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EXCUSE me? Dose that strike you in the LEAST bit as FUNNY?! Not only is it stressful on us - we didn't know it was comming and didn't have the means to take care of them on such short notice- its a HUGE investment for the female, and to be wasted would be stupid. I can't even see how that might be funny-at ALL. This is also a representation of our FUTURE! You've got NO IDEA how much this means to us- we'll be breeding these guys-how well is that going to bode if these don't survive?

I don't appreciate your joke.

Easy there, girl...I'm sure he didn't mean any ACTUAL harm by it...I think it's sweet that you've got so many little ones coming, and I wish you the best of luck in taking care of them! My mom went through little surprises like that when we had birds. Might not be the same by comparison, but she had to raise the chicks by herself since the parents seemed oh-so-ready to lay the eggs, but didn't have the slightest interest in actually raising the hatchlings.... neutral And when they DO hatch, be sure to take lots of pictures!! I don't think I've ever seen a baby reptile (except for the baby turtles we rescued from my grandparents and made them into pets...(they were the cutest little turtles too!!)

Feline, I'm jealous...I wish I had THAT many options in terms of job-hunting....it seems no one's hiring in my town. *sigh* I DID apply to a vet, but I haven't heard back yet, so I guess either they filled the position already or I'm not quite what they're looking for. confused

Manda wants employment so bad right now!!!! She's getting sick of spending her days doing puzzles and video games...... crying

See, THAT would explain more of why you're so touchy on the omelet joke.... confused Gee, I'm sorry to hear about that...*crosses fingers for the babies anyway* I hope for the best!

We're having a really tough time. The temperatures keep going up and down so much. They're low, then too high! It's hard to keep the temperature even without that damn incubator. e.e; Our homemade bullshit isn't going to save any reptile eggs.

Yay for eggies! Good luck you two, I hope you have more luck breeding and raising reptiles than I had in my younger years trying to breed insects, mainly grasshoppers. I mean come on they are bugs, they reproduce like, well... bugs and yet I never got a successful hatching of even one solitary baby grasshopper. It's like insects see me and go sterile. ;__;

I only ever had one insect produce babies for me, and that was my first praying mantis, Praye. When I caught her walking around at a horseshow, she was already pregnant. She went on to lay me three eggcases that all hatched. I didn't think there was a flying leap at the moon with a pogo stick chance that they would at the time. When I heard the little pittering of mantis babies crashing into the cage floor, I looked up and saw what I thought was a swarm of ants eating my egg cases. I rushed over, and low in behold they were specks with claws. heart

No wonder I fell in love with the mantis species. (Bows to the greatness that was Praye (or as mom called her, Cleopatra).


Anyways, seeing as I have already gone of on a mantis tangent, I'm proud to announce two nights ago Spook shed for his third time. He is becoming such a big, dorky little bug. He is easily the strangest looking insect I have ever kept. In fact, it is his strange look that I think makes these mantises safe to keep together without cannablizing. They probably crawl up to one another and freak eachother out. I can see it now, two mantises meet, tummies rumbling. They look at one another, staring at the leaf looking butt, white eyes, and pointy shape protruding from the others head. All of a sudden, there is a twitching of butts, and a funny dance of imaginary hulla hooping. Both mantises then turn, fleeing from the horror that is another one of their species. XD

<3 TWO more eggs!

I will never go into the armed forces. It's all set up in the form of a giant competition, and those who don't succeed are left behind.

To hell with that. I'd rather work at McDonalds.