do cacti qualify as "other pets?"

***Connie*** · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 6/1/2008, 2:26 am

We have a fly trap. Its gone into hibernation! so annoying. Was sprouting new leaves (with heads) and then just stopped and hasnt done anything else and looks dead but I know its not dead but in hibernation and dont know what to do to get it out of it!
grrr

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 6/1/2008, 2:49 am

*Connie* wrote:

We have a fly trap. Its gone into hibernation! so annoying. Was sprouting new leaves (with heads) and then just stopped and hasnt done anything else and looks dead but I know its not dead but in hibernation and dont know what to do to get it out of it!
grrr

i got a flytrap the other day, its so cool! there is a half-digested spider in one of the heads..... Twisted Evil

do they usualy go into hibernation?

***Connie*** · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 6/1/2008, 4:20 am

I have been told they do, that they need a winter period.

Dont be shocked when that head and leaf dies. I was. I thought they would eat and digest but not themselves!
they digest themselves with the food item.
Once a cricket got out and we found it in the bathroom, it ran over the fly trap and SNAP!
it was gross! after a few days it was oozing gunk and goo from the head

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**Mr. Mordax** · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 6/2/2008, 6:15 am

Flytraps are temperate plants and require a wintering period -- it's best for them to be left outdoors year-round, or at least for six months of the year so they can go dormant. If they fail to receive this then they usually die in the spring. Don't be surprised if all the growth above ground level dies off -- it will all come back in the spring.

They also need to be in standing water (not up to the crown of the plant, but just the bottom inch or two of the pot).

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 6/2/2008, 7:29 am

cheers for the info Wink

C-Kor · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 9/1/2008, 11:06 pm

Heh, i planted a saguaro cactus about 6 years ago. Its only an inch and a half tall.

lycanlord · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 9/2/2008, 2:20 am

i thought id post a picture of my amazing cactus lol
its started to look like a deformed penis, anybody knw why lol

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**Mr. Mordax** · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 9/2/2008, 11:33 am

That's just the new growth coming "up" before it has a chance to go "out."

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 9/2/2008, 11:40 am

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lycanlord · Subject: Re: do cacti qualify as "other pets?" 9/2/2008, 12:02 pm

its been like that for like 4 months now tho lol

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