Recent content by MarsGirl

oh wow thanks.. i would still be playing with them if u all didn't tell me this...

i've been playing and making the traps close... and then remember i read somewhere each trap closes only 3 times? why is it 3? what's so special about the number? thx (Edited by MarsGirl at 8:52 pm on May 13, 2002)

This might sound silly but I got some dirt into the trap, that's ok, right? ^_^''

Thanks Suzanne & Tuyen! I've been using Distilled water (bought a large Gallon of Sodium Free Non-Carbonnated one). So I don't know if the traps (2 traps already) r dying because of sunburn or coz of that stuff that's all over my terracotta pot. Did as suggested: clipped the dead traps off...

1 of my traps gone bad. can i just leave it and let it die or should i remove it? (i really don't want to because i have no idea how to) and the ceramic pot that i transplant my pet into is collecting some yellowish "something" on the sides of the pot. maybe i didn't clean the pot as good as i...

tho' i just got my VFT and not even sure if it'll survive the month, i was wondering how big can it grow? right now it's only 2 inches in diameter and so very small. i would like to get it another flower pot... knowing how big it can grow would help. Thanks! :-)

haha... not antarctica but upstate NY. it's spring and still snowing... so no bugs. i heard that it is healthier for the traps to eat: they grow faster or seed or create more nitrogen in the dirt or something... too much reading on VFTs and i'm all confused. haha...

TRAY? OMG what TRAY? i have a confession. i didn't use distilled water the first time. when i got it home i rushed to water it... and back then i hadn't read up on the watering part. :-( still a little confused about that 2-litre humidome: that goes on top of the plastic terrarium that it...

is there some sort of dead flies/insects i can buy to feed my vft? i live in a cold place so there's hardly anything for the traps to feed on. anything would be helpful! thanks in advance!

i know i have to put it in direct sunlight. and my room has only 1 window with the heater below it. it's really cold outside and i like to keep my window open. so should i put my pet on the window sill? it'll be able to feel the cold draft from outside as well as the very dry heat from the...