I know he worked on that apple for quite awhile, and now he's hanging on the side of the pen, and I'm 99% sure he's "asleep" (apparently they don't sleep like we do, but they go into kind of a vegetative state at night.) When he did this earlier, I removed the lid and gave his feet a touch and he woke up and tried to climb out!
Losing grip strength sucks! Some of the women at knitting were showing they can't even really make a fist anymore.I use the magnetic ones at work, because the hair doesn't tend to stick to them as bad, and the brace I keep "as hair free as possible"!
It's weird because it's my outer tendon and that hasn't given me problems in years. Work this week was a little crazier than normal so I'm assuming that's what did it. I really don't want to lose my grip strength anymore than I already have. I tried to open a bottle of gelcaps earlier and had to use a jar opener to pry the lid off.
Fingers crossed he'll be able to fly again despite the tear. I wonder how old he is? Apparently they live 2-6 weeks except for the last generation of the year, which can live 8-9 months.
I was wondering the same thing. I am hoping he will fly again. If he shows better wing strength, my plan is to shoo the cats inside and turn him loose in the catio for an hour or so to see how he does before releasing him.
Sadly,no it will not heal and unless this beautiful creature is the last generation of the year( unlikely this time of year) the life span is maybe 6 weeksI found a monarch butterfly that wouldn't fly today. I placed him in a patch of milkweed and kept checking and he didn't fly away, only climbed a short bit. His one wing looks a little banged up but nothing seems to be "missing" from it, but I did find a small tear.
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He's currently in a makeshift bug cage with sugar water, grasses, milkweed leaves/buds, a few random flower parts, and a few apple slices (he really went to town on those). I don't really know what else to do for him, I know they can do wing transplants but I have no idea how to do that, nor a donor wing. There was a big storm moving in and I couldn't just leave him out there to be pounded away by rain and blown around by the wind. Is there any chance a slight tear in a wing can heal itself if given time and rest?
Also...Livie was half afraid of him!
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Crap, I was so hoping it would heal
I would turn him loose in my yard, but I'm afraid a predator might get him?
Not anywhere high off the ground though,he could injure himself in a fall.....Crap, I was so hoping it would heal
I'm wondering if I could keep my cats inside for part of the day and let the butterfly at least be outside in the catio for a few hours a day? I gave the sugar water on cotton balls this morning and he's loving it, so I don't think he's sick, he just can't fly.
I put him outside on the ground, and though he seems to be munching on plants he's not walking around or moving much..Not anywhere high off the ground though,he could injure himself in a fall.....
And yes,he'd be an easy snack for predator-poor beautiful butterfly that can't fly
i' got owned by her and i never seen it happening 
Yep, Amazon accepted return for both.
That's fantastic! It helps when you have a loving, supportive partner to help you get through the rough patches.today my gf celebrates 18 years drug free. she also told me its been nearly 20 years now we have known each other
Aw. You two smitten kittens. Spreading the joy.
I have the same issues when it comes to tools and hardware. It might be easier to give them away that toss, but keep the screws! Those things are blasted expensive if you need them. They have those inexpensive small parts boxes where you could keep them sorted by size.
And the day after you toss them, you realize you really need a few of them for the first time in 10 years.
I can just picture it!
Wonderful, congratulations!today my gf celebrates 18 years drug free. she also told me its been nearly 20 years now we have known each other
Every. SingIe. Time!And the day after you toss them, you realize you really need a few of them for the first time in 10 years.
