Advice wanted. (breathing question)

Lauren88

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Haven’t had my baby tort long. May sound mad but is it normally to visibly see him breathe, quick ish? And head bobbing quite a bit. Crazy I know but rather he was okay. Thanks
 

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I think it is. When I first got mine, I remember seeing them do that often... I believe they might have been a bit nervous at the time. Not so much anymore.... we would love to see pics though and I bet someone with more experience here can give you a better explanation.
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Welcome to the forum, @Lauren88 .

Please post pics of your tort as well as his enclosure and read the "Beginner's Mistakes" Thread. .

I agree with @EllieMay : I believe that it's normal. Let's ask the experts to help:

@Yvonne G
@Tom

your help here would be appreciated. Thanks.
 

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I think it is. When I first got mine, I remember seeing them do that often... I believe they might have been a bit nervous at the time. Not so much anymore.... we would love to see pics though and I bet someone with more experience here can give you a better explanation.
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Aww thank u that’s very kind of u. He’s now actually on lights out and sleeping ha. I just wanted to know as I didn’t know of rapid breathing was a problem or anything
 

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Hello, not super sure how to use this so just gonna type it somewhere and hope it helps. We’ve just bought home 2 baby Herman’s, they’re tiny and only hatched in August!! We’ve got a 100 lamp, a tortoise table with substrate, a shallow water dish and food dish, the first day they explored a little and ate a fair bit, that was Saturday. Since then, we’ve barely seen them, they’ve not eaten much at all and they seem to be sleeping almost constantly! We got them from a breeder who my partner works with who said our set up was fine, that they barely eat anything this young and they also sleep loads but I just want to check that this is normal!! My mum and dad have a 56 year old Herman, Fred who is super chill and just wanders round the garden, but behind responsible for these tiny tiny babies is so scary!! Do you think they’re okay?
 

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Hello, not super sure how to use this so just gonna type it somewhere and hope it helps. We’ve just bought home 2 baby Herman’s, they’re tiny and only hatched in August!! We’ve got a 100 lamp, a tortoise table with substrate, a shallow water dish and food dish, the first day they explored a little and ate a fair bit, that was Saturday. Since then, we’ve barely seen them, they’ve not eaten much at all and they seem to be sleeping almost constantly! We got them from a breeder who my partner works with who said our set up was fine, that they barely eat anything this young and they also sleep loads but I just want to check that this is normal!! My mum and dad have a 56 year old Herman, Fred who is super chill and just wanders round the garden, but behind responsible for these tiny tiny babies is so scary!! Do you think they’re okay?
Hopefully a moderator will see this and separate it into its own thread. @Yvonne G
There is a Hermanns section of the forum here: https://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/hermanns-tortoises.80/
 

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Haven’t had my baby tort long. May sound mad but is it normally to visibly see him breathe, quick ish? And head bobbing quite a bit. Crazy I know but rather he was okay. Thanks


All very normal activity for a healthy tortoise..

Here’s some reading for you - http://reptilis.net/chelonia/bodyplan.html
- especially the last Section on breathing.

Relax.. take a deep breath, all is good,
 

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Lauren, how old is your tortoise ? My baby was 1year in August, but seems small
 
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