All Turtles Message Board

sammy-beaner · Level 1 Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 7

my turtle is snapping at me. it never did this before. he or she dont know yet is about 1 year old. today i took both my turtles out of the tank to clean it and the baby just starting snapping at me and latched on to the towel i had in my hand that i dry them off with. If any one knows why it is acting like this or how to stop him from doing this please reply.. i mean it was really aggressive.

MinisMommy · Level 3 Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 103

You can't stop turtles from snapping at you.. just make sure you keep away from its mouth. some turtles are naturally aggressive.

JEFF4i · Level 1 Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 21

As said, some turtles are just a bit more aggresive. Also it might be associating your finger with food.

There is a great movie on YouTube where this girl is sticking her finger in near a RES, and wiggling it away. And then SNAP! Bites right on. Smile

Nothing you should be too worried about though.

sammy-beaner · Level 1 Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 7

thanks for the tip about you tube i went in there and checked it out. i guess if i get bit it wont hurt . Surprised

SurferGrrl · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject:

MinisMommy · Level 3 Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 103

Turtles jaws are made so they can bite through shells or crstations and snails and such... turst me... skin would be nothing...

JEFF4i · Level 1 Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 21

Oh yeah, getting bitten hurts. My girl who's of decent size, though not fully grown, bit me once. YOUCH!

sammy-beaner · Level 1 Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 7

well i guess i will keep my fingers away from its mouth. on you tube i watched res biteing this one girl and she kept putting her finger back so it could bite her again. i just dont know why my little one is starting to bite. she only does it when she is out of her tank, and i an holding her. i say her because my sammy is a male and he flirts with the little one.

MinisMommy · Level 3 Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 103

Turtles don't like to be handled... they are definetly more look don't touch creatures... that would explain why he is trying to bite you.

sammy-beaner · Level 1 Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 7

well my sammy likes to be handled. i can even hand feed him. he will even climb on my hand when i put my hand in the tank when he is really eager to come out and walk around. i guess i just got lucky with sammy.

MinisMommy · Level 3 Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 103

Thats good that Sammy told you that he liked to be handeled. Turtles can take a while to warm up to people... if you must handel a turtle i suppose sammy would be the one... but until the other warms up or even IF the other one warms up... i would keep your fingers away from his mouth.

I-LOVE-TURTLES · Level 3 Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 262 Location: My House

Ditto!! Keep your fingers away from the turts mouth!!! A turtle bite hurts!!!

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Terry&Donny · Level 2 Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 45

Naiialuvr:) · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject:

if you handle it alot..... dont handle it so much... same thing happened with my old mud turtle......
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plasmik · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject:

Yup its true, turtles snap and hurt if they get a real good bite of your finger. my friends would always ask if it hurt and i always let them bite on to my finger and hang off of it but i guess now that they have grown when i let them bite my finger she bit me so hard that she broke skin and i was bleeding pretty bad. it left the mark of their mouth. after that i wont let them snap at my fingers lol...
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Bubonic · Level 2 Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 81

So are guys saying it wouldn't be wise for me to bathed with my turtle?