vvildflower
New Member
This is probably a really weird question, but do your tortoises obsess over trying to eat you? And not just accidentally nipping at your finger when you're hand feeding them. I mean do they ever just ignore the food and go right for your hand?
I hand feed my tortoise almost everytime I feed her since she honestly isn't that great at eating without help, and most of the time she immediately goes for my fingers! She just ignores the leaves and makes the face she makes everytime she's considering eating something (opens her mouth a little and boops the food with her nose to check it out) and follows my finger around when I move it away from impending doom. Just now, she left her food bowl and came all the way to the other side of the room to try to munch on my fingers!!
Is it just because the smell of food is stronger on my hands than on the actual food? Or maybe she thinks she's an omnivore? Or is she planning to eat me alive?
I included a cute photo of us snuggling just to show that she only becomes a violent bloodthirsty monster when she's hungry.
I hand feed my tortoise almost everytime I feed her since she honestly isn't that great at eating without help, and most of the time she immediately goes for my fingers! She just ignores the leaves and makes the face she makes everytime she's considering eating something (opens her mouth a little and boops the food with her nose to check it out) and follows my finger around when I move it away from impending doom. Just now, she left her food bowl and came all the way to the other side of the room to try to munch on my fingers!!
Is it just because the smell of food is stronger on my hands than on the actual food? Or maybe she thinks she's an omnivore? Or is she planning to eat me alive?
I included a cute photo of us snuggling just to show that she only becomes a violent bloodthirsty monster when she's hungry.