Somebody dropped in to help with tonight’s feedings. Thankfully I only had two more spiders to feed once this guy was let in, but man oh man did that make them stressful. Luckily the extent of the chaos and destruction was just the crickets getting batted around a bit. Anyone else have extra helpers when you’re just trying to relax and feed the spoods?
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Crashing the dinner party
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Somebody dropped in to help with tonight’s feedings. Thankfully I only had two more spiders to feed once this guy was let in, but man oh man did that make them stressful. Luckily the extent of the chaos and destruction was just the crickets getting batted around a bit. Anyone else have extra helpers when you’re just trying to relax and feed the spoods?
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Back when I live in France, Mousse our Persian smoked cat would spend hours standing by the terrariums (glass) staring at our Ts. She was mesmerized by our huge T. blondi.
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I have 3 cats that would love to help but I always fasten the 2 boys out of the room as they would chase anything that moves but the little female is quite happy to just sit and watch. although yesterday during rehouse she stole my pen.
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Most feeding drama I had recently had me catching my T.Albo The Fluffmeister in a UFC type staredown with a much smaller oppponent.
Couldn't believe the brass balls of this cricket! So lucky to get this shot, made me laugh a lot.
If you want to know the result of the contest, in the 20 seconds it took to send this shot to a friend there was a swift TKO in favour of our Heavyweight Champ.
Couldn't believe the brass balls of this cricket! So lucky to get this shot, made me laugh a lot.
If you want to know the result of the contest, in the 20 seconds it took to send this shot to a friend there was a swift TKO in favour of our Heavyweight Champ.
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My cat used to just sit and watch my tarantula for hours when I got her, he’s the best hunter I’ve ever seen so I think he knew there was something alive in there and wanted to kill it, but couldn’t figure out how around all the fortifications I put up. My elderly cat (recently dead - rest in peace to Kumo) used to like watching the crickets too, I’d leave them out sometimes.
On the other hand, my cat’s brother is probably the worst hunter I’ve ever seen and has been pretty much oblivious to everything. He’s huge and strong and really smart, but pretty much just lazy and gentle and wants food and cuddles. He’d rather someone else play with the toy and let him watch.
Now I kind of want to see what they’d do with a cricket if I gave it to them. They go crazy for moths and the lazy one is a grasshopper-killing savage (his only true hunting skill), so I think the result would be entertaining.
On the other hand, my cat’s brother is probably the worst hunter I’ve ever seen and has been pretty much oblivious to everything. He’s huge and strong and really smart, but pretty much just lazy and gentle and wants food and cuddles. He’d rather someone else play with the toy and let him watch.
Now I kind of want to see what they’d do with a cricket if I gave it to them. They go crazy for moths and the lazy one is a grasshopper-killing savage (his only true hunting skill), so I think the result would be entertaining.
