Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Run for the hills, it's Tarantula Tuesday!

Last week I removed all of the hated crickets and cleaned out Helob's terrarium. I removed the branch that looked cool but was really only a refuge for the food insects. I then removed all the carcasses I could find and cleaned up some of the webbing. I then took great pleasure in removing the crickets that had been making so much noise and causing me great irritation. I used a pair of pliers and grabbed the crickets one by one and tossed them outside my door. This was not a gentle process for the crickets as they died shortly after I grabbed them. What with the crushing of their abdomens and the guts and all. Helob got a little flustered by all this attention, so I left him alone.

The next day I stopped by my parent's house and caught some crickets in their basement. These are big crickets that do not chirp but do breed like, well, crickets. They also jump a lot higher. I must be careful when opening the top. Hopefully, Helob will eat some of these crickets. I have heard from other spider people that tarantulas will periodically go off their crickets and that it is nothing to worry about. I am glad it is nothing to worry about because the spider people creep me out. What with the four extra limbs, fangs, and chittery Aragog-style speech.

8 comments:

Chuckles said...

goddam, goat blowers keep invading my turf...

pop renaissance said...

you are so unappreciative - he's trying to lead you to the promised land, where no woman has a rash, and you shun him. SHUN HIM!

Chuckles said...

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How does that work, really?

pop renaissance said...

oh, it's only about surfing clothes. i had visions of std's running through my head, like christmas.

fulsome said...

Tarnished tarantulas

Chuckles said...

All I can say is that any STD requiring a physical guard tougher than a condom must be one hell of a disease.

Anonymous said...

Bite yer head off, man.

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