Thrilled!

[Moozillion]

It is not unusual for my Hermann's, Elsa, to come walking up to us. She knows we bring food and even if she's already had her meal for the day, she'll get treats more often than not. If there's no food involved or if she's not hungry, she doesn't really initiate any interaction with us. Until this morning!

This morning, I had already fed her and was doing a little weeding. Although I usually just let the weeds go in her enclosure, there's this one patch of "ice plant" that I'm trying to get well established for her, so I was weeding that patch. I was concentrating on my work and had lost track of her when i felt something on my foot- and there she was! She climbed onto my foot and just sat/balanced there, seeming to watch what I was getting up to! I would have loved to take a picture of it, my didn't have my phone with me.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Cute

 

[Tom]

I love it when my tortoises do this sort of thing. Some of them just seem to be curious about what we are doing in their world.

 

[tortdad]

Awesome

 

[Steven Schultheis]

Very awesome story!

 

[lismar79]

Awww, I love when they show interest in us humans

 

[Flipper]

How exciting! I'm happy for you

 

[bouaboua]

How lovely. So you should have your camera next time when you weeding............Hahaahhahaaaa

 

[kathyth]

That's great! I know how you felt! I think you need to weed with your camera.

 

[pfara]

Aww.. it's a great feeling, isn't it? But now that it's happened, she might be underfoot more often, lol. Soon you'll have to keep moving her out of your way every 5 seconds while you're weeding

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Tortoises have such great personalities! Completely agree with @pfara though, she'd be easy to miss on the ground

 

[littleginsu]

Awww, how cute!! My boxie comes running every time I clean, mist or mess around in her enclosure. She doesn't always receive treats, so I think she is genuinely curious about what I am doing, lol'