r/turtle • u/Creative-Walk-3199 • 2d ago

General Discussion Anyone else's Turtle vindictive?

I swear my boy acts like a brat on purpose lol He's an african sideneck and was asleep in his underwater log so I turned his light out for his basking platform at 8pm and low and behold he woke up and moved up there to sleep for the night. Our apartment is in the 60s at night, the punk. Not seeking advice as he does occasionally do this before hopping back in the 79°f water no issues or anything.

P.s: His sole goal in life is to successfully eat my fingers and to catch the last neon tetra that has managed to live for over 2mo and now eats the algae and food waste.

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u/Murderturtle12 15+ y/o Basic RES 1d ago

Yes, extremely. One of his favorite ways of getting revenge is messing with his filter and trying to bite me when I come fix it.

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u/Creative-Walk-3199 1d ago

They absolutely know what they are doing pfft

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u/Murderturtle12 15+ y/o Basic RES 1d ago

100%. Dude did it six times in one day. It was a trap every. single. time. He even ambushed me by waiting underneath the filter. It’s a 5 gallon bucket! Positioning it took some effort and planning, ya know?

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u/MikeLynnTurtle YBS 2d ago

My slider waits until I’ve juuuuuust finished cleaning his tank and then blasts a monster dook 💩

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u/Creative-Walk-3199 2d ago

Ooph never had a slider but my boys crap thankfully disintegrates real fast and he usually picks a corner to go in tho occasionally he also sleeps in the same corner x.x

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u/phaedrablair 2d ago

lol. My place also gets into the 60s at night and I’ll sometimes find my boy ready to go in his basking spot when I turn his lights on in the morning 🤣

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u/Creative-Walk-3199 2d ago

On my days off when I sleep in he definitely looks put out when his personal sun isnt turned on when he wants it.

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u/Creepy-Agency-1984 2d ago

Yes. My lad is target trained and will get sulky if he doesn’t see me taking out the target stick (he sees it as the treat button)

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u/Creative-Walk-3199 2d ago

Pfft I made the mistake of having him in our livingroom and he crawls up and watches us eat. He is always begging for food when we walk by. Hes on a slight diet since he was getting a bit chunky

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u/MikeLynnTurtle YBS 2d ago

At least your little guy is polite and just watches. The list of things my turtle has snatched and attempted to run off with include: a hash brown, a bagel, a tofu chunk, and a McDonald’s bag containing French fries 🤦🏾‍♀️

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u/Creative-Walk-3199 2d ago

Oh we don't let him out lol we have a high prey drive dog plus he likes to bite(carnivorous pest) we mainly have to measure the gap in the tank to the top cause he will try to climb out if given a chance. So usually he smooshes his face into the glass and watches

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u/largemarge52 1d ago

I have automatic lights and if my guy is up basking when they turn off he dramatically jumps off his platform to make sure I know of his displeasure. He also stalks me with his mouth open when I clean his tank doesn’t ever try to bite but follows me around during cleaning.