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<blockquote data-quote="tapkoote" data-source="post: 111534" data-attributes="member: 17661"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><br /> <br /> Andy the eating machine<br /> This B-smithi just baffles me.<br /> He had his last pre-molt meal Dec. 6th, and didn’t resume regular behavior till Jan. 28th, when he came out to the front of the glass and stared at me most of the afternoon. The next morning, Sunday he got two crickets, ate them both. Wednesday he got two more, ate them both. Today (Friday) I aimed to get a couple more in there. I’ve got a tall jug I keep them in, use tongs to get them out. Of course I dropped the first one on the floor, and couldn’t find it. The next one got dropped in, but he never moved, thought he was dead. Dropped two more in and they were running around when the first one decided he would start crawling around. So Andy’s got two fast ones and an old timer who’s slow. I put the cork in the cage, and look down. There’s the first one I dropped. Grab him with my hand and through him in too.<br /> Shortly after Andy, who’s sitting facing the corner heat source, spins around and grabs a meal, off to the bunker to eat. It’s 11 am.<br /> It usually takes him 3 hrs.+or-, about 1 pm I see grampa cricket wander down towards the cave. That was a mistake, Andy doesn’t come out till 5 pm. I know he’s had two crickets. He marches over to the warm corner and grabs another cricket-thats three- and back to the bunker. At 9 pm he comes out washing his face, I figured he was done. No way he goes up the hill and grabs the last cricket——4 in one day!!!!<br /> What a glutton. I’ll have to take a picture tomorrow and compare the abdomen size.<br /> </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tapkoote, post: 111534, member: 17661"] [LIST] [*] Andy the eating machine This B-smithi just baffles me. He had his last pre-molt meal Dec. 6th, and didn’t resume regular behavior till Jan. 28th, when he came out to the front of the glass and stared at me most of the afternoon. The next morning, Sunday he got two crickets, ate them both. Wednesday he got two more, ate them both. Today (Friday) I aimed to get a couple more in there. I’ve got a tall jug I keep them in, use tongs to get them out. Of course I dropped the first one on the floor, and couldn’t find it. The next one got dropped in, but he never moved, thought he was dead. Dropped two more in and they were running around when the first one decided he would start crawling around. So Andy’s got two fast ones and an old timer who’s slow. I put the cork in the cage, and look down. There’s the first one I dropped. Grab him with my hand and through him in too. Shortly after Andy, who’s sitting facing the corner heat source, spins around and grabs a meal, off to the bunker to eat. It’s 11 am. It usually takes him 3 hrs.+or-, about 1 pm I see grampa cricket wander down towards the cave. That was a mistake, Andy doesn’t come out till 5 pm. I know he’s had two crickets. He marches over to the warm corner and grabs another cricket-thats three- and back to the bunker. At 9 pm he comes out washing his face, I figured he was done. No way he goes up the hill and grabs the last cricket——4 in one day!!!! What a glutton. I’ll have to take a picture tomorrow and compare the abdomen size. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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