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Post by siobhan on Feb 19, 2015 17:57:37 GMT -5
I'm only afraid of wasps (childhood trauma, LOL), so I was not squicky in the least about having ours walk all over me. I'd sit and read or watch TV and he'd stroll around me and sometimes stop and tilt his head like he wanted to chat, or he'd go sit on the curtain or lamp or taste my food or have a sip of my coffee. He was quite the personable little thing. We had him all summer so we were really attached to him. Now you're making me want to keep an eye out for them this summer and offer a cushy home to one if he/she wants it. We do still look for them outdoors and stop for a visit if we see one. Even the wild ones are friendly enough if you're just passing the time of day and might even agree to sit on your hand for a while.
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Post by aaron on Feb 20, 2015 0:47:22 GMT -5
They have a remarkable amount of personality! It was really a surprise to me. I had no idea bugs could be this way. I was very attached to the very first one we brought in.
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Post by siobhan on Feb 20, 2015 16:20:21 GMT -5
When I was keeping crickets for my lizard, I found them to be awfully cute and interesting, too. I was glad that Rex didn't want to eat them. Every so often, I go buy a dozen and keep them as long as they live just for that reason. I still have quite a supply of food for them and they're fun to watch. Rex prefers worms and so does Ringo, my starling (who steals a few for a snack when I feed Rex), which I appreciate because it's less horrible to give him worms than crickets that you've gotten fond of. Remind me to never, ever acquire another critter who requires live food, will ya? I took Rex in because I'd never had a lizard and he needed a home and a church friend asked me to take him, and I love him, but he's going to be my one and only foray into reptiles unless they are vegetarians. Shudder.
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Post by aaron on Feb 20, 2015 17:24:58 GMT -5
Crickets can be kinda cute for sure. We went through so many of them... I tried not to think about how many living things I was sacrificing.. I completely agree re: wanting vegetarian pets only. Was definitely my least favorite part of the mantid saga.
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Post by easttex on Feb 21, 2015 5:18:36 GMT -5
When I started getting some training in bird rehab, I knew I could never work with hawks or other predators.  |
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Post by aaron on Feb 21, 2015 11:55:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think I could do that either.
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Post by siobhan on Feb 23, 2015 15:44:22 GMT -5
I have to occasionally do stories about our local raptor center, which I love doing unless it's feeding time. Luckily the two folks who run it are both friends and they'll warn me so I can look away. The first time they fed a raptor in my presence and I recoiled, they said they didn't know it would affect me like that (they're used to it, of course, and they don't feed live prey, it's frozen, but still!) Nowadays, Jack will reach into his pocket and keep his hand around the mouse and say, "Look away, Val" before he tosses it to a bird. I appreciate that. LOL
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Post by aaron on Feb 23, 2015 17:17:46 GMT -5
Heh... yeah, the gruesomeness I can handle, but the sacrificing of cute little rodents would be a lot harder, if they were live. I might be able to deal with frozen. I wouldn't be thrilled with it though.
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