By mistake, when preparing Darwin's breakfast this morning, I cut a small piece of liver along with the greens and fruit and veggies I was serving him (mistake because he got some protein just the other day) ... Instead of throwing it away, I just mixed it in with the rest of the food.
Once I served the meal to him in his soaking container, I noticed him digging and pawing through the food in the dish in a way he doesn't normally do ... he kept at it from one end to the other until he found the scrap of raw liver, then feasted on it.
My theory is that he likes liver, smelled it among all of the other food items, and sought it out to eat first.
It had never before occurred to me that tortoises had a good (or any) sense of smell ....
Jamie
Once I served the meal to him in his soaking container, I noticed him digging and pawing through the food in the dish in a way he doesn't normally do ... he kept at it from one end to the other until he found the scrap of raw liver, then feasted on it.
My theory is that he likes liver, smelled it among all of the other food items, and sought it out to eat first.
It had never before occurred to me that tortoises had a good (or any) sense of smell ....
Jamie