Rachel_tzm
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Hello all,
So my tort is still a baby at 5 and a half months and I've only had him a couple of weeks.
Yesterday he was pulling his head in and pushing it out under his basking light quite aggressively with his bum wedged right into his substrate. I figured he was trying to poo so tried to dig his bum out a bit and accidentally touched him and he darted away from me and kept darting in random directions for about a minute. I gave him some watercress and he calmed down so left him alone. Then this afternoon he was napping on me for about 15 minutes and then I felt him wake up all startled and scared and he darted like he did the night before like he had just woken up from a nightmare. Afterwards he kept swiping his head with his arm as if something was stuck in the skin between his arm and head, I had a good look but couldn't see anything. Any ideas why he is acting this way? I worry he is poorly/sick?
Thank you
So my tort is still a baby at 5 and a half months and I've only had him a couple of weeks.
Yesterday he was pulling his head in and pushing it out under his basking light quite aggressively with his bum wedged right into his substrate. I figured he was trying to poo so tried to dig his bum out a bit and accidentally touched him and he darted away from me and kept darting in random directions for about a minute. I gave him some watercress and he calmed down so left him alone. Then this afternoon he was napping on me for about 15 minutes and then I felt him wake up all startled and scared and he darted like he did the night before like he had just woken up from a nightmare. Afterwards he kept swiping his head with his arm as if something was stuck in the skin between his arm and head, I had a good look but couldn't see anything. Any ideas why he is acting this way? I worry he is poorly/sick?
Thank you