Well I cleaned out my Cal King's cage and decided to put her on aspen instead of newspaper. She transitioned to it very well. She's been burrowing a lot and appears to even have fallen asleep while making a burrow! I felt so glad to actually stimulate her mind.
She's so smart, she actually gets excited when I open her cage thinking it's feeding time BUT she sniffs my hand before she strikes. She realizes it's me, then goes about and does her business. Anybody else notice signs of intelligence in their Cal Kings? I'm thinking of actually studying how smart Leota (my CK) actually is.
In case you're wondering, she's about three years old.
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Excited about my Cal King
coluberking25
May 21, 2006 09:37 PM
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Cairbre
May 22, 2006 03:52 PM
That's really interesting, I really like animal behavior and I'm thinking about maybe getting into that someday. I've got a mexicana kingsnake, I've only had her for a few weeks but they seem very aware of their surroundings all the time, she even comes to the front of the tank when I go near it because she knows that I feed her. Those are probably intincts and what not though, as predators they should be alert and should know what's ok to bite and what might bite you back, lol. There's no way to really measure their "intelligence" though, is there?
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forkit
May 23, 2006 01:05 AM
yes, my calking does the same thing. when i first got him, when i would stick my hand in he would immediately run and get under something. now, he smells my hand, when i dont have food hell back off a little and just watch what my hand is doing, usually changing his water or cleaning his poop... hell watch what i do, then after im done and its all closed up, hell go to the area i was messing with and smell and look at everything thuroughly.
there are a few things that hes strong enough to move in his tank, and he appears to move them. maybe theyre just moving incidentally, but i couldve sworn he moved a cardboard hide closer to the under-tank heater.
he appears to be really on top of things....
