Rexie

[den]

Tonight Rexie exceeded the magic 700g mark, so she's at release weight. Tomorrow I'll grab a bucket with a lid and dig up a termite nest, and put it and Rexie in the plastic sandpit tray we use to wash Polly.

A couple of weeks of termite training, and I think she'll be ready for the bush.

Comments

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Termites aren't dangerous unless you're made of wood and stand still for long periods. I'll be going after the mound-building type, where the soldier ants don't have pincers. They have instead a nozzle on their forehead that squirts out a sticky gunge that glues up the attacking ants. I suppose to an echidna it's like a salad vingrette.

Or something.