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I picked up the heat rock a few years ago when the winter temperatures dropped below her comfort level. I knew she wouldn't have anything to do with it directly, so it is burried under a thin layer of cypress under a plastic cave. It heats the cave and she hangs out on top of it when it gets chilly in the room. It wasn't until I got the boa a couple of weeks ago and started coming here that I heard so much negative stuff about heat rocks... So, now I know...
The wife got up this morning and put on her robe. I asked "Where are you going?", she said "Downstairs to make coffee..." Well, my mind started racing. Should I tell her the spider is out? What if she turns on the kitchen light and there sits Charlotte? Maybe she won't notice and I can go pick up a look-alike today. This was beginning to look like a bad episode of a sitcom.
"Well hon, just so you know, Charlotte isn't in her aquarium."
"Okaaay? And how do you know this?"
"I woke up around 2 this morning and couldn't sleep so I went down to see how she was doing in her new home, and she's not there."
"And you weren't dreaming?"
"Nope."
"And I'm not dreaming now?"
"Nope."
"And Charlotte isn't in her aquarium?"
"Nope."
*sigh* *shudder* "UUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
"Don't forget, she's harmless!!!"
So, off she goes to make coffee, turning on every light in the house on the way. Took the dog and cat with her for protection, and a flashlight to look in the dark corners. We spent the last half hour turning over everything in the living room and kitchen to no avail... If she's gotten under the cabinets in the kitchen (the only place we can't see) she won't live long, it's been heavily poisoned for spiders under there.
Dave
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