Enigma Syndrome Adaptation?

[SpaceCadet]

I have an enigma syndrome leopard gecko that's always been fed with tongs. She has horrible aim and nearly always misses so to avoid her bumping her nose too much I just feed her by hand. I tried something new recently where I filled a bowl full of mealworms so no matter what direction she goes in she's likely to catch something and feed herself. I noticed that instead of the one strike she usually does, she started doing multiple strikes at once until she caught something. It was like rapid fire biting. Could it have just been frustration? She has a higher success rate and continues to do this during feeding.

Has anyone else noticed this "rapid strike" approach to their enigmas feeding? I thought it was interesting.

 

[Akari_32]

After Amelia had a really bad go with her ES, I moved her to a 10 gallon tank. She could only tong feed, and just about anything set her off into circling and stargazing. After I got her back on to a good diet (she wouldn't eat anything because it scared her!), she did so much better, and now she feeds by her self. I even let her chase crickets every now and then, but I usually tong feed cricket to her. She is still scared of super worms, so she pretty much just gets mealworms with the occasional cricket or wax worm.

So yes, they can figure things out and learn something new. I tried actually getting Amelia to feed from a bowl, but stepping up and anything new freaks her out. She never did it as a baby, either, so its just not something I ever think she will be able to do. Amelia also hits extremely hard at her food. I'm surprised she doesn't hurt herself, much less give herself even more brain damage! LOL