/2 years I had never seen this behaviour from any of the turtles. That seemed significant as I had already researched their care years ago and had been warned many times that bubbles/foam were to be a worry when found around the nose. So I kind of figured if you have water in an airway it's possibly going to produce foam. Should I worry?
I searched first on the forum and found this but it was just a statement made by one person. It's not that I don't trust this person it's just that I worry very much about my turtles health and I would like it verified if possible.. Is this statement true? Will the vet just laugh? I can't call my vet yet anyway, I only just noticed and it's late here. The vets will be closed for another 10 hours.
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:13 pm
My Beaker does that too. Also she sometimes shoots water out of her nose when she surfaces......I called the Vet and he laughed at me....... "Make it turtle proof, and they'll build a better turtle."
I can't call my vet yet anyway, I only just noticed and it's late here. The vets will be closed for another 10 hours.
Thanks in advance!
