I fed this female box tortoise some raspberries at the beginning of the summer. Now, she follows me all over the garden, and visits me almost daily looking for handouts.

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[u/Good_Collection_7257]

Cute! You have a yard pet now! My grandma started to feed a duck years ago and then the duck started squawking at her daily until she fed it. Once you start you can’t stop because they become dependent on you.

[u/thyIacoIeo → u/Good_Collection_7257]

Me too. Got a pair of blackbirds that come up multiple times a day for raisins, earthworms, and bird suet.

That caught the attention of the local Jackdaws, so now a small family of them come up daily for peanuts in the shell.

A squirrel caught wind of that, so now there’s a rotating cast of squirrels that come to the window and take peanuts from my hand

And finally that brought in a tiny sparrow called Nugget, who loves to hop around after everyone else has gone and clean up the crumbs.

Highly recommend garden pets, it makes my day seeing their cute little faces. Especially when they see me through the window, get excited, and come running/flying from several houses over.

[u/robbzilla → u/thyIacoIeo]

When I go over to my Mother in Law's house, there's always a mooching squirrel hanging around. I've started grabbing an acorn or two from my oak tree to give to it. I figure it deserves something it's supposed to eat now and then. It never turns the acorn down, so we're both pretty happy about that.

[u/Faiakishi → u/robbzilla]

There's a squirrel around my house that's notably fatter than the other squirrels. He apparently stows his nuts in my mother's garden pots, after she removes the flowers and it's just dirt left.

Earlier this year before she put in new plants, I saw him lounging in the planter with his belly up, like a beer-bellied dad lounges on an inner tube.