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Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:39 pmby AllTheCandies
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
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:59 pmby shortt
just wait till he's 6 inches long. hurts like hell! lol
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:06 pmby steve
Yup, enjoy it while you can
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:16 pmby rsour24
my advice is stop this while they r young and small haha
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:39 pmby Moose
Too cute and I agree
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:40 pmby Karawr
Sooooooooooooooo cute. If only it didn't hurt so goddamn much when they get older!!
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:24 amby AllTheCandies
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
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:22 pmby ytse411
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!
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:39 pmby AllTheCandies
hmm good point. i'll just have to develop awesome reflexes lol
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:57 amby Anette
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.
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:45 pmby AllTheCandies
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.
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:39 pmby Miss Tee
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!
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:55 pmby AllTheCandies
haha is your's little too?
thanks! my roommate has a really epic camera that I get to use.
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:51 pmby Miss Tee
Not so little anymore---about 5"
Re: Tiny Turtle Attack!
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Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:24 pmby AllTheCandies
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