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I don't recall if i posted before about this or not but heres an update anyways LOL
I noticed a few small white bugs on my entertainment unit shortly after raising all of my tanks with wood strips. I thought it was the wood since there were bugs there too. I have since found that the majority of bugs were housed in the cage my crickets were in. I haven't been using crickets so i cleaned out the cage leaving a layer of substrate at the bottom cause i was going to get some for my crested gecko. BIG MISTAKE!!! Luckily the bugs were only on the one unit and i have been able to completely rid myself of them! Granted i DID NOT follow my own warnings about bleach LOL. All of my tanks on that unit were totally disinfected......so much so that my room and the HOUSE smelled really really clean....(yes i have completely rinced the tanks). I also used an indoor bug spray, cleaned out my mealworms (even though they were not near any of this), removed everything that could be a hiding spot for bugs, and cleaned my entire room. Its NEVER been this clean lol and i don't think i've had this much of a workout (moving tanks and geckos out of the area). The 40 gal was really really heavy LOL

The lesson for the day.........bugs can have bugs LOL.
Oh yeah, and my mealworms are going strong.....no bugs present there - i know cause i spent the last few hours picking out each and every worm, inspecting them, cleaning them (they don't like that lol) and putting them in a new container.
Boo is doing Ok. No signs of bugs, Zeek (my crested) was right next to that unit so i removed him to a critter keeper so i could clean his cage totally.....he's not a happy camper lol

Thats my exciting story LOL
Red
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1.0 crested gecko
1.0 leopard gecko
(hoping to get 1.0 blizzard, 0.2 patternless)
1.0 papillion (small dog)
2.0 bettas
and 2 very annoying younger brothers LOL

uhhhh...sounds like alot of hard work but i bet your geckos (and the mealworms and crickets too!!!) will thank you for it!!!

Cleo

Yes it was alot of work but very well worth it. I'm sure my geckos appreciate it but not only them but my dad too......he so hates bugs!!!!!!!! Even worse he hates mealworms but he's ok as long as they are out of site.

Thanks for the reply

Red
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1.0 crested gecko
1.0 leopard gecko
(hoping to get 1.0 blizzard, 0.2 patternless)
1.0 papillion (small dog)
2.0 bettas
and 2 very annoying younger brothers LOL

I need to clean mine, too. lol
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Lovin' would be easy if your colors were like my dreams...

I don't mind my room being dirty it's just all of the wires in there that bug me. My room was an addition to the house and is very small, but for the herps like to keep in the near future and already keep I need room for four twenty longs one fifty-five gallon a medium sized rack system (currently under costruction and a twenty gallon high. I will also need a misting system and I already have a few bins and ten gallons for breeding various food sources. I figured out that if I clean up the room and move some stuff around I can fit everything in there and still have an eighteen inch walkway. The best part is I can keep the TV and the bed although little else besides that. Luckily I have been able to convince my mom to let me keep some Dendrobates Tinctorius (dart frogs) in the living room and she loves leos and beardies so I can probably spread them out more. My grandmother used to live just next door to us but had alzheimers and had to move. So we own a big empty house and my mom suggested to me that I could have a room or two if I wanted. Yes, I think this means I get to keep my closet too.

Sounds like you could use the entire house I know i could use one. I was engaged for four years and got alot of stuff in that time to fill a house. When we split he took the good stuff (TV etc) but left so much that i could probably fill a house without having to buy anything! I also dated a lifetime friend and we planned on getting engaged....again things began to collect and again that relationship went sour (i have no luck with men LOL)

My room is the result of splitting the rec room in half so i have a good many outlets for the stuff my geckos need. Currently i am maxed out though so 9 tanks is it for me lol. Oops, make that 10, forgot my other fish tank LOL.

The day i get a house, will be a very very happy day for me Its the only thing i want really badly!
Red
P.S. i hope you get all the rooms you need in the other house
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1.0 crested gecko
1.0 leopard gecko
(hoping to get 1.0 blizzard, 0.2 patternless)
1.0 papillion (small dog)
2.0 bettas
and 2 very annoying younger brothers LOL

My sister will actually be getting that house and she is terrified of reptiles so I can only keep them there for a few years.

