Nose boinking

[Señor Tortuga]

Why does my tort boink things with his nose before he takes a bite? I thought he was smelling them or had some kind of taste receptor in the end of his nose I didn't know about but that doesn't explain why he boinked a dried up bird turd (whitewash only, no poop present) and then tried to eat it or why he did the same thing with a plastic knob.

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Why does my tort boink things with his nose before he takes a bite? I thought he was smelling them or had some kind of taste receptor in the end of his nose I didn't know about but that doesn't explain why he boinked a dried up bird turd (whitewash only, no poop present) and then tried to eat it or why he did the same thing with a plastic knob.

Sounds like he's just smelling. They try to eat many things, edible or not. My RF would scarf down a bird tird in a second!

 

[cheesy77777]

Why does my tort boink things with his nose before he takes a bite? I thought he was smelling them or had some kind of taste receptor in the end of his nose I didn't know about but that doesn't explain why he boinked a dried up bird turd (whitewash only, no poop present) and then tried to eat it or why he did the same thing with a plastic knob.

I agree with what Todd said, just sounds like he is sniffing. My cherryhead does the same thing!