I've been fortunate enough to find & observe our beautiful wild native adult corns from time to time. This is the first time anyone's handed me a little one! I generally leave wildlife alone to be wild, though I've been known to relocate them from a subdivision to less populated areas. I love it when I can really show my students that these animals are gentle, beneficial, harmless members of our local ecosystem.
That said, if Chess is a female I may well keep her. She's in quarantine now, of course. She seems healthy and I'll try feeding her this weekend. I've had her for 3 days and she behaves like any other yearling. I know the viv must seem small after the great outdoors, but it does have the benefit of no predators lurking about!
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