Penis why

Hai

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Anyone know why my tort penis keeps coming out so much. I feed him and it comes out, I scratch him it also comes out. Also doesn't all the dirt on the ground end up going back in with it?
 

Faygen

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I also wondered about the substrate getting stuck on it when George shows his off do they just absorb it or does it stay on the outside when they tuck it away?
 

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If this is new behavior this is normal and it usually lasts about a month or so then they seem to stop doing it so much.
As for the dirt, it seems most of it gets knocked off as it's going back in. They do this in the wild too with no concern of the substrate. I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep the enclosure clean of things like food that isn't a normal substrate and that could rot should it get stuck inside
 

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okay thanks I couldn't seem to find any info anywhere and there's only so many times I want to search tortoise genitals lol
 

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