General Care Discussion

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:14 am **is hissing alot normal**

my turtle hisses at me if i get to close to him or if i touch him when he is not walking. is that normal

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:18 am

How old is your turtle? How long have you had him? My turtle only hisses if we poke at him....mostly my Vet (also Zeke's Grandpa) hisses at him. We were trying to get him to come out so we could look at his abrasion on his neck that he has from his shell.

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:04 am

Yes... It's normal (mine does that too). It's his way of saying "back off or I'll bite your finger off!"

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:56 am

The hissing sound you hear is air being expelled when your turtle pulls inside the shell.

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:29 pm

ok i was just wondering

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:30 pm

to get ur turtle to come out u can try pushing on the sides between his tail and legs and he might come out

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:37 pm

turtleinc. wrote:to get ur turtle to come out u can try pushing on the sides between his tail and legs and he might come out

Why would you do that? If he's tucked in it's because he's scared or uncomfortable. Don't poke him.

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:39 pm

i ment if he has a sore on his neck and the vet needs to see it then u could ethier wait for a really long time or try what i have done

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:40 pm

Even if that was the case, the vet would know how to get in there to look at it.

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:34 pm

thats what the vet does sometimes

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:54 pm

Why are you doing it? Is that what your vet has done? Why did he/she do it?

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:35 pm

turtleinc. wrote:i ment if he has a sore on his neck and the vet needs to see it then u could ethier wait for a really long time or try what i have done

My dad was able to get him out of his shell....He is great with stuff like that...amazes people with Hedgehogs cause they always roll up in a ball when threatened...he can get them right out.

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:42 pm

mine does it to .big time

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:10 pm

Mine used to hiss a lot when she first came to us. Especially if we picked her up! She doesn't so much now. But today I was trying to take pics of her (post in another thread in a sec) and I was also feeding her lettuce. I took too long to give it to her so I could take a pic and she hissed at me! LOL

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:26 pm

Is it disturbed of me to find that cute?

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