Alaskamike
Well-Known Member
Hi Folks,
I have an observation and would love for anyone to add their opinions and experiences. Currently I have 4 Leopard Torts, all young. Two at 7 mos old, and the other two 2 &1/2 mos old. This is the first time with several of the same type, and I’ve been surprised at the great differences in personalities – if you can call them that. I know we all tend to personify our pets, even the torts, so if I use terms in describing their behavior that sound very human please forgive.
The two little ones are different as day and night. When I let them have ‘walk-about” on my large enclosed lanai, Scooter never stops moving. I swear he walks non stop for two hours or more. He sticks his nose on everything, climbs over anything, and is afraid of nothing. If he gets in trouble and I pick him up he just keeps his little legs moving so when I put him down he’s already taking his first step before his feet touch the ground.
Cooter, his clutch-mate, just walks till he locates a pile of food (I place little piles around so they can forage for them) and then sits his butt down and eats non-stop. I swear I have no idea where he puts it. Once he can’t take another bite, he walks to the same hide he uses everyday behind a specific flower pot and takes a nap. He might be there the whole two hours while Scooter keeps walking. When I pick him up he pulls into his shell.
My other two older ones are more similar , however they too exhibit very different behaviors. They don’t walk about near as much as Cooter, but they will walk till they find a food pile, take one or two bites of it, then walk on till they find the next one and do the same. It only takes about ½ hour till they are done and find a hide. One of them , the one I call Dunk, walked right into my pool the first time I put him down. I pulled him out, rinsed off with fresh water and put him back down. A few minutes later he did it again -hense his name J. His clutch-mate I call Lumpy (came with some raised scoots) and when he walks up to the pool, he looks over the edge and stares at it, then backs up and moves on. Funny.
I suppose this is common, these differences, but it intrigues me.
I have an observation and would love for anyone to add their opinions and experiences. Currently I have 4 Leopard Torts, all young. Two at 7 mos old, and the other two 2 &1/2 mos old. This is the first time with several of the same type, and I’ve been surprised at the great differences in personalities – if you can call them that. I know we all tend to personify our pets, even the torts, so if I use terms in describing their behavior that sound very human please forgive.
The two little ones are different as day and night. When I let them have ‘walk-about” on my large enclosed lanai, Scooter never stops moving. I swear he walks non stop for two hours or more. He sticks his nose on everything, climbs over anything, and is afraid of nothing. If he gets in trouble and I pick him up he just keeps his little legs moving so when I put him down he’s already taking his first step before his feet touch the ground.
Cooter, his clutch-mate, just walks till he locates a pile of food (I place little piles around so they can forage for them) and then sits his butt down and eats non-stop. I swear I have no idea where he puts it. Once he can’t take another bite, he walks to the same hide he uses everyday behind a specific flower pot and takes a nap. He might be there the whole two hours while Scooter keeps walking. When I pick him up he pulls into his shell.
My other two older ones are more similar , however they too exhibit very different behaviors. They don’t walk about near as much as Cooter, but they will walk till they find a food pile, take one or two bites of it, then walk on till they find the next one and do the same. It only takes about ½ hour till they are done and find a hide. One of them , the one I call Dunk, walked right into my pool the first time I put him down. I pulled him out, rinsed off with fresh water and put him back down. A few minutes later he did it again -hense his name J. His clutch-mate I call Lumpy (came with some raised scoots) and when he walks up to the pool, he looks over the edge and stares at it, then backs up and moves on. Funny.
I suppose this is common, these differences, but it intrigues me.