my turtle did something... ODD!

He has been moving around his gravel tearing up the plants and doing some odd posturing (sp?) (standing at the bottem of the tank funny) nothing new for his normal day.

well he started it up again then all when very quite... to quite. I look and he is standing funny again with a look on his face of being half asleep and his tail fully tucked unter his plastern. (sp?) I look closer and I see that my little girl is actualy a boy and to top that off he was .... playing with him self :O

is this normal for a musk turtle? or any turtle for that matter? I had red eards when I was a kid and they never did this.

Didn't you also have a ball python do something similar?

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=32877

WOW.

-adam

well to start off...........what makes you think this? Is there a projection from the cloacal opening?

Maybe he had an itch...?

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to top that off he was .... playing with him self :O

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Hmm, a turtle playing with himself.. thats a first I have ever heard of this...

I really doubt he/she was "playing" with itself... animals dont have sex for gratification..they have sex to procreate. Now, if your turtle was a human, "playing with itself" may actually be what was going on... humans are the only creatures known that have sex for the gratification that can follow..not animals.

Jeanne I heard somewhere that dolphins can feel pleasure that humans do during these moments. Is this true?

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Jeanne I heard somewhere that dolphins can feel pleasure that humans do during these moments. Is this true?

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If memory serves me correct.... they are still doing research on this....

Although, it is my understanding, as of this moment, some monkey species do feel like humans do.. was just told that a min. ago. Apparently, some monkeys have been found "playing with themselves". Apes in particular.

I saw that happen at the zoo once! :)

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If memory serves me correct.... they are still doing research on this....

Although, it is my understanding, as of this moment, some monkey species do feel like humans do.. was just told that a min. ago. Apparently, some monkeys have been found "playing with themselves". Apes in particular.

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Bonobos has sex for gratification and i think that dolphins and sea lions do too

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Hmm, a turtle playing with himself.. thats a first I have ever heard of this...

I really doubt he/she was "playing" with itself... animals dont have sex for gratification..they have sex to procreate. Now, if your turtle was a human, "playing with itself" may actually be what was going on... humans are the only creatures known that have sex for the gratification that can follow..not animals.

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Male horses play with themselves; I remember covering this in class. We had a male goat who also did things which I will not describe here, but there was no question what he was doing.

I've had a number of clients at work describe intact male dogs who were particularly attached to certain pilllows or stuffed animals, requiring frequent laundering of said items. If that's not sex for pleasure, I don't know what is....

And in more formal literature bonobos are well-documented, as are baboons, mandrills, and quite a few other primates.

Not saying reptiles do...so far it seems to be just in the very social species, but it's certainly not limited to humans.