Small Pet Care part 4

Jeez I've been writing for a long time today this is probably the last post of the Small Pet Care section unless you have any questions on things I've covered or need info on the things I haven't. If so comment below and I will do my best to help you with your situation or answer your question or anything else I can do.

Other Things

Leopard Geckos

• I know that I've said this a lot but I can't stress to you enough get gecko safe things like
• Bedding/Carpeting
• ESPECIALLY cleaners
• And anything else you're putting in with your geckos
• This is similar to the last one but rinse everything you put in with your geckos
• Don't use soap!
• Make sure nothing in your gecko's cage is sharp
• If you are playing with your gecko make sure there is nothing dangerous around like
• Sharp things
• Mouse traps
• Ant poison
• Your dog or cat (You might think you know them or "No they would never!" but a gecko looks very tasty to them)
• Geckos tend to poop in one specific spot so to make your life easier you can put a piece of paper towel down then when they go you can just lift out the towel poop and all.
• Just over all be careful geckos are delicate. 
• Always think about what could happen before you do something with your gecko
• I'm sure you already know this but geckos can drop their tails so don't grab or pull them.
•  I'm sure you already know this too but geckos can carry salmonella so always just assume they do and wash your hands before eating.
• Geckos are very territorial so if you are thinking of getting 2 get 2 cages one gecko might try to hurt the other so be prepared
• If you have multiple make sure to wash your hands between handling them one might have a disease that the other doesn't

Beta Fish

• Just get a filter
• They aren't that expensive
• Most come with the tanks
• They make life so much easier
• DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER put 2 males together they will fight and at least 1 will probably die.
• If you want to add more fish research the fish you're getting make sure that they can 
• Live peacefully with betas
• Not scare betas
• And not nibble on the beta's fins

Caterpillars

• They don't move a whole lot so don't assume they're dead
• Research your caterpillar and make sure you have the right stuff to take care of it
• If you hold it research it make sure it can't destroy your house if you lose it.  
• Don't lose it... Gross

Meal Worms, Wax Worms and Crickets

• Just don't lose them that's disgusting 

Small Pet Care part 3

Cleaning

Leopard Geckos

• Every 1-2 months clean the reptile carpet and if you want to flip it over/
• Take out some of old bedding put in new bedding
• Take out poop
• If you want to clean the glass take out the gecko and use GECKO SAFE Cage cleaner.

Beta Fish

If you have a filter

• Every other week fill up the tank if the water gets low
• Once a month Change half the water
• Once a month put in a new filter

If you dont

• Every week change the water 
• And use a baster thingy to take out the poop that you can see

Crickets and Meal Worms 

• If they get moldy take out old food and put in new
• Every once in a while add extra bran

Small Pet Care Part 2

This post won't be as long as the last one. This is what I feed my Leopard Gecko, Beta Fish, Caterpillar, Meal Worms and Crickets.

Food

Leopard Geckos

• Crickets 2ish per day
• Meal Worms 5ish per day
• Wax worms 2ish per day
• (And of course water)

Beta Fish

• Beta Fish food pellets 2 per day.

Caterpillars

This mostly depends on the type of Caterpillar

• Leaves
• Sticks 
• Fruits 
• Vegetables 
• Wet paper towels or cotton balls for water.

Meal Worms

• Carrots
• Orange Peals
• Potato chunks
• Most vegetables and fruits work

Crickets

• Carrots
• Orange Peals
• Potato chunks
• Most vegetables and fruits work
• Wet paper towels or cotton balls for water.

Small Pet Care part 1

I'm bored so I thought I'd post something and since when I don't know what to write about I write what I know I guess I'll write about how I take care of my small pets. I'll go through set up first then food then cleaning and then other. I'll cover Leopard Geckos, Beta Fish, Caterpillars and live food for Geckos.
Set up...
For a Leopard Gecko you don't need a huge set up but here's what I recommend having

• At minimum a 10 gallon tank
• An under the tank heater put on one side or another. (Heat lamps are kind of a pain to deal with)
• GECKO SAFE Bedding (sometimes people just get random bedding thats bad for geckos so make sure that it's leopard gecko safe) Or a reptile carpet
• At minimum one hide preferably 2 One for the cold side one for the warm side
• A water dish preferably somewhat short so the gecko can get to it easily.
• A milk/water bottle/ect. cap full of calcium so they can lick it/ so you can roll their food in it to make their bones strong.
• A fake plant. It can be made for reptiles or fish just make sure it has a big heavy bottom or else it could fall over on your gecko.
• A spray bottle to make sure that the habitat is humid enough

For a Beta Fish set up you only need a few things.

