Have set up a small reptile tank with bran in the bottom, put in some thin slices of carrot and will get another small tank for the stock, just reading up on the tips and tricks for keeping them will put up some photos when I set it up properly..gif "Smile")
ugh . how can you?
In the your house, uhg uhg uhg
Not a video uhg uhg uhg
I agree, Chocky - Yeuch!! There is only so much that I will do for our feathered friends
I used to buy bseald bag of water shimp for my tropical fish but that was as far as it went. oh yes and these gross little things that went in a holder , whatwere they called uhg ug. They were some sort od worms
Last edited by Chocky; 25-06-2007 at 08:14 AM.
LOL, I was thinking of doing this as well, will watch with interest.
Will watch with both inerest and awe
uhg
I'm going to have to catch up on this tomorrow. I keep falling asleep.
....and I will watch with one foot out of the door and a sick bucket to hand
ha ha ha . I went out like a light las night. Didn't give it another thought until I switched on this morning. ugh ugh.
I think if had the big garden I used to have I might , just might think along thos lines , it could be done long ways fro the house.
Last edited by Chocky; 28-05-2007 at 12:30 AM.
We have been thinking of doing the same rolf. When we bought some from the shop I could never even hold the container they were in. But now I can even open the plastic container and put them into the dish. They don't frightnen me like they used to do. I even share my hide with a couple of containers of them the. I could never hold one though. I would be very interested how you get on with breeding them rolf would save us hec of a lot of money
I'm waiting for my first beatles to emerge, then I'm up and running, have loads of Pupae ready to go.
Ugh. I take my hat off to you
Gotta keep my Boys n Girls happy and they do love mealworms.
'Spose. hope it is successful
I just saw a tank being offered for free and it crossed my mind..... then rapidly went out the other side >:-)
Lol
I feel the same way. If a tank is going free then it has to be fish that reside in it
..ahh, but that would then mean food for my cat. I suppose it would keep her away from the birds:-)
Lol. My cat used to sit in front of the tank. Looked like she was watching tennis and avery copule if minutes a little mew would sound then she would sit there with paws crossd over and round the corner trying to get at them she'd get so cross and it was funny.I wonder what she would make of meal worms and beatles.
I love it when cats are confused. I have to admit to purposefully playing bird calls when the cat is sitting by my computer... I love her confusion - I am such a mean thing
Great minds think alike. I have one of those corner units and Chocky used to sit up there and I would do exsctly the same with all sorta of sounds. When in the family house which wa huge and we had a masive garden and I had lots of birds. I nailed an Icecream box to the top of fence post at the bottom of the garden and put all the shucks in it and my white cat Dillicus used to sit under it and wait for the birds and it was like watching a Slam Dunk.
She just used to jump straight up in the air and put her paw over the box
She never did get one it was too high they saw her coming
We are going to get uinto trouble for hijcking this thread.
ROFL - you are as cruel as me :-) But it's hard not to, isn't it :-)
Here's a piccie of my cats tail after the fight... I just had to grab my camera as I rushed downstairs to see what was going on.
When was that , just now? Is she OK?
My cat Chocky (Siamese)died after 12 years. Dillicus (Moggy) was poisened, I heard her aout side howling out side she died in my arms . totlay dreadful. I don't have a cat now. Wizpurrz (burmese) had to be re-homed , she was so vicious every time she played I had to have antibiotics because she infected me. The vet said some time a cat goes back to it's traits.
Chocky is on my web site in a little video. We are being very cruel to her
But she didn't suffer
Yep, she's ok, I couldn't find any damage (other than lost fur), in fact she looks rather pleased with herself for defending her territory:-)
I'm sorry about your cats - you don't seem to have had a lot of luck. My first one (Siouxsie) had to be put down at the age of 13/14 due to old age but that wasn't too bad an age, my present one took refuge in my garden before I decided that she needed a home - she is called Evie because she is such a softy and I thought that she needed a girlie name.
I did have a tom called Elliot for a couple of years from a kitten (my flatmate just didn't get around to having his cat spayed), but he was such a softie that I couldn't bear how much he was attached to me - I only called him Elliot because I couldn't see any more masculine name suiting him! I couldn't even go to the loo without him sitting outside and crying! I eventually found someone who was suited to such a cat and they also had a garden ( which I didn't at the time).
My present one is a lovely little thing who is very patient - I can carry her without her ever fighting so she is easy to move out of the way, and she will even let me wipe her (gungey) eyes or cut her nails without fussing. She is very easy. Apart from ALWAYS SITTING WHEREVER I WANT TO WALK! :-)
I enjoy the company... I just wish that she didn't use my newly dug garden as a litter tray :-)
Glad she is OK.
Chocky was 12 when she died but I still miss her. I live in a small flat now so it wouldn't really be fare to have a pet.
I love cats as much as I love birds.
This thread might get back to meal worms but thay don't grow as fast as one can change a subject.
Louise and Chocky here is something you might like
Uhg uhg uhg Gross. How could you?
I put some in a dish and they started to escape, and this is one of the escapees
Did it run accross the kitchen floor. OH my Gosh , they are so gross. Lol
No no Chocky, it was outside ( I don't normally have branches in my kitchen
They don't move very fast either, quite slow actually
Uhg. I bet they wriggle.
I don't like.
I'm glad that I ate a long time ago or I wouldn't be responsible for the results !
Mind you, the way my cat has started to catch birds I may well have to start growing these things to give the birds a head start. The cat has had 5 so far this season (never caught so many before). I have 4-6 sparrow nests (haven't counted) and there are others in the nearby houses, but even so that's a lot of birds.
5 mealy worms or 5 birds?
Gross little things. They don't put me off food I jus shudder when I think of them , they look like maggots
My beatles have started arriving, here's a few shots of the ones i have separated from the herd.
Uhg uhg uhg. Gross. I don't think I want my dinner tonight now. ugh
Interesting. I didn't know what the adults looked like. How long until you get something to feed the birds with?
They should start laying eggs shortly, then about a couple of weeks until they hatch to the first small mealworms.
@ Chocky, I only posted the pictures because you said they didn't put you off your food.
Actually the beetles I can handle( metaphorically speaking) it's the grubs I can't.
I must say that beetles are much more palatable.... if you know what I mean
You are Joking ?
I would rather tie a piece of string round them and let them spin
Think I might make up some poetry about this.
Well I thought about some poetry but insects and grubs don't come to mind. Not mine any how, though A.A. Milne did write a lovely little poem about a beetle called Alexander. So I think I will leave it at that.
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