My husband and I set up a temporary enclosure out of some metal fencing for Leo my leopard tort. We're trying to get an idea where the best place for a permanent enclosure would be. So, this morning I took him out and put him in and went back in the house. About an hour later my husband and I were moving a piece of heavy furniture with glass in it outside. We were carrying it across the back porch when we heard a hawk crying out and landing right in my tortoise enclosure, right beside Leo. So we had that furniture in our hands so we couldn't do anything fast, but you should have heard us screaming and yelling at that bird. Luckly, it was enough to scare the hawk away.
Needless to say, my heart skipped a beat and little Leo came back inside. I will never let him outside again until his enclosure "with lid" is built or I'm out there to watch him. I don't know if that hawk would have been able to pick him up or not. Just yesterday one landed in our yard and I moved closer to see what it was doing and she grabbed a field mouse and flew away. I guess that should have been my first warning sign. After the fact, I think there might be a mother hawk hunting for her young because and can hear hawks crying in the woods.
I really got lucky because that enclosure has been set up for a few weeks now. I'm glad we were out there at that moment. I think I would have had a heart attack if she had carried him away.
Needless to say, my heart skipped a beat and little Leo came back inside. I will never let him outside again until his enclosure "with lid" is built or I'm out there to watch him. I don't know if that hawk would have been able to pick him up or not. Just yesterday one landed in our yard and I moved closer to see what it was doing and she grabbed a field mouse and flew away. I guess that should have been my first warning sign. After the fact, I think there might be a mother hawk hunting for her young because and can hear hawks crying in the woods.
I really got lucky because that enclosure has been set up for a few weeks now. I'm glad we were out there at that moment. I think I would have had a heart attack if she had carried him away.