01-23-2022, 03:14 PM
So I woke up this morning and Martin (my pet stink bug) was sitting atop my air purifier, right by the window where a tiny slice of light (the only light in the room) was coming through at the corner of my blackout curtains.
It was a very cold night and the air inside was sort of dry as a result. By the looks of him, I just knew Martin was almost dehydrated to death. It was obvious that he was barely clinging to life when I waved my hand over top of him and his movements were extremely slow, and eventually stopped altogether.
Knowing Martin would surely perish if nothing was done, I immediately set out to feed and water him.
AND IT WORKED.
IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SUCCESSFULLY FED AND WATERED MY PET STINKBUG.
It was AMAZING.
So I'll tell you how it happened.
I dipped my finger in some water and then dotted it along the surface he was on, in front of him, behind him, etc.
Ultimately he did nothing, so I decided to get a mushy half rotten strawberry and sacrifice it for the cause.
I pulled it apart and put it on the surface he was sitting on, one piece in front of him and one piece behind.
To my dismay, Martin used his very last little bit of energy to walk AROUND THE PIECE OF STRAWBERRY in front of him...
But during his journey, he finally happened across one of the droplets of water I had placed earlier.
I squealed in delight as his mouth feeler came out RIGHT ON THE VERY EDGE of this water droplet, and over the course of about 10 minutes, he had sucked the whole thing up.
With this newfound energy, he started walking along the edge of the surface, away from the other water droplets and the strawberry, and I thought to myself, no! This simply won't do. Martin needs MORE.
So I took the smaller bit of strawberry and I boldly set it on his path, right in front of him...
I squealed in delight AGAIN as he encountered the strawberry with his feelers, and then he took out his mouth tube and STARTED EATING THE FREAKING STRAWBERRY (or sucking the liquid off it or something, either way, IT WAS A SUCCESS)...
I recorded some video...
I LOVE YOU MARTIN. I LOVE YOU. I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY!!!
It was a very cold night and the air inside was sort of dry as a result. By the looks of him, I just knew Martin was almost dehydrated to death. It was obvious that he was barely clinging to life when I waved my hand over top of him and his movements were extremely slow, and eventually stopped altogether.
Knowing Martin would surely perish if nothing was done, I immediately set out to feed and water him.
AND IT WORKED.
IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SUCCESSFULLY FED AND WATERED MY PET STINKBUG.
It was AMAZING.
So I'll tell you how it happened.
I dipped my finger in some water and then dotted it along the surface he was on, in front of him, behind him, etc.
Ultimately he did nothing, so I decided to get a mushy half rotten strawberry and sacrifice it for the cause.
I pulled it apart and put it on the surface he was sitting on, one piece in front of him and one piece behind.
To my dismay, Martin used his very last little bit of energy to walk AROUND THE PIECE OF STRAWBERRY in front of him...
But during his journey, he finally happened across one of the droplets of water I had placed earlier.
I squealed in delight as his mouth feeler came out RIGHT ON THE VERY EDGE of this water droplet, and over the course of about 10 minutes, he had sucked the whole thing up.
With this newfound energy, he started walking along the edge of the surface, away from the other water droplets and the strawberry, and I thought to myself, no! This simply won't do. Martin needs MORE.
So I took the smaller bit of strawberry and I boldly set it on his path, right in front of him...
I squealed in delight AGAIN as he encountered the strawberry with his feelers, and then he took out his mouth tube and STARTED EATING THE FREAKING STRAWBERRY (or sucking the liquid off it or something, either way, IT WAS A SUCCESS)...
I recorded some video...
I LOVE YOU MARTIN. I LOVE YOU. I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY!!!
