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That's all I can come up with. =oP
I looked over at my new Ts enclosure yesterday and a black ant, about 1/3" long was running around on the cedar chunks. I just kind of watched it for a minute trying to figure out why I was seeing this in there -- I assumed it was something stoopid pet store had tried to feed the T and had burrowed into the bedding, just then coming up to run around and wreak havoc. Sheelah (the T) pounced on it once she noticed it and let go of it again immediately, then she walked off like she was drunk and staggering around for a few minutes before recovering!!! I almost had heart failure, I even reached in and grabbed the ant out before I thought twice about it. (Sheelah is an evil bitey-bug.) Luckily for me she was still disoriented at that time and missed her chance to gimmie a chomp.
People what was that all about?? Do you think the ant had been in pesticides or is this a defense of the ant that got her...? It was still considerably tiny compared to her, so... *shrug* I am stumped! =o\ I've never seen anything like this in my home before, so I still tend to think this came from the pet store, there were pincher beetle carcasses in the cage with her so they were obviously feeding her things from outside.
FYI -- I didn't put her in cedar chunks, that's what the bedding was in the enclosure the pet store gave me along with her. :? I was trying to see if she'd calm down before I attempted the move into her new peat/potting soil swanky tank, but after this ant incident I got out the glove and grabbed her up and moved her a couple hours after she'd recovered.
Helllllllp...
I looked over at my new Ts enclosure yesterday and a black ant, about 1/3" long was running around on the cedar chunks. I just kind of watched it for a minute trying to figure out why I was seeing this in there -- I assumed it was something stoopid pet store had tried to feed the T and had burrowed into the bedding, just then coming up to run around and wreak havoc. Sheelah (the T) pounced on it once she noticed it and let go of it again immediately, then she walked off like she was drunk and staggering around for a few minutes before recovering!!! I almost had heart failure, I even reached in and grabbed the ant out before I thought twice about it. (Sheelah is an evil bitey-bug.) Luckily for me she was still disoriented at that time and missed her chance to gimmie a chomp.
People what was that all about?? Do you think the ant had been in pesticides or is this a defense of the ant that got her...? It was still considerably tiny compared to her, so... *shrug* I am stumped! =o\ I've never seen anything like this in my home before, so I still tend to think this came from the pet store, there were pincher beetle carcasses in the cage with her so they were obviously feeding her things from outside.
FYI -- I didn't put her in cedar chunks, that's what the bedding was in the enclosure the pet store gave me along with her. :? I was trying to see if she'd calm down before I attempted the move into her new peat/potting soil swanky tank, but after this ant incident I got out the glove and grabbed her up and moved her a couple hours after she'd recovered.
Helllllllp...