Biting my toes!!

[dhu2154]

My two year old male sulcata is as happy and healthy as I could want. When I'm in the kitchen cooking or doing dishes he always under foot. I think it's adorable of course, but sometimes he'll bite my toes. What gives? Am I food? Is he trying to get my attention?

 

[G-stars]

I've heard of this happening to the ladies because of nail polish. The color would attract them.

 

[ascott]

Plus they are wiggly bite sized nuggets.....lol

 

[tortdad]

Your toes look yummy so he's going for it.


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

 

[alex_ornelas]

I had oliver chilling with me on the couch once i didnt have nail polish but was wiggling them and hes bitten me before but not hard it kinda tickles

 

[stojanovski92113]

I bet it hurt too!! My one red foot...not sure what it is about her & I usually don't polish my nails but if I move things around or whatever in her home, she will follow my hand with her mouth open & follow me & she got me good one time!!

But if your toes are polished, yes they are attracted to the color & movement & will assume it's yummy food, so they take a bite I learned that one along time ago as I was standing on our deck, drinking a nice cold refreshing beverage on a hot summers day, & I felt this horrendous pain on my big toe & screamed & yelled all kinds of fun filled words out because I wasn't sure what just happened. And when I looked down it was my tortoise just trying to eat my toe. She's got a big mouth too!

 

[Tom]

Your tortoise should not be loose on the floor. Its an accident waiting to happen. I never want to say, "I told you so..."