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tuff turtle

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Question

Ichabod
hi, my red ear is a little over a year old now. he's extremely friendly and near fearless except when it comes to this monkey key chain. i once left it in front of his tank and came back to see him (i assume) trying to make himself look bigger than it and shaking his front feet vigorously at it. do you have any idea what he was exactly doing?
thanks :] - dominique
p.s. thats not his usual tank. i was cleaning out his tank and stuck him in that for the time being.

Answer
Hi Dominique,

It sounds to me like you have a male turtle. Males usually shake their feet or do a water dance with their feet when the want to mate. Maybe you should get him a female or another friend in the tank since they are very social animals.

Nate
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