• At least one thing that they can hide in like fake coral or barrels
• A fake plant 
• A heater
• A thermometer
• -Optional- a filter it lets you not clean the tank as often.

For caterpillars I'm sort of just guessing on this one...

• A mason jar
• A lid with holes in it
• Some lettuce leaves
• Other kinds of leaves depending on the type of caterpillar
• Some dirt 
• A few sticks
• Wet paper towels for water.

Wax Worms

KEEP IN FRIDGE!!! They turn into moths so I wouldn't recommend leaving them out. When you're ready to use them leave them out until they wake up then feed to your gecko.

Meal Worms

You have 2 options for these little buggers

• Keep them in the fridge with the Wax Worms and buy more all the time
• Start a colony off them.

If you are not grossed out by beetles than the second option is for you. If you buy lots of Mealworms then leave them for a while they will turn into small cocoons then beetles

For that set up you will need

• A large bin
• -If you want- a lid with holes in it!
• Bran
• Carrots

If you get the set up right these buggers will take off!!!

Crickets... Well
I have a very fancy cool looking set up for my crickets because for some reason it makes me less scared of them. I bought something called a bugarium and it came with all this stuff included. 

• A fake plant
• A wood hide
• Wood Chip like bedding.

But you can just have a normal set up with

• A normal cricket/ critter carrier
• Egg carton thingies 

Hope this was all helpful/interesting if you have a pet like this good luck!!!

The School Play

Last week was the school play. I was in it and it was super fun. I had lots of parts and stuff and I needed something to post about so I'll just write about my costume and what I did for each part. The show was Jason and the Argonauts. If you haven't heard of it, it's a greek myth about a boy named Jason who's aunt has the throne of his kingdom (I was the aunt). Jason wants the throne because he is the heir to it and it is his turn to rule. So his aunt sends him to do tasks and in return she will give him the throne. She sends him to bring her the golden fleece. And along the way Jason gets a bout, a crew and encounters many friends and foes.

FIRST
I was queen Pelias. I was Jason's aunt and I sent him on the quest to get the golden fleece.
I wore this costume... I also wore it around the house for two hours when I got it because I'm obsessed. I also had a crown and a scepter. 

SECOND
I was part of the hellespont dance. everyone had to run around in 2 circles with the "boat" in the middle. It was supposed to look like a storm. We all just wore all black. That scene wasn't all that interesting.

THIRD 
I was a giant I wore a shirt that sort of just looked like a scrap of fabric. I carried around a huge blow up club. I looked pretty silly. Also we all had to sing:
"FEE FI,
FO FUM,
IT'S TIME TO FILL OUR TUMS,
IT'S TIME TO EAT,
THEY SMELL QUITE GREEK
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM
It was kind of silly but still fun.
FOURTH 
I was part of the Simple Glades. Which I know sorta sounds like single ladies. That parody was already made. We wore all black. We were supposed to look like clashing rocks. We spun a lot. That scene wasn't all that interesting either.
FIFTH
I was an amazon warrior. That scene was really cool we wore all black and there was a super cool dance. I got to leap and then jump onto the stage and spin past another girl then run in a circle and then do a round off and jump off the stage. Everyone got to do a solo trick then jump off the stage. Then I jumped back onto the stage and we walked in a line in the shape of an 8. Then there was another solo section and I did a front handspring.  We all had to wear something on our heads to make us all match.
SIXTH
I was a dancer on the isle of Colcus. I had to do the grapevine, turn in a circle and do jazz hands.
SEVENTH 
I was a villager. I had to scream and run away from fire breathing oxen.
EIGHTH
I was a dragon tooth that was sewn into the soil then I rose to attack Jason with all the other cast members.
And finally, NINTH
I was queen Pelias again and I gave Jason his throne.

