FavoriteTortoise
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Very morbid I know but I've realized my baby tortoise will most likely outlive me, and it makes me wonder... will he miss me?
my tortoise definetly knows me. Especially when I grab the food bowl, no matter what they are doing a that time (walk, sleep), they will walk to the place I usually put the food and wait there. But I think my presence only means food's coming to them and they don't know who I am actuallyVery morbid I know but I've realized my baby tortoise will most likely outlive me, and it makes me wonder... will he miss me?
So No. lolmy tortoise definetly knows me. Especially when I grab the food bowl, no matter what they are doing a that time (walk, sleep), they will walk to the place I usually put the food and wait there. But I think my presence only means food's coming to them and they don't know who I am actually
They recognize I am the food provider. When my wife walks to their enclosure, they usually choose to ignore my wifeSo No. lol
Very morbid I know but I've realized my baby tortoise will most likely outlive me, and it makes me wonder... will he miss me?
??My chickens no the difference between me and my wife- She is bringer of food and I am the great kidnapper. Although they forget what I am when I grab the mealworm bag. I think my torts would miss the easy meal before me!
Per my experience, the tortoise, as a reptile, of course is not as smart as mammals like cat, dog or monkey. But if you continues to interact with them day by day like cleaning their enclosure, feeding them or even play with them (which is not encouraged by some articles), it can train their brain and strength their memory to recognize you. And they will show some different behaviors when they see you from when they see other people.My daughter has only had her tortoise a couple of months, but when she and I were gone for three weeks, Scooter pouted the entire time we were gone. My husband provided food, care, soaks, interaction, everything a Russian would need for a happy, fulfilling life. When my daughter and I returned home, Scooter was so happy to see us. He "ran" the entire length of his enclosure, in and out of his hides, up onto his basking spot and over the decorations before we picked him up and cuddled him. Within minutes he had eaten food that my husband had put out and did his other business that he had been refusing to do most of the time we were gone.
We later found out that in the nearly three years prior to us getting Scooter, his breeder and her daughter had been the only ones to handle him and the other tortoises; he had had very little human male interaction.