General Care Discussion :: very agited

[SirLongarm]

Greetings i need help with my red eared turtle , since yesterday she got very agitated she wants to get out of her tank , she usually does this at about 7 pm now she does this at 5-5:30 pm, and she makes alot of noise waking everyone up , shes a female she is 17 years old or more she didnt act like this before , she eats and such ,is it because her tank has no stones i mean the little ones that fill the bottom ? since the last change of those , i lost part of them while cleaning

[AlexisAwesome]

She might be hungry. If she is new to the tank, this behavior is normal.

[SirLongarm]

nothing new, food is enough it drives me crazy , she wants to climb everything the constant sound of her shell hitting the floor is very annoying

[steve]

It's either food begging or she might be gravid. If they are fed at a certain time, they might expect food and would put up a fit when they don't get it. Some females prefer to lay eggs at certain times of the day, so she could be wanting out of the tank.

[AlexisAwesome]

It might be the removale of the air stones as well.

[penelope]

Acting nuts at an unusual time (with no food offered), and her age, I am guessing gravid. However, you know her behavior the best. if this has goes on fort Rhett next couple of days, then you can try a nest a couple of times. If it turns out that she wasn't gravid, then no harm done really... just erring on the side of caution.