I gave Nelson his first taste of butternut squash tonight. I thinly sliced a few pieces and offered it to him- after a few sniffs he went to town! He LOVES it!
He got very enthusiastic and was wildly chomping and bit down on my middle finger. And because he had a sliver of butternut squash with it he would NOT LET GO!!!
First I just screamed (while my sister sat next to me laughing hysterically ) and I touched his shell to try to get him to release but he just kept biting down harder!! He refused to let go of that squash Finally after ten minutes (okay, 30 seconds...but it seemed longer!) he let go.
My finger is throbbing! Thank goodness he's just a little Russian yearling. My God, I can't imagine being bit by a Sulcata I seriously thought he was going to take a chunk out of my finger. I just have a nice deep bite mark :shy:
Have you ever been bit? One time when he was a baby he bit my finger, but that was before he grew his beak.
edited to add a picture of the vicious little tort
He got very enthusiastic and was wildly chomping and bit down on my middle finger. And because he had a sliver of butternut squash with it he would NOT LET GO!!!
First I just screamed (while my sister sat next to me laughing hysterically ) and I touched his shell to try to get him to release but he just kept biting down harder!! He refused to let go of that squash Finally after ten minutes (okay, 30 seconds...but it seemed longer!) he let go.
My finger is throbbing! Thank goodness he's just a little Russian yearling. My God, I can't imagine being bit by a Sulcata I seriously thought he was going to take a chunk out of my finger. I just have a nice deep bite mark :shy:
Have you ever been bit? One time when he was a baby he bit my finger, but that was before he grew his beak.
edited to add a picture of the vicious little tort