http://flytrapgrowing.info how to care for your Venus flytrap Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:12:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out this video of frog vs Venus flytrap ... Although your Venus flytrap is able to catch small frogs, lizards, worms and any other bizarre animals you may choose to feed it, you shouldn't! There are too many nasty nutrients in these animals than your plant can handle. You plant ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/mmmm-yummy-frogs/ If you are growing your Venus flytrap outside, then chances are you will never need/want to feed your plant as it will happily catch enough bugs on it's own. However, if you keep your plant inside and particularly if it is in a terrarium, then chances are it may never ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/manual-feeding/ Firstly, Venus flytraps are carnivorous. However, this does not mean that they can eat any old thing you decide to stick in it. You can not feed it any of the following: McDonalds Chocolate Human flesh - gross! Steak Bread Fish Chicken Chips/fries Vegetables plus most other things Venus flytraps have evolved to consume only bugs. They're very picky and if ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/what-should-i-feed-it/ Overfeeding your plant with bugs which are too big to completely fit in it's traps will definitely harm it. However feeding your plant lots of tiny bugs on a regular basis is usually not going to kill it. In general you shouldn't force feed your plants more than once a week. ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/can-i-overfeed-my-venus-flytrap/ Unsurprisingly, Venus flytraps are not able to digest the hard exoskeletons of most bugs. Only the proteins and other digestable 'squishy' bits of the bugs your traps catch (or are fed) are digested. Digestion of the 'squishy' bits is catalysed by enzymes secreted by glands in the lobes of each ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/skeletons/ So your plant isn' catching enough flies? Or perhaps you are never around when it does. At any rate, at some point you may wish to catch flies to feed directly to your plant. Fly Spray? The simplest way to catch flies is to spray some fly spray around, this works great ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/best-fly-catching-methods/ Aside from the yuck factor, if you are skilled enough to catch a fly with your bare hands then you will be able to catch the little morsels of food whenever you see them. Years of video game playing and analysing the behaviour of flies will likely help, but if ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/catching-flies-by-hand/ Most people feed their Venus flytraps with flies. Those disgusting little bugs that buzz everywhere and are generally a nuisance are both a good size and nutrient level for your plant. However there are issues with feeding flies to your plant including: they're hard to get into the trap without killing ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/maggots/