A stupid but serious question

matmq · 11-09-04, 01:16 PM

Would you say it's possible for a water monitor to build some kind of relationship with a cricket, because there was a house cricket that had been living in his tank for a few months that hadn't been eaten, then i put in a plate full off chopped chick and a few rat-pups and the cricket came out and began to feed on it, anyway next morning there was no food left and no sign of the cricket bar a leg and since then it hasn't eaten (5 days) I arn't overly concerned as since i have had it it has periodically fasted but hasn't done so for a while and has lately been eating me out of house and home.
cheers mat

bistrobob85 · 11-09-04, 02:29 PM

In such a situation, i really don't think of ANYTHING but a predator/prey relationship between a water monitor and a cricket.

matmq · 11-09-04, 03:27 PM

I figured as much just thought it was a strange coincidence

BoidsUnlimited · 11-09-04, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by matmq
I figured as much just thought it was a strange coincidence

COINCIDENCE is the key word.

crocdoc · 11-09-04, 05:29 PM

I'm a bit confused here. What sort of relationship do you think was implied by the coincidence? Did you think the monitor was fasting because of being upset at accidentally eating his little friend the cricket?

Not taking the pi$$, just curious.

Gary D. · 11-09-04, 05:46 PM

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i put in a plate full off chopped chick ...the cricket came out and began to feed on it, anyway next morning there was no food left and no sign of the cricket bar a leg and since then it hasn't eaten (5 days)

Man that sounds like one hungry cricket. Mind you I wouldn't be too worried, after a meal like that I would assume a cricket wouldn't be hungry again too soon. Mind you if he does show up I might consider putting him in a different enclosure than the monitor. I have had a young chameleon killed by hungry crickets. Any cricket that can devour a couple of rat pups and a diced chick (bar a leg) might be able to do damage to your little monitor.

GD.

BoidsUnlimited · 11-09-04, 05:52 PM

Now guys lay up on him, its stressful when your monitor might be killed by a cricket.

I'm jsut kidding of course.

matmq · 11-09-04, 07:00 PM

No what i meant was had the monitor been using the cricket as a type of sensory crutch to detect when i was coming in to the room or near the enclosure the same way that some species of animal share there burrows with a scorpion, and now the crickets gone the monitor can't use it, because the cricket would chirp until it sensed you come in to the room
mat

crocdoc · 11-09-04, 07:30 PM

Ah, thanks. I'd say your monitor has stopped eating for other reasons.

bistrobob85 · 11-09-04, 07:33 PM

me too...

matmq · 11-09-04, 07:45 PM

I TOLD YOU IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CRICKET DIDN'T I

Scales Zoo · 11-09-04, 08:12 PM

But more importantly, keeping 2 species together....

What if they interbreed? A water monitor x cricket may be just the animal that can "take out" all of the worlds flor and fauna.

People don't think about this enough.

Ryan

crocdoc · 11-09-04, 08:32 PM

It's already happened in Australia, where things go feral very easily. We even have cricket teams, which travel the world to play against other cricket teams.

tdherper · 11-09-04, 08:33 PM

LMFAO!!

BoidsUnlimited · 11-09-04, 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by matmq
No what i meant was had the monitor been using the cricket as a type of sensory crutch to detect when i was coming in to the room or near the enclosure the same way that some species of animal share there burrows with a scorpion, and now the crickets gone the monitor can't use it, because the cricket would chirp until it sensed you come in to the room
mat

Are you kidding me?

That monitor has more sensory nerves than that cricket will ever evolve to have.

TRUST ME...your monitor doesnt need a cricket to let it know someones in the room.