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She finally got me
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:49 pmby jenaero
I finally got a turtle bite that drew blood. Little bugger. All these things do is eat and bite me
The new ones are not nearly as calm as my others, although they've finally taken to hand feeding. Just sharing my pain is all.
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:56 pmby mikedpirone
lol i know it hurts doesnt it? my larger one bit my index finger and refused to let go once...my little one is so gentle though...she will only take food if i hand feed her and she is yet to even get close to biting me
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:00 pmby jenaero
This sucker is like 7in long. She bit, held on and pulled her head into her shell
Nothin I could do but stand there and wait for her to let go. She held on for at least 10 seconds. Not gonna get that close again..lol
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:10 pmby ellman605
i thinks its so funny when they try to pull you into their shell, like "i'm going to steal your finger, and it's comming inside with me!"
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:43 pmby jenaero
yeah, and try explaining to a turtle that it's not gonna work..lol
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:14 pmby buffyfan9005
Aww. I'm sure she didn't mean to hurt...your feelings. I'm sure she probably ment to *hurt* you though, haha. Either you were food or you were pissing her off.
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:14 amby jenaero
well it was earthworm day so she was pretty excited...lol.
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:24 pmby steve
I have never given my RES earthworms... not sure if I could stomach it. I should be counting the days since I last got bit, ironically it was the last time I hand fed.
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:46 pmby Spookster
I've only gotten bit once so far. Once was enough though so I'm extra careful now. I was using a net to scoop up some poop in the tank and had my arm in the water up to my bicep and she came along and bit hold of the skin on the inside of my bicep. My RES is 8 inches long so she has quite a bite. It was hard enough to break skin and she wouldn't let go.
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:37 pmby jenaero
yeah, the worms are pretty disgusting but I'm so used to having to cut them up for my boxie that feeding them whole is actually a relief
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:18 pmby marisa
Tilly loves her earthworms and gets one whole once in a while (I cut them up for the painteds--if two grab on to the same worm they'll drag each other around the tank until one gives up or I intercede). The painteds have a harder bite than my RES (who's much bigger than they are), but my RES hasn't bitten me in quite a while.
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Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:49 amby buffyfan9005
Marisa, hahaha. How cute does that earthworm tug of war sound? So adorable.
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Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:44 pmby marisa
Sounds cute, but they really take it seriously. When they were smaller, I once tried to break things up by lifting one out of the tank...and the other one followed still clinging to the worm (until it broke).
Amazing how long those necks can get...