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RE: About the method of choices.

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Posted by: markg at Fri Jun 15 13:04:07 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]  
   

That is great info.

I have a box turtle that has been living outside in a large area of the yard for the last 5 yrs. She definitely has a Summer hide and a Winter hide that she made herself (dug) in different spots. She has an intermediate hide she uses when going from the Summer hide to the water trough. You just made me realize that indeed she centers her daily routine around these places. The first year she wandered alot more, now her routine is completely predictable.

I have a leopard gecko that was a "wall climber" as you say. I made some elaborate retreats out of foam (mostly for display), and now she has a predictable routine and does not wall climb like she did before - instead she has picked two areas and will be in one or the other most of the time. Ahd she ignores a 3rd retreat altogether. Again, I didn't realize until I read your post what is going on. I guess she has found her "center" and her behavior shows it. She will eat from my hand now, but would not at all when she was an avid wall climber. A larger cage helped me provide what she needed.

   

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