Post by Amy M on Oct 28, 2002 12:47:42 GMT -5
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Help! I recently acquired 2 yellow bellied sliders (supposdly 4 yrs old.....although I suspect one is younger). I knew TEXTnothingTEXT about turtles when I got them and have had quite an education since. I have quite the fancy & healthy home for Dingo & Mandy now (and expensive too!). I have fallen in love with these guys and feel quite educated about them now as I have eaten up all info I could find on RES & YBS. I was aware of the vibrating claws to hypnotize the female for mating purposes (my turtles do this often!Both male & female). But something happened w/my male turtle Dingo that I wasn't prepared for. I haven't read anything about this anywhere and I'm going to have to be graphic here so don't read on if easily offended. But I was so horrified and freaked I need an explanation from someone more knowledgeable than I!
I was watching my male turle Dingo....he appeared to have something large and black between his legs. I thought it was the distortion of the glass acquaruim and his legs/lighting/my sleepiness/etc....but then I noticed it enlarged quite a bit. I jumped off my bed to come face to face w/Dingo. As I did his penis??, became enlarged.....it was almost as big as he was! It was black and looked squid like......and just kept getting bigger. Then after a minute he retracted it into his tail hole (I think it's called coclea?) It folderd up pretty fast and all there was left was a small bump in the coclea which totally went away in a moment. Correct me if I'm wrong but that was his penis??? Tell me my Dingo isn't an alien turtle come to conquer the planet! But if that was his penis all I have to say is AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!! No wonder Mandy want's nothing to do w/him!! I'm just shocked...has anyone seen anything like this? I need to know that this is normal.....and that I'm not seeing things!!
Help! I recently acquired 2 yellow bellied sliders (supposdly 4 yrs old.....although I suspect one is younger). I knew TEXTnothingTEXT about turtles when I got them and have had quite an education since. I have quite the fancy & healthy home for Dingo & Mandy now (and expensive too!). I have fallen in love with these guys and feel quite educated about them now as I have eaten up all info I could find on RES & YBS. I was aware of the vibrating claws to hypnotize the female for mating purposes (my turtles do this often!Both male & female). But something happened w/my male turtle Dingo that I wasn't prepared for. I haven't read anything about this anywhere and I'm going to have to be graphic here so don't read on if easily offended. But I was so horrified and freaked I need an explanation from someone more knowledgeable than I!
I was watching my male turle Dingo....he appeared to have something large and black between his legs. I thought it was the distortion of the glass acquaruim and his legs/lighting/my sleepiness/etc....but then I noticed it enlarged quite a bit. I jumped off my bed to come face to face w/Dingo. As I did his penis??, became enlarged.....it was almost as big as he was! It was black and looked squid like......and just kept getting bigger. Then after a minute he retracted it into his tail hole (I think it's called coclea?) It folderd up pretty fast and all there was left was a small bump in the coclea which totally went away in a moment. Correct me if I'm wrong but that was his penis??? Tell me my Dingo isn't an alien turtle come to conquer the planet! But if that was his penis all I have to say is AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!! No wonder Mandy want's nothing to do w/him!! I'm just shocked...has anyone seen anything like this? I need to know that this is normal.....and that I'm not seeing things!!