Love the tat. How many more hours for the foliage? I can't believe you sat for 8 1/2 hours!!! I've got one in a "special" place and that one just about killed me. I can't imagine 8 1/2 hours.
Yes they can be. They're like little mood rings. Sheldon was free ranging the other day and I found him at the base of his tree about to get onto the floor and go god knows where in my house. I picked him up and put him back towards the top of his tree where he promptly displayed cranky...
When you call your boyfriend 4 times during the day when you're working and he's off to ask how Sheldon, Amy and Penny are and has he misted them, then how the dragons are, then how the dogs are and finally how he is.
When you no longer cringe at the strange looks you get from the Home Depot...
http://www.frogforum.net/care-articles/3254-culturing-crickets-care-breeding-common-house-cricket.html
That's the link to the cricket organization and cleaning blog that I found really helpful. Check the forums here too for silkworms 101 and 102 as those are also very informative and google...