elizabeth_jasmine
New Member
Hi all,
My 17 year old female Hermanns is being very aggressive all of a sudden. She normally enjoys attention and petting but recently, if i put my hand near her face she'll try to bite and won't stop until I back off. I was petting her earlier today and found that if I moved my hand forwards from the back of her shell so she couldn't see it coming, she liked being petted and put her neck right out, but as soon as she saw my fingers, she tried to bite. She also gets really angry if I touch her food or water bowl and charges at me, which makes cleaning difficult. I have no idea what's going on. It seems like territorial behaviour to me, but I don't remember her ever acting like this before
My 17 year old female Hermanns is being very aggressive all of a sudden. She normally enjoys attention and petting but recently, if i put my hand near her face she'll try to bite and won't stop until I back off. I was petting her earlier today and found that if I moved my hand forwards from the back of her shell so she couldn't see it coming, she liked being petted and put her neck right out, but as soon as she saw my fingers, she tried to bite. She also gets really angry if I touch her food or water bowl and charges at me, which makes cleaning difficult. I have no idea what's going on. It seems like territorial behaviour to me, but I don't remember her ever acting like this before