Is she stupid?

[liamandnorma]

Hi all,

Norma mostly shows very normal behaviours: eats well, poo's in her 'toilet', sheds very well etc. I just wanted to ask about her proficiency with catching mealworms. If I let them crawl right in front of her (slowly since they're mealworms), she'll sometimes spot them, wait a second then take like 4 or 5 pounces where she misses and has to try again. She always gets them but I just wanted to see if it was normal for her to miss a few times? Sometimes she'll only miss once or not at all, it varies.

She's about 5-6 months old now.

Thanks,

Liam

 

[PhoenixCoconut]

She's not stupid she's not good at aiming. Is she an enigma?

 

[liamandnorma]

How would I tell if she is an Enigma?

Here she is...can you tell?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvF1DYrHWX4

 

[endrien]

How would I tell if she is an Enigma?

Here she is...can you tell?

spinning in circles, star gazing, missing food, light sensitivity etc.
A gecko can not be "Stupid". She could just have vision issues.

 

[PhoenixCoconut]

Nope she look high yellow or mack snow! CUTE:main_yes:

 

[artes]

She may have issues with depth perception. I have none (so I'm good at recognizing the signs >_>), and I have a gecko with depth perception issues as well. Whenever Snickers has trouble catching her food, I just hand feed her. Some days she can snag it, other days you watch her hunt air for a bit before you just pick her up and start letting them tickle her mouth.

 

[PhoenixCoconut]

She may have issues with depth perception. I have none (so I'm good at recognizing the signs >_>), and I have a gecko with depth perception issues as well. Whenever Snickers has trouble catching her food, I just hand feed her. Some days she can snag it, other days you watch her hunt air for a bit before you just pick her up and start letting them tickle her mouth.

Mine has depth perception too

 

[LZRDGRL]

Several of my leos have this, and both fatties. They're just a bit "clumsy"; either, they don't see that well, or their aiming is bad. They'll get their worms eventually. Mine are also very clumsy when there are several worms for choice: when I throw five in front of them and they all wiggle, my leos/AFTs stalk one, then look at the next one, stalk this one, but just in the moment of stooping down, see another one...

So it works best to throw in just one mealie at a time :main_laugh: Because by the time they have made up their mind which one they want to eat, wormie's gone

I have very bad spatial perception, too. Like when I drive, I'd rather keep to the middle of the road, because I always think my side mirror will strike something, because I think I'm closer to things than I actually am :main_rolleyes: It's good I became a teacher and not a surgeon, what I wanted to be :main_evilgrin:

Chrissy

 

[Owens]

LoL my male marble eye has the same issues, his aim is terrible, I mean he does not get close to hitting his target most of the time but after a few attempts he always manages to grab his dinner

 

[liamandnorma]

Ok cool. I'm sure she'll be fine anyway its not like she can't actually get the food, she always does.

Do people know why that kind of thing happens? Is it just a genetic thing because they are all bred in captivity? Is it a bit like dogs as in, mongrels have a bit more brain power? So do the 'normal' leopard gecko's not really have these problems?

Thanks for your help

 

[hotrodjunkie]

kinda frustrated this is what mine does too, except after a few tries he gives up. both worms and crickets. he doesn't like anything dusted (rather lick it out of the bowl) but if i don't dust the crickets he'll never get them. I think being on brown carpet he can't see brown cricks/worms. Not losing weight, but I think he should be eating more.

I think he goes more by sound than sight- once he hears a worm he's on it. cricks seem to know to sit still once they've been detected and he either tries and misses or can't hear their movement and loses interest. I dunno..