kenya
Avid Member
Okay, so I was feeding the chams some enrichment feeders today and Darjeeling was having a hard time of it.
He did fine with the first one and seemed to love it. When I offered him the second one, he zeroed in on it super quick and ran down to get it. The bug kept sticking to my hand (it was missing a few legs and flailing around) so I tried to get it onto the branch. Darjeeling saw the ring on my opposite hand flash and shot at it but let go quickly. I finally get the bug positioned and he goes down for it and is about to shoot aaaaaand....the bug falls off the branch.
So I pick it up and WHAM!! Darjeeling has shot a finger tip. He had a really firm hold on it so instead of hurting his tongue, I let him draw my finger into his mouth and I got a few good chomps before he let go. He then gave me this look like, "Why did you do that?"
I go wash my hands and come back to offer the bug again. I try to get it onto a branch as quickly as possible because by this point Darjeeling just looks frustrated and is literally chasing my hand around the cage and is ready to shoot. I finally get the bug down and he shoots it on the end, gets it into his mouth and the bug sticks a leg onto his nose. Darjeeling looks perturbed, reaches up and literally GRABS the bug and rips it out of his mouth and just sits there for a bit. I got the camera a little late, but here he is sitting with it in his hand. He finally drops it and I offer it to him one last time, he zaps it and eats it almost furiously.
The sweet, sweet taste of victory.
He did fine with the first one and seemed to love it. When I offered him the second one, he zeroed in on it super quick and ran down to get it. The bug kept sticking to my hand (it was missing a few legs and flailing around) so I tried to get it onto the branch. Darjeeling saw the ring on my opposite hand flash and shot at it but let go quickly. I finally get the bug positioned and he goes down for it and is about to shoot aaaaaand....the bug falls off the branch.
So I pick it up and WHAM!! Darjeeling has shot a finger tip. He had a really firm hold on it so instead of hurting his tongue, I let him draw my finger into his mouth and I got a few good chomps before he let go. He then gave me this look like, "Why did you do that?"
I go wash my hands and come back to offer the bug again. I try to get it onto a branch as quickly as possible because by this point Darjeeling just looks frustrated and is literally chasing my hand around the cage and is ready to shoot. I finally get the bug down and he shoots it on the end, gets it into his mouth and the bug sticks a leg onto his nose. Darjeeling looks perturbed, reaches up and literally GRABS the bug and rips it out of his mouth and just sits there for a bit. I got the camera a little late, but here he is sitting with it in his hand. He finally drops it and I offer it to him one last time, he zaps it and eats it almost furiously.
The sweet, sweet taste of victory.
