Hey, Human... It's Bug O'clock
By Yuki
@yukimori (10149)
United States
March 24, 2023 4:07pm CST
So says the disgruntled look I'm getting from Cheeto Bugeato, my daughter's leopard gecko. I had the audacity to make noise and wake him up while I was pouring some substrate into the new vivarium I'm setting up on the shelf beneath his, so obviously some sort of compensation must be given to make the disturbance worth his while.
Unfortunately for me I'm still waiting on the notification that the crickets I ordered are ready to be picked up, so he's bound to still be glaring at me when I bring the next batch of substrate over. At least I'll be forgiven as soon as he sees me come home with the bag of bugs.
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@DaddyEvil (138393)
• United States
24 Mar 23
Hey! Long time, no see! I hope you and your family are all doing well!
At least her gecko will forgive and forget when you finally give him a bug.
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
25 Mar 23
We are! I've been away from almost everything for a while because winter weather was kicking my butt... and I may have kind of sort of fallen down the rabbit hole of Final Fantasy XIV and played through almost all of its expansions this past year.
He was very pleased with his slightly-delayed offering of hop bugs this evening. The beardies were WAY more enthusiastic about theirs, though.
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil That one is officially gone now. They transitioned to a new domain with a decently different model that's more along the lines of Facebook than what they had before. I moved all of my posts over before it went down but still haven't done anything with the new site. I sold off most of my crypto assets last year and I don't know if I want to mess with those any more... maybe once the IRS has standard forms for reporting crypto gains and losses and I don't have to manually calculate everything. That made doing taxes a pain this year.
The funny thing is Cheeto is absolutely fine with being disturbed... if there's at least one bug involved.
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@DaddyEvil (138393)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@yukimori Good! I'm happy to know everyone is okay!
I wasn't sure if you were still trying to make that other site pay... I left it after having problems getting my money from the site.
As long as you were having fun, we all need breaks from the internet at times.
He must have still been ticked at you for disturbing him.
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@celticeagle (169160)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Mar 23
He's a cute little fellow. He will be jumping up and down when sees the bag of bugs.
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@celticeagle (169160)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar 23
@yukimori .........Good grief! How many would he eat?
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
25 Mar 23
They don't jump very often (or ours don't, at any rate) but he was VERY intent on that bug bin when he saw me walk in with it. Now he's standing in his bowl pointedly staring at me to remind me that six large crickets isn't enough of a meal.
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
27 Mar 23
@celticeagle I'm pretty sure he'd keep going until he was ready to burst.
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
25 Mar 23
Yep, that's his "you woke me up for THIS?" face.
He's basically laser focused on the bugs whenever I bring them into the room. It's gonna throw him for a loop next week when the treat bugs come in the mail and they come from different cups than he's used to.
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@allknowing (138550)
• India
25 Mar 23
That expression sure has a message for you. Can't wait to see his face when he gets his first feed.
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@allknowing (138550)
• India
25 Mar 23
@yukimori He does look satisfied. What an expression!!!
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@kaylachan (72931)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 23
You're welcome to have ours. Just come out after sundown and there's plenty.
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@kaylachan (72931)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 23
@yukimori Yeah, I know. Doesn't mean I couldn't joke about it. Yyou know, because we have more bugs here then we want or need sometimes.
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@kaylachan I know. Wish we could actually do something about it... that would be a win-win for everyone involved!
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
25 Mar 23
I wish I could! It'd be so much cheaper to feed them wild caught bugs, but pesticides are a big concern and not all of the bugs are safe for them to eat. A good example of that is hornworms... they can eat them if they're captive bred, but wild ones eat plants that make them toxic for reptiles to eat.
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@RebeccasFarm (90623)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Mar 23
Ooo look at that expression on him
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@RasmaSandra (81331)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 23
Hey, I think he is a real cutie, I hope he gets his bugs soon,
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