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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2020 5:45:25 GMT
Another overnight. So:
Egg 1: partial hatching, expired.
Egg 2: hatched but egg stuck to back legs. Not looking well.
Egg 3: hatched OK.
Egg 4: hatched last night but also egg stuck to back legs. Looks ok.
Eggs 5-10: still eggs.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 17, 2020 7:30:42 GMT
We are still on just the two new ones. They are getting big quickly and might soon need transferring to the mid-range tank at this rate. All other eggs still waiting to hatch.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2020 8:35:16 GMT
FIVE baby Stickies now.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 24, 2020 7:04:50 GMT
SEVEN.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 27, 2020 8:56:07 GMT
EIGHT.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 27, 2020 11:43:12 GMT
The eight babies have had their house cleaned for the first time. They were very co-operative and the operation was quick and painless. One egg left to hatch.
By contrast, the four adults today were ABSOLUTE BASTARDS. Never before have they been so difficult when trying to clean their house. BASTARDS!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 27, 2020 12:30:27 GMT
Number Three hatched here.
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2020 21:40:23 GMT
Two of the baby Stickies have fallen so that is three down out of ten eggs.  -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2020 7:40:21 GMT
Six of the ten babies have currently survived. Four of them have molted and seem healthy and growing fast. Two of them are a bent and small and I don't expect them to make it.
Meanwhile, at Beta Site, FOURTEEN have hatched.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 15, 2020 8:37:16 GMT
Beta Site? What are they doing there that we aren't??
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2020 10:43:09 GMT
Beta Site is in Mosley. All 14 are doing well.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2020 17:32:11 GMT
Beta Site now has SIXTEEN Stickies. All doing fine.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 25, 2020 8:12:12 GMT
Another fatality: a moulting that went wrong. At Alpha Site, 5 of the 10 remain. 16 still ok at Beta Site.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 25, 2020 10:25:53 GMT
Stickies upgraded to bigger tanks here. Low numbers of both medium and large. We have harvested lots of eggs to offset this. Hopefully.
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2020 21:24:54 GMT
I will be stopping at Generation 2. There will not be a Generation 3. I feel I've pretty much done the stick insect experience.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 28, 2020 21:46:24 GMT
Wow. If I was a stick insect I'd really be hoping to end up at beta site.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 28, 2020 21:48:14 GMT
I will be stopping at Generation 2. There will not be a Generation 3. I feel I've pretty much done the stick insect experience. -Ralph You are a villain! |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 28, 2020 21:49:23 GMT
One of the spiders died last night. She has looked well/not well at times for months now and was always smaller than her siblings. Boo.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2020 19:37:23 GMT
The five surviving Alpha Site young Stickies got big enough to move to their Forever Tank. The four old adults are still with us.
The sixteen young Stickies at Beta Site are still doing fine.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2020 19:38:12 GMT
I will be stopping at Generation 2. There will not be a Generation 3. I feel I've pretty much done the stick insect experience. -Ralph You are a villain! Doing the life cycle once is enough for me. Stickies don't give much back. -Ralph -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2020 17:10:59 GMT
One of the Beta Site Stickies has ESCAPED. Its whereabouts is not known.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 26, 2020 17:16:36 GMT
Maybe it's decided to branch out on its own.
Martin
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 27, 2020 4:50:59 GMT
Leaf some ivy out. Stick at it and it might yet emerge.
Four new baby stickies born here in last fortnight. One has snuffed it already.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2020 16:44:33 GMT
The lost Beta Site Sticky may have been, er, mistaken for a bit of red onion. It may now be in Sticky Heaven.
Got to be honest, I am really over the Sticky experience by now. The adults are now about a year old. They should croak soon.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 9, 2020 21:52:17 GMT
These are Snowflake, on my lap, and Flopsy, in the hutch, our rabbit guests for the week. They are occupying Miracle and Panda's old hutch in the back garden and thus far seem happy with their holiday home and catering. Snowflake suffers from Torticollis so has her head at an odd angle. No problem, we specialise in slightly wonky in our house. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 9, 2020 22:00:19 GMT
Yayyyyyyy.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 13, 2020 7:18:31 GMT
Beta Site Sticky #16 has been found. The young ones there are now egg laying.
Alpha Site Sticky younglings now also now laying eggs. Not being kept as I am stopping at Generation 2. The old ones are still going.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 13, 2020 8:07:54 GMT
Be sure to freeze the eggs first before disposal or you risk creating an invasive species outbreak.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 13, 2020 8:49:04 GMT
Gran has a new teacup chihuahua called Suki.
She is tiny and adorable, been up to visit a couple of times.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 13, 2020 10:37:08 GMT
Five baby stick insects from next round now here.
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