We bought our first grasshoppers today. We has been introducing them to our veiled Thomas and he was curious but a bit nervous, so he hasn't eaten any yet. Just fifteen minutes ago we decided to put them in the largest container we have, because they are really hard to get out of a smaller one. As we're standing at the kitchen counter executing Mission Impossible, I drop the container containing what I hope were twelve pinky finger-size grasshoppers.
They were everywhere (it seemed). I have never been more panicked in my life. I stood there screaming and trying to catch them (my fiancé was calm, of course), and they even got as far as the living room. We've had one or two crickets escape in the past, but this was actually really scary.
Grasshoppers are now safe and enjoying some fruits and vegetables, and I'm still in bed, shaking.
I'm naturally clumsy, so it's only a matter of time before I break a few bones, but man... This was wild.
Have you ever dropped an entire container of feeders and had them escape?
They were everywhere (it seemed). I have never been more panicked in my life. I stood there screaming and trying to catch them (my fiancé was calm, of course), and they even got as far as the living room. We've had one or two crickets escape in the past, but this was actually really scary.
Grasshoppers are now safe and enjoying some fruits and vegetables, and I'm still in bed, shaking.
I'm naturally clumsy, so it's only a matter of time before I break a few bones, but man... This was wild.
Have you ever dropped an entire container of feeders and had them escape?
Just be glad they were grasshoppers, and not roaches. I can only IMAGINE how you would've reacted if you freaked out over grasshoppers! Glad to hear you caught them. With somebody around here sold baby grasshoppers
