Head bobbing??

[Blgreek08]

So I just thought id ask. My redfoots since the day I got them like head bob. Moving their heads up and down like they are dancing. The one does it more then the other.. Is that normal. I have had them 5.5 months and they have done it the whole time.

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[Levi the Leopard]

My male russian head bobs in front of the females as part of the courting behavior.
None of my 5 young leopards do it at all.

As far as I know, if the head bobbing isn't being done for mating it's being done for dominance.

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[Terry Allan Hall]

My male russian head bobs in front of the females as part of the courting behavior.
None of my 5 young leopards do it at all.

As far as I know, if the head bobbing isn't being done for mating it's being done for dominance.

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Yup.

 

[Blgreek08]

They never do it when they are near each other it's usually when I have them out in my hand. Are they saying they write dominate then me?

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[pfara]

Is it just the head or do the arms move in and out, too? If I accidentally pick my reds up too quickly, they get nervous and breathe heavy for a short time.

 

[Blgreek08]

Re: RE: Head bobbing??

Is it just the head or do the arms move in and out, too? If I accidentally pick my reds up too quickly, they get nervous and breathe heavy for a short time.

I would say both. It's never the same, but usually it's just his head. He does occasionally breath heavy. So maybe I sometimes scare him but not always

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[sunshine_hugs]

One of my redfoots has done a lot of head bobbing since we got him as a little hatchling (5 weeks old, he's now a year old)...and my daughter actually named him Hiccup because of it.
Just recently, we've noticed him becoming more and more dominant over the other tortoises. He now chases everyone around, biting them. I'm currently in the middle of building him his own enclosure that he can rule.

My other redfoots head bob occasionally...not all the time...Hiccup does it a lot.

So, it could be a dominance thing...courting...or just a weird redfoot thing (I know other species do this too).

 

[Baoh]

Some do it for courting, some to cast threats, and some for other sorts of communication perhaps not yet well understood.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

My leopards have had arms and legs bobbing while breathing..maybe yours is doing that.


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[ascott]

arms and legs bobbing while breathing

This is the first thing I thought too...not saying I am right, but just what popped in my peanut first...