I know for sure now that Hobo really does recognize me. I'm baby sitting a guinea pig, the boy who brought her over yesterday did a tour of my house to see all the pets & when we went outside Hobo was just getting up for the evening.
Hobo saw the stranger, ducked into a corner & buried himself under a pile of dead leaves.
When the boy left I made a plate of food for Hobo. So when I brought it out to him, I said his name, set the food down near the spot where he'd hidden & he came out immediately to eat.
He's learning too that vitamin/calcium dusted bugs are ok to eat when I place them in front of him then back off.
They're all a bunch of characters!
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PHRatz