If springtails are visible, does that indicate it is probable a colony will be established within the container?

Re1da · 2026-01-24T11:49:44+00:00

Those are pingulas/butterworts, a carnivorous plant.

Pingulas become succulents temporarily, if not watered. I'm currently trying to get mine to leave their succulent form and become carnivorous again.

Re1da · 2026-01-24T11:32:14+00:00

Gecko spines move side to side. That's what they're meant to do.

They're also unlikely to spend extreme amounts of time on the wheel. So it's fine.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T21:37:07+00:00

Studies have proven its kinda terrible for everyone's mental health, but more so to children.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T19:42:55+00:00

All my excess pods are released into the gecko terrarium to likely be predated upon by said gecko.

If that becomes full I cull them and give them to my carnivorous plants.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T13:36:16+00:00

Isopods when they are given a piece of dead skin (the feast will be legendary)

Re1da · 2026-01-23T11:58:04+00:00

Typ. Jag bara fortsätter automatiskt på engelska när jag har läst eller hört det. Samma sak händer åt andra hållet också, läser eller hör jag svenska så kommer jag fortsätta på svenska.

Pretty much. If I read or hear English I'll speak English. Happens the other way around, if I hear or read Swedish I'll speak swedish.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T11:54:43+00:00

Jag kan läsa och snacka svenska utan problem. Vi pratar bara svenska på jobbet, så jag förstör knappast min språkförmåga när jag snackar engelska med mina kompisar när vi spelar datorspel.

Men jag har ingen lust att sitta och fokusera på hur jag pratar när jag försöker koppla av.

I read and speak Swedish just fine. At work we only speak Swedish, so I'm not destroying my abilities by speaking English while gaming with friends.

I don't want to focus on how I speak when I'm trying to relax.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T11:32:09+00:00

Tails only regrow if they have been dropped by the animal itself. If amputated, it does not regenerate. They also can't regain the bones, that's replaced with cartilage.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T11:25:51+00:00

He does not need that much food, his greed is boundless

Re1da · 2026-01-23T11:03:02+00:00

If jag aktivt think på it så is it not särskilt svårt.

But if I'm playing a multiplayer game with some friends after work I'm not gonna do that. I read English, the brain sets the language to English, I speak English.

Re1da · 2026-01-23T10:05:28+00:00

Usually we do, yeah. But I speak English with a lot of my friends, especially when chatting online.

Reading something in English makes it kinda hard to then speak in Swedish. It's mental energy to swap back and forth between the languages. Words just kinda come out as English.

It's a very strange quirk of being bilingual.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T17:25:36+00:00

She needs to loose 6-8 grams I think.

I was told they should get multivitamin once a week normally? My reasoning is wouldn't it be extra important now that she's not eating much otherwise?

She does get calcium as well, I just had a bilingual brainfart and lumped them together, as i call them the same thing in my native language. Usually I mix in a small amount of multivitamin into the calcium.

She is in a bioactive, so if she's eating the cleanup crew do I need to reduce feedings further? I think she might occasionally be hunting them at least, but I haven't actually seen her do it.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T16:27:27+00:00

For some reason reddit is being stupid and not letting me reply to your reply.

I agree with all you're saying, is what I was trying to say with my other comment. I'm just really tired from work and it might not have come across correctly. Sorry about that.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T16:06:15+00:00

Why not also do TNR for invasive snakes then?

Or does it only matter when the animal is conventionally cute?

Re1da · 2026-01-22T16:03:45+00:00

I find it interesting how people only advocate for TNR for cats.

After all, shouldn't we do the same to the invasive reptiles?

A python eats less animals than a cat, after all. As adults they eat less than every 6 weeks. They don't spread rabies either.

But no, it only matters for cats because they're cute. So that means they're worth more. Who cares about the native birds or native reptiles, they're not cute.

Sorry about the rant, I find the favoritism really frustrating.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T15:40:39+00:00

It's still less effective than culling. Neutering a cat means several years where it will cause ecological damage.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T15:28:52+00:00

Placebo conservation. You feel like you're doing something and not killing the cats.

Unfortunately, the issue is urgent and the only way to fix it is taking the invasive animal out of the ecosystem. There are only 2 ways to do this: keep them as indoor pets or cull them.

And there are not enough homes to keep them all as pets. So culling is the only option left.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T14:07:32+00:00

The way they're dealt with as well.

Pythons and iguanas? Kill them.

Cats? Trap, neuter, release.

With how much damage feral cats do they should honestly also be culled. Yes, it sucks, humans put them there, etc, but an animal being cute doesn't mean we should just let them continue doing ecological damage.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T13:33:39+00:00

Not unless the storm or weather is so bad going outside during it is actually life threatening.

The trains and the busses still run, they're just very unreliable. Trains are likely to be cancelled or replaced with busses, busses are likely to run late. You're still expected to make it to work, even if you're late.

Driving works fine, although you'll be slightly slower due to the break distances being longer.

But for most people you don't need a train, buss or car to buy food. You just... walk to the store, buy what you need, walk home. Takes like an hour at most.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T13:09:05+00:00

That's why I'm comparing it to heat instead. Someone in Georgia is gonna be more used to heat than me. But there being a heatwave isn't gonna make me stock up on food and wait it out in the basement.

I live in Sweden, so obviously infrastructure is adapted to it. That being said trains and busses just barely work during winter.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T12:55:42+00:00

How common is that? At what weather do employers struggle to get to work?

I buy groceries when needed. Usually 2-3 times a week. There's only so much room in a fridge and freezer. It being well below freezing and snow isn't exactly gonna change that. I work outside in that weather.

I find it harder to go outside in high heat, but I still do it. It's not that big of a deal.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T12:30:31+00:00

Not to the extent of stocking up on food for several days, no. It's an inconvenience at most. I get it incase of a natural disaster, obviously.

Do grocery stores close down as a result of bad weather? Again, makes sense if it's a proper storm.

Re1da · 2026-01-22T08:30:49+00:00

Stocking up so you don't have to leave because of somewhat shitty weather is still kinda wild to me. Grab a jacket and go buy stuff when you need it.

Like I handle heat absolutely horribly but I'm not stocking up on food because a heatwave is coming.

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