What is this noise?

[kewp]

it has taken me a year to catch this on video...... does anyone else have a tortoise that makes this noise? She seems to only do it when she is stretched out and relaxing under her lights (happy noise?). It is LOUD for such a little thing. I blamed the cat for the longest time.

 

[vladimir]

it has taken me a year to catch this on video...... does anyone else have a tortoise that makes this noise? She seems to only do it when she is stretched out and relaxing under her lights (happy noise?). It is LOUD for such a little thing. I blamed the cat for the longest time.

Interesting. I think I've heard a similar noise, but didn't know if it came from my sulcata or one of the aquatic turtles nearby. Curious to hear what others have to say.

 

[Bee62]

My young sulcatas make such a noise from time to time too.
I think it is a kind of sneeze but they are not sick, but I definitely know that the sound comes from a tort.

 

[vladimir]

My young sulcatas make such a noise from time to time too.
I think it is a kind of sneeze but they are not sick, but I definitely know that the sound comes from a tort.

A sneeze is kind of what I suspected. It seems to occur infrequently and randomly and doesn't happen more than once, so I wasn't too worried.

 

[Bee62]

A sneeze is kind of what I suspected. It seems to occur infrequently and randomly and doesn't happen more than once, so I wasn't too worried.

I am not worried too if it only happen a few times.

 

[Big Charlie]

I've never heard that noise from Charlie.

 

[TechnoCheese]

I’ve heard my sully make that noise when I scared him and he peed.

 

[vladimir]

I’ve heard my sully make that noise when I scared him and he peed.

I dunno why but that made me laugh

 

[Bee62]

I’ve heard my sully make that noise when I scared him and he peed.

No, I heard this noise sometimes without that a tort is peeing on me.

 

[kewp]

I’ve heard my sully make that noise when I scared him and he peed.

It would be so much easier if mine did that. She is a stealth pee-Er.

 

[TechnoCheese]

It would be so much easier if mine did that. She is a stealth pee-Er.

Sadly, it doesn’t help much, lol. Now every time I pick him up, I always chant “don’t pee, don’t pee, don’t pee”!