Man, that is a lot to cram into a room. I keep my tanks in my room too, and I only have enough space for my 20 long and 10 gallon. I could put another 10 gallon on my desk, but that spot is reserved for my cat. I think my brother would be cool about letting me keep one or two in his room though.
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Lovin' would be easy if your colors were like my dreams...

the smell of cleaners overwelms the house lol. Usually i measure out the bleach/water ratios, this time i just poured both in......I didn't even think i was going to be able to sleep in my room LOL bugs make me paranoid!!!
This room needs so much work and cleaning all the time though, and not due to me being messy LOL. Its downstairs and i used to have a drop ceiling......until it DROPPED ON MY HEAD LMAO!!! So now if someone above me walks to hard on the floor i get a nice covering of dust on everything.... And my lovely dog has long fur that seems to like being on my carpet more than my dog LOL.

So i feel like i'm cleaning ALL THE TIME!!!!!! and i probably am. Worse yet, my brothers have no clue how to keep a bathroom clean. My biggest experience with bleach was when my brother who worked as a mechanic came home and covered the shower stall in grease........me being all not happy about it used straight bleach to clean the tiles......I was sick for a week but at least the bathroom was clean LOL
No i'm not crazy.....my dad has just drilled into me that things need to be clean......(((wish he would have instilled that knowledge on my brothers LOL)))
Sorry for babbling LOL
Red
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1.0 crested gecko
1.0 leopard gecko
(hoping to get 1.0 blizzard, 0.2 patternless)
1.0 papillion (small dog)
2.0 bettas
and 2 very annoying younger brothers LOL

Wow... Well, I think there's a crack or something in my room, because just about every year, I get ants invading. I usually stop them in time before they actually move in, but I've had some nightmarish infestations in the past. I even woke up one time with one crawling on my face! And another time, one was crawling up my arm.

Oh yeah, there was another time when I felt something crawling on my head while I slept. I have a lot of hair, so it sounded really loud, and felt really heavy. It moved down the side of my head really slowly, so I had time to cover my ear, and then I felt it crawl onto my hand. When I threw my arm to the side of my bed, I opened my eyes and saw a spider right by my hand. Just a tiny little guy.

But luckily, I DO sleep with my mouth shut.
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Lovin' would be easy if your colors were like my dreams...

Luckily the ants only live outside......theres steps to get into any part of the house and so far none have got in. Spiders on the other hand.......we have alot, especially at the side/garage door. I can pick up mealworms and hand feed them to Boo but put a spider near me and all i want to do is run LOL. Our upstairs bathroom is right above that side door so every morning when i shower i have to check the shower for spiders........theres nothing like being in your birthday suit and finding a spider crawling up the shower curtain LOL
I know winter sucks and all (i really hate driving in winter weather) but i like it for the fact that theres little if any bugs around
Red
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1.0 crested gecko
1.0 leopard gecko
(hoping to get 1.0 blizzard, 0.2 patternless)
1.0 papillion (small dog)
2.0 bettas
and 2 very annoying younger brothers LOL

Spiders I can handle. I just rescued one a few hours ago when I took a shower. I saw it crawling out from behind the shampoo bottle, and then it collapsed. I thought it was dead, but I still fished it out with a paper towel and left it to dry. It wasn't there anymore when I got out of the shower, so I guess it must've lived.

I'm grossed out by cockroaches though. Not the big hissing kinds, but just your normal household roach.
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Lovin' would be easy if your colors were like my dreams...

We used to have these plants next to our house that attracted wolf spiders, some were two or two and a half inches across and one night I woke up with one sitting on my hand staring at me. I had a similar experience when someone left the basement door open and I awke when a toad crawled under my hand. We also sometimes have northern Ring necked snakes in our basement and our 120 pound rottweiler will pick them up in his mouth and crry them around. He has never harmed one but actually picks them up with his lips. One day he sent my sister screaming when he walked over and a little black snake started to crawl out from between his teeth.