Leaves

You should read the post before this first!!!
As I said in my last post the prompt for this post is Leaves. This is the story of a leaf.

I am Emerson Maple.
I am a leaf.
I live on a maple tree- duh
with my many brothers and sisters.
We have a happy life for the most part
here is the story of my life.

SPRING
This is when I bloom.
I am new! 
I am ready and excited to see the world!
I feel the days of warmth of sun
and the days of coolness and rain.
I love them both.
The sun warms my fibers,
and the rain moisturizes me.
Spring is fun.

SUMMER
The days are longer
The nights are shorter
The sun is shining 
It's noticeably warmer.
or at least thats what the Phineas and Ferb movie says.
A warm breeze or a gentle rain 
I love the Summer.

FALL
The fall is beautiful for a few days 
everyone around me is turning beautiful colors.
Then I do 
We are all beautiful and happy for a few days.
Than everyone starts to die.
And I am the last to go. 
Goodbye world 
we had a good run.

WINTER
I'm dead in Winter
I have nothing left to say.

-Emerson Maple

-WARNING- This post may contain content to silly for some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

Hey guess what's different about the prompt for the next post! Or don't. I don't really care if you guess or not. Because whether or not you do guess, I won't know! Wow that was a really good point! Thanks voice inside my head! Heh Heh...I mean... Umm... Uhh... Whaaaaat? You saw nothing. Yeah! SHHHH! I mean did you hear something? Because I sure didn't. Because that would mean I have voices in my head. And that would mean I'm crazy. We're I'm not crazy!!! Yeah! SHUT UP! Anywho. You should just tell them what's different about the prompt for the next post they seem to be getting annoyed with us. Oh yeah! Hey wait! Did I not just tell you to SHUT UP!!! What's different about the prompt for the next post is- She thought it up herself!!! Please don't yell at me. Ugh I give up. The prompt is: Leaves and I've got, what I think is going to be, a pretty good story for you. See you next time. Byeeee

This Weekend and Last Weekend all Rolled up Into One Post (Jeez that's a long title! Oops now I'm making it longer!)

LAST WEEKEND...
I didn't do a whole lot last weekend. On Saturday I went to rehearsal for a play I'm in. I'll talk about that in a post later. Since rehearsal was at the same time as my riding lesson, as it has been for the past many weeks, I took my lesson on Sunday. It was an amazing lesson. I cantered over a one foot course with Tucker, the highest I've jumped is 1 foot 6 inches, which was really cool because I hadn't ever cantered over a whole course before. And then after the lesson I rode Tucker bareback which I've done before but this time was extra fun. Nobody else in the lesson barebacked their horses for very long so I was in the arena alone with Tucker so I put the reins down and let him wander around. I also tried to direct him around with my legs but he hasn't been trained in bareback so it didn't work out very well, but that's ok. It was a very good lesson over all.
THIS WEEKEND...
This weekend I had rehearsal on Saturday again. We're getting close to the play so it was a dress rehearsal which means COSTUMES!!! I love costumes especially mine for this play.
And on Sunday I had a riding lesson on Tucker. It wasn't a great lesson but it wasn't bad or anything, Tucker just wasn't very responsive to what I was telling him to do. But that's alright all horses have their days. I had a different teacher in that lesson. Her name is Marissa I knew her from around the barn but I had never had her as a teacher before. She's SOOOO nice. 

Anywho those were my two most recent weekends... Hope you enjoyed

A Poem from a Raindrop

I haven't posted in a while, I've been pretty busy. Here's a poem that came out of a prompt given to me once again Sophia Stordahl the one and only. I don't think I'm a very good poet but thats ok because it's fun to try anyway. Hey! that rhymed maybe I'm a better poet than I thought (Not really 😂 ) The prompt was: Something about rain. A pretty vague prompt but I came up with something from it so that's ok!!!
Think about a raindrop.
Watch it flying high,
then falling from above.
When the winds do blow,
Watch the raindrops flow.
They fall down below.
Watch the flowers grow
grow
grow
glow
Watch a flying raindrop
drip, dripping from the sky.
Watch it go by,
but never wonder why.

This is Marvin the raindrop, signing off.

