I looked outside today to see a whole hoard of blackbirds over by Carl's outdoor baby pool. It's in a dog kennel that we don't use anymore, so it's completely closed off with chainlink fence, but obviously the blackbirds can get through.
I ran in and shooed them off, I don't think any of them were actually in the baby pool, they were just picking at the little weeds and things inside the dog kennel, and they were probably getting some shade as well.
At any rate, baby Carl sure thought they were a threat to his breakfast. The last time I checked on him, ten minutes before hand, he had left half of it sitting out and was burrowed with his little head poking out near by. Well, this time aroud he was standing on top of his pile of food, not eating it or anything. As soon as I came out and the blackbirds left, the threat to the snack he was saving diffused,he wondered back to his burrow
Would blackbirds ever really be a bother to a tortoise? Obviously they may pick at his food if he keeps leaving so much (I don't even think they will really do that, honestly), but would they ever try and hurt him?
I ran in and shooed them off, I don't think any of them were actually in the baby pool, they were just picking at the little weeds and things inside the dog kennel, and they were probably getting some shade as well.
At any rate, baby Carl sure thought they were a threat to his breakfast. The last time I checked on him, ten minutes before hand, he had left half of it sitting out and was burrowed with his little head poking out near by. Well, this time aroud he was standing on top of his pile of food, not eating it or anything. As soon as I came out and the blackbirds left, the threat to the snack he was saving diffused,he wondered back to his burrow
Would blackbirds ever really be a bother to a tortoise? Obviously they may pick at his food if he keeps leaving so much (I don't even think they will really do that, honestly), but would they ever try and hurt him?