Of crickets and dragons
Well the Aussies have been roundly defeated by the English and lost the Ashes. I rarely watch cricket but this was one good test series.
It's a funny thing to non-cricket playing nations of the world, cricket. I mean, how many games go for 6 hours a day for 5 days straight and can still end in a draw? How many games congratulate you when you to bowl a maiden over? You can have a full toss if you like but ball tampering is frowned upon. You should vary the length of delivery. You can have a hooker in your side but they shouldn't be a tailender. Then there's rabbits, yorkers, googly, slips and golden ducks. Truly, a bizarre game.
Well, that's not really the sort of cricket I was thinking of when I wrote the title. I was thinking of the crickets I feed the bearded dragon. I want someone to show me how to get them out of the box without having to spend half my time collecting them from the floor and every other crevice they manage to secr. I try putting the whole box into the cage but that's also fiddly and then I have trouble getting them out. Sometimes I take the egg section out and tap it on the floor, but that's just a likely to send tens of crickets flying around the cage, jumping out the opening and the dragon going into a frenetic frenzy trying to eat them all at once.
I don't always manage to get them all and then I incur the wrath of, to coin Rumpold's phraseology, "She who must be obeyed". I really shouldn't be too mean about it but my wife tells me she finds them in the shower, the loo, the family room, I find them in my office and generally the little blighters get in every nook and cranny they can possibly find around the house. And they chirp at night. Chirrrp, chirrrp, chirrping away at 1.00am in the morning somewhere where you cannot possibly find them.
Another thing about crickets that annoys me is trying to get them from the herp shop. They come in on Thursdays so I make the trip down but them sometimes the delivery is delayed so I have to make another trip in. Then sometimes something else happens and my whole schedule is thrown out, like this last week, and as a result I can't get them for a few days. It's quite frustrating. The beardie can still eat lots of vegies but I like to vary the diet and have the crickets on hand.
I'm thinking I might change suppliers and get some local roaches. Roaches can't jump. Apparently they are very good food and easy to breed, although I don't think I'll broach the subject of breeding roaches in the house. I haven't got a death wish.
What I do like about the crickets is feeding time. Gonzo, the beardie, goes nuts. He chases them and stalks some of them and generally has a great time feeding on them. What's really funny is watching him eat them. He suddenly leaps upon the hapless cricket and uses his tongue to sweep it into his mouth. Then he munches down on them, almost smiling. He sort of smacks his lizard lips them like they are a delicacy. I suppose they are.
If you want to know more about keeping bearded dragons you can get some free care sheets, 14 page download and bearded dragon feeding info from my website here. You might have to look around a bit but it's there and along with tons of other articles and information.
It's a funny thing to non-cricket playing nations of the world, cricket. I mean, how many games go for 6 hours a day for 5 days straight and can still end in a draw? How many games congratulate you when you to bowl a maiden over? You can have a full toss if you like but ball tampering is frowned upon. You should vary the length of delivery. You can have a hooker in your side but they shouldn't be a tailender. Then there's rabbits, yorkers, googly, slips and golden ducks. Truly, a bizarre game.
Well, that's not really the sort of cricket I was thinking of when I wrote the title. I was thinking of the crickets I feed the bearded dragon. I want someone to show me how to get them out of the box without having to spend half my time collecting them from the floor and every other crevice they manage to secr. I try putting the whole box into the cage but that's also fiddly and then I have trouble getting them out. Sometimes I take the egg section out and tap it on the floor, but that's just a likely to send tens of crickets flying around the cage, jumping out the opening and the dragon going into a frenetic frenzy trying to eat them all at once.
I don't always manage to get them all and then I incur the wrath of, to coin Rumpold's phraseology, "She who must be obeyed". I really shouldn't be too mean about it but my wife tells me she finds them in the shower, the loo, the family room, I find them in my office and generally the little blighters get in every nook and cranny they can possibly find around the house. And they chirp at night. Chirrrp, chirrrp, chirrping away at 1.00am in the morning somewhere where you cannot possibly find them.
Another thing about crickets that annoys me is trying to get them from the herp shop. They come in on Thursdays so I make the trip down but them sometimes the delivery is delayed so I have to make another trip in. Then sometimes something else happens and my whole schedule is thrown out, like this last week, and as a result I can't get them for a few days. It's quite frustrating. The beardie can still eat lots of vegies but I like to vary the diet and have the crickets on hand.
I'm thinking I might change suppliers and get some local roaches. Roaches can't jump. Apparently they are very good food and easy to breed, although I don't think I'll broach the subject of breeding roaches in the house. I haven't got a death wish.
What I do like about the crickets is feeding time. Gonzo, the beardie, goes nuts. He chases them and stalks some of them and generally has a great time feeding on them. What's really funny is watching him eat them. He suddenly leaps upon the hapless cricket and uses his tongue to sweep it into his mouth. Then he munches down on them, almost smiling. He sort of smacks his lizard lips them like they are a delicacy. I suppose they are.
If you want to know more about keeping bearded dragons you can get some free care sheets, 14 page download and bearded dragon feeding info from my website here. You might have to look around a bit but it's there and along with tons of other articles and information.
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