Urgent Care :: BURPING/BUBBLE NOISES!!?

[Elise19]

I am soo confused "STEWIE" keeps burping/blowing bubbles at the edge of the water nearest the glass corners...there are like air bubbles floating on the surface of the water...what is that?? he does it for alil awhile and then swims around like he is fine.....i hear it recently maybe once a day...blurp!, blurp! on the top of the water is he sick!!??...

[steve]

Can you answer these questions...

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2142

There are also a number of topics related to bubbles and burping, have you read those posts?

[Elise19]

yeah i have....none of the other posts were like those of stewies'

[marsspyder]

larry started doing that the other day. he was just to the vet and hes fine, but i heard this weird noise coming from my tank and larry was blowing bubbles under water, then coming up to the surface and popping/eating them. i think he was playing some sort of game with his bubbles. he did it for like 20 minutes. he could have just wanted attention, because in larry world, attention means food...

[marisa]

I've noticed my painteds are more apt to make bubbles when they've gone from a warmer area (like the basking area) to a cooler one (the water).

[Elise19]

thank you all so much...for responding...!!

stewie is healthy and eats great and the bubble/burping is only for awhile and then he goes back to swimming... its just wierd to hear him doing it.. im like is he trying to breathe.....? anyway thanks u all!

[steve]

Well, keep an eye out for any other symptoms and see if these symptoms repeat. Illnesses sometimes have several symptoms, and you should always be aware of any strange behavior.

[staman]

One of my turts was burping under water for about 3 days. It was so loud you could hear it about 5 feet away from the tank. Ill never be sure what caused it but i think he got an upset stomach/gas from eating half a starhorn plant one night.. He learned his lesson

Can a turtle fart?

[marisa]

Don't know, but they can get gas, so...

What's a starhorn plant?

[Elise19]

thats interesting.... lol

yeah..what is that?

[staman]

Starhorn is Hygrophila corymbosa Stricta

[Elise19]

...uhh...

[staman]

http://species.fishindex.com/plant_83.html


Nice pic of one...

[da sAUCE!]

hes not burping. he's bored/hungry. honu would do that all the time. he's just blowing bubbles and then eating them.

[jenaero]

it very well could be burping. Rocks was burping quite violently for a while til i figured out that it was the high fibre in the tortoise pellets I was feeding her. Pandora was eating the same stuff and never had a problem.