jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
I had the darndest thing happen yesterday! I still have a few of the hornworms, now 3-4 inches long so I decided to feed them to the birds. I lowered my feeders and placed on on the spar between them(you can see in pic). As I was doing this, I noticed one of my girls sunning herself, a large female Skink.
So, I tossed her a worm and amazingly it landed a mere 8" from her. She pounced on it and ran behind the pipe in the pic, to eat it. This pic was taken about 5 minutes later, AFTER SHE BROUGHT IT BACK!!!
WTH?
After I had tossed her the worm, I saw another medium-large female on the other side of the concrete step going into the garage so I tossed her one too.....she actually tracked it in flight and ran to the top of a stack of pavers and nearly caught it mid-air! She too ran out of sight to eat it.
After the 1st female returned her food, I walked over to where the 2nd one had disappeared and sure enough, her worm remained untouched too although she was no where in site.
I went back to the 1st and tore the worm into 3 pieces.....big girl came to inspect but did not eat them.
I have never had a reptile return food, anyone else?
I apologize as always, for the pics..I suck at taking pics
So, I tossed her a worm and amazingly it landed a mere 8" from her. She pounced on it and ran behind the pipe in the pic, to eat it. This pic was taken about 5 minutes later, AFTER SHE BROUGHT IT BACK!!!
WTH?
After I had tossed her the worm, I saw another medium-large female on the other side of the concrete step going into the garage so I tossed her one too.....she actually tracked it in flight and ran to the top of a stack of pavers and nearly caught it mid-air! She too ran out of sight to eat it.
After the 1st female returned her food, I walked over to where the 2nd one had disappeared and sure enough, her worm remained untouched too although she was no where in site.
I went back to the 1st and tore the worm into 3 pieces.....big girl came to inspect but did not eat them.
I have never had a reptile return food, anyone else?
I apologize as always, for the pics..I suck at taking pics