A new pet!
By Fleur
@Fleura (30398)
United Kingdom
May 10, 2019 5:00pm CST
Yesterday while pottering in the greenhouse, I picked up a plant pot and as usual a few woodlice scuttled away from underneath. Nothing unusual there - except this time one of them was a really big one, definitely the biggest I’ve ever seen!
Little One likes all sorts of creepy-crawlies, so I thought I just had to keep it to show her. I caught it and put it in a tub with a few bits of plant material, to show her when she got back from school.
Sure enough, she was enchanted – she wants to keep it as a pet! So Lucy Louse is currently residing in an ice-cream tub in the kitchen, furnished with a few bits of dead wood and provisioned with some salad offcuts. So far we have ascertained that she likes cucumber.
Of course Lucy could be a he, we haven’t checked and I’ve only just found out how to tell the difference, will have a look tomorrow! We have already been watching her with a magnifying glass, which is strangely fascinating – although I’ve seen thousands of woodlice in my life I’ve never before seen one actually eating!
What’s the strangest ‘pet’ you’ve had in the family?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
10 May 19
I always called those bugs "pillbugs" because they roll up into a ball.
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@snowy22315 (180752)
• United States
10 May 19
I got my son a hermit crab once. We had him quite awhile..but either he passed away, or got out of the bowl and we couldn't find him. I will ask my son if he remembers.
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@snowy22315 (180752)
• United States
11 May 19
@Fleura not too hard. Not sure if they still do but they used to sell them down at the shore.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
15 May 19
How cool and fascinating! It's something Little One will learn lots of things from observing.
I once captured a baby mouse when I was a little girl. I put it in a wooden box on a doll bed, covered it, left thimbles of water and lettuce for it, and when I went to say good morning to it, found out that it was gone. I cried for days. I hope your daughter has better luck than I did, lol
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
19 May 19
@Fleura
I see you do have a new pet,. What do they eat? I had usual pets. We had squirrels outside and instead of getting a dog I got a hamster once and had a dog and cats here. I guess you could say we had a ladybug on our porch for a little bit but then it was cold and it was gone.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
11 May 19
I have seen woodlices ,some of them would roll up into a ball if you disturb them.Here we use them to cure some illnesses.
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