Meet Vlad, Aaron's new pet praying mantis. I told Aaron that if I had to keep a praying mantis in the house, then I got to name him. He's a fairly well-behaved pet. He dines on moths, cockroaches, spiders, and grubs; however, he seems to have an aversion to box elder bugs.
And this is Durfey. He's named after the dry cleaners on 9th East. We adopted Durfey in July when our friends Blake and Liesel decided to ditch out on us for law school in Virginia. Apparently beta fish don't do so well on road trips.He's actually got a fairly outgoing personality, for a fish. He puffs up at you when you approach his bowl. I'm not sure whether that's "Hello and how do you do?" or "Get the heck away from my bowl, punk!" Sometimes he pretends to be a shark and he stalks and dives ferociously after his plankton pellets.
Vlad and Durfey are not the most exotic pets, but they make life a little more interesting. And they can fly under the landlord radar.
4 comments:
try putting a mirror up to the bowl too. beta fish are very aggressive and when they puff up they are trying to "warn" before they attack. That is why you can't have other fish in the same bowl as them. Plus, they don't die very easily...
I am glad to see that Durfey is still kicking it at your place. What a fun fish! And yes, I still feel bad about the whole "ditching you for law school thing..." :)
Where did you get the praying mantis? I think Connor would love to have one as a pet!
Yay Durfey! Still kicking after 3 years. What a fish. :)
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