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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:39 pm **Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Stoli likes to attack my finger. He always tries to bite off parts of my finger, but I have calluses and he is too tiny. It actually sort of hurts, but he can’t break the skin. Leaves a tiny triangle imprint though hahaha

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:59 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

just wait till he's 6 inches long. hurts like hell! lol

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:06 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Yup, enjoy it while you can

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:16 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

my advice is stop this while they r young and small haha

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:39 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Too cute and I agree

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:40 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Sooooooooooooooo cute. If only it didn't hurt so goddamn much when they get older!!

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:24 am **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

hahahaha yeah this isn't going to be something that can continue. it's funny for right now though. i go to pick him up so i can change the water and he just bites at me. i sit next to their bin and he bites at me. he blows bubbles in the water and then bites them. he's just a biter or something lol. when they get a bit bigger, i'm gonna get tweezers or something to feed them with

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:22 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Unfortunately they don't grow out of it.

I'd be careful of using tweezers, just in case you drop it in the water, or he jabs himself with it - they aren't picky as to what they nom-nom on!

Sylvia bit my finger real good a couple of years ago - my fault, and didn't even see it coming- and I screamed bloody murder...it hurt REALLY REALLY bad. I think she put all her 6 lbs behind it. oy!

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:39 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

hmm good point. i'll just have to develop awesome reflexes lol

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:57 am **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

One time while installing a power head filter, I let my hand dangle over the aquarium. I thought I had an eye on all 4 of my res, but one surprised me by biting my finger. She was a decent size turtle, 8" long. Surprisingly it didn't hurt. She quickly let go when she realize it was my finger.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:45 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

hahaha that's good. I hope mine eventually learn that my finger is not prey. I'm not really sure why Stoli does this. My other tiny turtle doesn't do this. It knows that my finger is not food. But I sort of think Stoli does this cos it thinks it can kill my invading hand.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:39 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Mine latched on this morning and then began to pull back using her feet! Guess I need to stop hand-feeding?
But this way, I can see EXACTLY how much she's eating. (everything, LOL)

P.S. I always enjoy the pics that you post...So close-up and clear!

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:55 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

haha is your's little too?
thanks! my roommate has a really epic camera that I get to use.

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:51 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

Not so little anymore---about 5"

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:24 pm **Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!**

ooo it's big!
it's gonna be so weird when mine grow. i can't picture them being much bigger than two inches XD

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