Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:24 am Why does my turtle do this?
There is a life-size plastic turtle outside my RES enclosure and I noticed her checking it out. She is active when not basking, and swims back and forth. I picked up the fake turtle and followed her movement with it outside the glass. She started following it, where ever I moved it. I put the fake turtles' nose right up to the glass and my turtle swam right up to it, nose to nose. Then she raised her front feet just over her head and fluttered them, while her nose was touching the glass where the fake turtles' nose was. I wasn't sure when I first saw her do it, whether she was having some kind of seizure... But it seems the fake turtle can trigger this behavior any time. It is beautiful, but strange! Does anyone know what this is?
