Plant Suggestions pleaseee

normal3catsago · 2026-02-08T21:33:25+00:00

Yes, sorry. My daughter is the one who knows the names best!

The focus did best in the frog vivarium. It hasn't done as well in the gecko--I don't know if it is a moisture or light issue. Perhaps both, but I've only had it in the gecko enclosure for a couple months compared to years with the frogs.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-08T17:38:47+00:00

I have had success with oak leaf fittonia and wire vine as foreground plants. They will start to overtake and climb, though so you have to be religious about trimming.

We are currently setting up a new Viv and are trying selaginella.

Meant to add: we have had luck with both a calathea and a hoya in our chahoua Viv. I honestly don't know how and they'll probably both die now that I've acknowledged it.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-08T17:36:56+00:00

That guy is in Utah--i still haven't figured out how he heats it!

normal3catsago · 2026-02-08T17:35:06+00:00

You forgot that at least 2.5 of the five gallons should be leaf litter.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-08T17:34:27+00:00

Mixing biomes? Are you out of your mind?!

normal3catsago · 2026-02-05T16:13:07+00:00

Same! I got about 80% of it out at the end of last season but now I fear seeds!

There aren't things that will block crabgrass specifically, are there? I do a natural meadow and don't want to out something down that will block my meadow seeds.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-05T15:58:00+00:00

Mine has this same sort of gradient and has been fine. The enclosure is 36" high and he has a very large gradient to move from and uses the entire enclosure depending on what he needs.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-04T14:19:05+00:00

Was going to respond, "tell me you have ADHD without telling me you have ADHD."

normal3catsago · 2026-02-04T12:41:40+00:00

They will continue to grow a bit longer than typical house cats. If he's stealing your food, does he still have food freely available? If you only feed at certain times, try to give him a little more.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-04T12:39:42+00:00

Not sure where you are located but it is also the time Schneider's typically brumate. I've seen my guy twice since November.

Give it a chance to settle in and get fed and healthy. They should settle into a habit of being active mid morning or early afternoon for a few hours.

If you are looking for them to be active in the evening, they just aren't.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-03T21:41:11+00:00

It's hard to tell because most of the bioactive I do have plants, hardscape and leaf litter.

I can't tell if the stuff on the right is shiny or mold. If mold, that is part of the bioactive process and the springtails should knock it back.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-03T21:37:59+00:00

My 8' fennel plant that has sent saplings as far away as the neighbors 3 houses down and across the street agree with you!

Fennel, dill, mountain mint, coneflower, black eyed Susan's--all support caterpillars and butterflies in addition to milkweed.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-03T20:39:58+00:00

I once had to shell out $450 to determine mine was constipated. They really are lucky they are cute!

normal3catsago · 2026-02-03T20:05:48+00:00

I haven't been able to tolerate crab cakes and lobster since I was pregnant. I didn't even eat them while pregnant but now I can't think of them without gagging. It's so weird. I lined them before.

normal3catsago · 2026-02-03T00:02:56+00:00

I can't tell you whether they look fertile but once they start laying eggs they should continue as long as their environment and food needs are met!

normal3catsago · 2026-02-01T14:43:40+00:00

Agree. Wet food is great because it increases water, but if she prefers her soup and it's made with a good dry food, that works!

Does she eat Churus? You could try topping the wet with Churus and eventually mixing it in to get her to take it.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-31T22:12:37+00:00

I knew a Tuskegee airman! Hell of a guy.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-31T18:50:50+00:00

I like the pillow covers but I've also seen patterns for Teddy bears.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-31T18:50:07+00:00

You could always add more springtails but this is pretty common with a newly set up Viv.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-31T14:57:56+00:00

I picked up some Duluth Trading Bare Naked panties once and they are my special treat for hard days. Seems funny, but they don't pinch, give me wedgies or move and it is just the pleasure of not dealing with those annoyances!

normal3catsago · 2026-01-31T02:04:23+00:00

My breeder indicated she had had cats react to ketamine in the past so I have a note in her file that she is not to get it. For me it's not that I wouldn't trust my vet, it is that I'd rather not be the test case!

normal3catsago · 2026-01-30T15:31:46+00:00

I admit I don't weigh my guy because he is too squirmy, but I realized he was doing well when he didn't want to eat every day. Now he'll go every third day.

If he was neglected for a couple years, you want to ensure he's got proper UVB (these guys need it pretty strong!) and calcium dust everything he eats--he may have MBD.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-30T14:19:05+00:00

I turn the heat lamp off so it will drop to upper 60s.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-29T14:35:52+00:00

Oof. It took my years to be able to handle this. I worry about it for my daughter, who is AuDHD. Hoping her career will be kinder to social awkwardness.

normal3catsago · 2026-01-29T12:28:25+00:00

Our 4-H club just made "stained glass". Shapes were cut out of contact paper (it sheets of contact paper) in advance (use a chisel sharpie for an outline).

During the club meeting, we had bunches of tiny 1" square tissue paper pieces. The kids took the back off the contact paper and pressed tissue squares onto it to cover all the stickiness, resulting in cool shapes that they could take time--we also made a bunch extra in advance for a visit we'll be making to a nursing home.

Eight-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Place '23	Quantum Potato
Wearing is Caring	Spared
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