General Care Discussion :: Breathing

[zeek]

When ever I take up my RES I hear her making some a noise, something like a breathing noise, is it normal, and also on some parts of her shell, If my fingers are there I can feel her breathing, also when ever I take her out of the water for even a few seconds, her mouth is open a little, and example would be like this (out of 100 it would be 2) thats how much her mouth is open.

Seeing that I am not too familiar with turtles I like to examine everything.

[Daniel3507]

yes. breathing is a good thing. and if its a hissing noise that too is normal

[steve]

It could be an overweight turtle. Is there skin puffing out when she goes into her shell? I'm not sure what you mean by feeling her breathing when touching the shell.

[zeek]

when I say feeling her breath, its like if I put my hands on the bottom of the shell, I can feel when she breaths in air

[PcBuilder14]

If your turtles under about 2-3 inches its shell hasn't completely hardened yet. I can feel my turtle moving through its bottom shell. Like its bones or something.