All Turtles Message Board

SkeetSkeetPinoy · Level 1 Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 19

Ok .. yea. Why's my turtle digging? It's like .. hes using his backlegs to kick away the gravel under a decoration in my tank. Any reason for this? Just curious.

deesygirl · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 1232

Turtles love to dig. In the wild they search for food that way.

dixieee · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:42 am Post subject:

are u sure it's a he?? turtles also dig when they're trying to lay eggs..how old is it? any other turtles in there with him??
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jennyford · Guest Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Location: ireland

my turtle is female and about 9 months old i think and keeps digging in the corner of the tank she shares with a male is she nesting or just trying to freak me out

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject:

Unless she is 5 inches or better, she is probably just redecorating. Very Happy

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centex · Level 3 Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 319

^^^^^STRAYKINGFISHER is right...as usual....and even though they are aquatic they lay their eggs on land in dirt. So they wouldn't be trying to lay eggs underwater even if she was of sexual maturity.

John