General Care Discussion :: Bites its own arm...

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Post Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:01 pm   Bites its own arm...

I have a one-year-old RES that is very happy and healthy but for some reason it bites its front left arm. It will do this several times an hour while basking on its rock. So far, it hasn't broken the skin but I am worried one day it will. Anybody know anything about this?
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Post Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:06 pm   

Is this a continuous problem, or something that just happens occassionally? Could just be an itch.
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Post Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:14 pm   

maybe your turtle is shedding and just peeling skin off of itself.
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:14 pm   

Mine has been doing this for years. Sometimes she does it just because she is trying to bite at the loose (filmy) skin that is falling off. Other times it looks like she is just itching herself. Nothing to worry about.
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:40 pm   

What's your turtle's diet like?
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-
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