The thread title is sarcastic, it's funny and quirky at this size, but it won't be when she's bigger...
So I was watching the babies trundle around this afternoon (it's amazing how long I can avoid studying by doing this) and Octavia did something odd. She was walking about in the warm end and on a whim I put my hand in front of her to see what she would do. She stopped, stretched her neck out, and sniffed me, touched my fingers with her right foot, then pulled her head all the way into her shell and rammed my hand with her shell like a little torty battering ram! I thought it might be a fluke so I let her wander around for a bit and tried again, and sure enough she did the exact same thing. Has anyone else seen this behavior in their leopards? Do you know what it means (if anything)? I've heard of sulcatas ramming things but I didn't know leopards did it too.
-Devon
So I was watching the babies trundle around this afternoon (it's amazing how long I can avoid studying by doing this) and Octavia did something odd. She was walking about in the warm end and on a whim I put my hand in front of her to see what she would do. She stopped, stretched her neck out, and sniffed me, touched my fingers with her right foot, then pulled her head all the way into her shell and rammed my hand with her shell like a little torty battering ram! I thought it might be a fluke so I let her wander around for a bit and tried again, and sure enough she did the exact same thing. Has anyone else seen this behavior in their leopards? Do you know what it means (if anything)? I've heard of sulcatas ramming things but I didn't know leopards did it too.
-Devon