One of our other occupants of the house is a painted box turtle. Her name is Dribble and she is fascinating to watch. While our daughter is gone for the summer I've taken over the care and feeding of her.
Last night, our son, Pojo, picked up his girlfriend from work and per my request, brought home a couple dozen crickets as feeding supplies for Dribble. Wouldn't you know it the light bulb was burned out but we had to un-package the crickets otherwise they would eat through the plastic bag. We found that out the hard way one day last summer, my daughter hates crickets. You should have heard her screeching when she found the crickets all over the room.
After we fixed the light bulb, we poured the crickets into Dribble's habitat. She took off like a rocket, scrambling around trying to catch and eat the crickets. The crickets finally wised up and crawled into the narrow space next to the water pond just out of reach of Dribbles hungry mouth. She kept trying to reach the crickets. I had Pojo reach in and move her around so she could focus on the little buggers that were trying to hide under her log, an area that is much more accessible. Dribble went to town. It was great to see her having a good time.
Today, I'm going to remove the pond just so Dribble can get to the crickets that were out of reach last night. It should make for a nice mid-day snack.
Last night, our son, Pojo, picked up his girlfriend from work and per my request, brought home a couple dozen crickets as feeding supplies for Dribble. Wouldn't you know it the light bulb was burned out but we had to un-package the crickets otherwise they would eat through the plastic bag. We found that out the hard way one day last summer, my daughter hates crickets. You should have heard her screeching when she found the crickets all over the room.
After we fixed the light bulb, we poured the crickets into Dribble's habitat. She took off like a rocket, scrambling around trying to catch and eat the crickets. The crickets finally wised up and crawled into the narrow space next to the water pond just out of reach of Dribbles hungry mouth. She kept trying to reach the crickets. I had Pojo reach in and move her around so she could focus on the little buggers that were trying to hide under her log, an area that is much more accessible. Dribble went to town. It was great to see her having a good time.
Today, I'm going to remove the pond just so Dribble can get to the crickets that were out of reach last night. It should make for a nice mid-day snack.
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