Yeah they really don't like seeing strange things in your luggage. Gronk was always a puppy with big feet. But he really became a monster when I started giving him water from my fish tank! I also water him often and never tear off his dead leaves. I let them dry and fall off so his trunk doesn't get scars. And I fill the little pockets his leaves make against the trunk with water too. Half strength Miracle Grow tomato plant fertilizer every two month as well. When Gronk starts to drip out of the ends of his leaves I know he has had enough.