A note from a Paper Weight

I have been going around and asking my friends for writing prompts. The last one was   from a friend named Sophia. This writing prompt was brought to you by Elise               Kumasaka. The prompt: Paper Weights. She was reading a book called paper weight when I asked her for a prompt so anywho... here I go. Also this is supposed to look like its on a lined sheet of paper. How'd I do?

 Hello, my name is Edward Sullivan. and in case you were wondering yes. Yes I am a paper weight. I have a sad, disappointing, depressing, lonely, un-purposeful life. I am moved from paper to paper without a care it's like the peoples don't even know that I'm there. Hey that rhymed! But the peoples wouldn't care, because they don't even know О that  I'm there. Oh wait I already said that didn't I? Oh bother. I'm sorry, I'm not a very good conversationalist But I don't get much practice in speaking to people. No one talks to me. No one notices me. No one cares.  No one even knows that I'm there...s. I don't even care that I've already said that I just wanted to make my statement rhyme. But it doesn't  matter because no one will read this. No one talks to me. No one notices me. No one cares.  No one even knows that I'm theres. It's like I said: I am a paper weight,  I have a sad, disappointing, depressing, lonely, un-purposeful life.                                                               Please notice me...                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                           
-Edward Sullivan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Crickets

I. Hate. Crickets. They are awful little creatures. They are creepy and crawly and icky and they get out of their cage and into my house. I would have nothing to do with them if it weren't for three of my favorite beings in the world. Harriet, Hermione and Murray. They are leopard geckos so they eat crickets which means I have to deal with them. Harriet and Hermione are the science class pets at my school. And Murray is my gecko. And guess what? They all love crickets yaaaay 😭 . I have 4 main reasons for hating crickets. 
Number 1: The big ones are super annoying because they make noise normal people call it chirping, I call it cricketing.
Number 2: They smell really weird 
Number 3: I mentioned this already but it's one of the reasons I hate them. They get out of their cage and into my house. I've found 3 and my dad has found 1. Ick.
Number 4: To be honest they just freak me out. they're creepy little crawly things and I just... BLEH!!! 

Deep Sea Jellyfish

PROMPT:

Today's prompt was brought to you by the one and only Sophia Stordahl. The prompt is deep sea jellyfish, as you probably guessed by the title of this post. The jellyfish in this story talk. -When the font is blue Ron is talking

-When the font is green Jon is talking

-When the font is turquoise they are both talking

-When the font is black the host is talking.

Hi I'm Ron!

And I'm Jon!

And we're deep sea jellyfish!

Join us tonight on the creature show with special guests

US!!!

Every week the host picks a creature to run the show-

And this week it's us!

That was my line you dim-witted dunderhead! Plus we already clarified that this week's guests were us.

Sorry I'm just so excited! This is such an honor!

Calm down you sputtering sprite!
Do we have to do this now?
We wouldn't have to do this if you weren't such a blubber headed buffoon!
Don't yell at me!
Oh my- uuugh are you crying?
You made me sad.
I- You- I made you sad?
Yes what you said was very hurtful.
I made you sad? I made you- My god how did I end up with such a BEEP for a brother. And also-
OKAY!!! that's all the time we have for tonight folks! I'll see you next week on the creature show. Thanks for watching and have a great night!

Last Weekend

Last weekend was very busy. On Friday I went to the school carnival with a bunch of friends. I was really fun. I bought some bracelets a hat and I got my face painted. My friends and I won at the cake walk. We had 18 people and the other group only had 2.  On Saturday my grandparents came in from Illinois. I had a recital at the Bryant Lake Bowl, which my grandparents came to. After that we went to my aunt's art crawl. She was a spotlight artist! So that was super cool. My parents, uncle and I surprised her by bringing my grandparents. We bought a piece of  hers it's really pretty. After that we took my grandparents to Mavericks, a really good sandwich place. On Sunday I competed in a horse show with Tucker. We did pretty well. We did 7 events. We won 2 second places and 1 first place so that was pretty cool. I was so tired after the show. I usually have about half a day of relaxing or at least non-craziness but this weekend I didn't so I was pretty exhausted. And then on Tuesday I found out I had strep. YAAAY :( :( :( -_- ): ): ):