r/nextfuckinglevel Jan 26 '23

The most practical pet out there Removed: Not NFL

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u/Witchunt666 Jan 26 '23

Why you have so many flies in your crib

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u/Ffdmatt Jan 26 '23

Definitely the right question. The pet isn't a great solution if you don't take care of why flies are accumulating there in the first place...

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u/Bl_lRR1T0 Jan 26 '23

But he's creating an environment for the chameleon

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u/Witchunt666 Jan 26 '23

It’s possible he buys them to feed his pet

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u/flimsygator23 Jan 26 '23

Yeah the fly gecko complex needs to do

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u/Remote_Difference_57 Jan 26 '23

Bro, where do you live? In the spring and summer flies are an annoying pest in every North American home. Just normal

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u/AnimuleCracker Jan 27 '23

It is? Not here.

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u/birdconureKM Jan 27 '23

Very common. My mom and I put up a soft door length bug screen for the back door so that we can open the door for a breeze but not get bugs.

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u/AnimuleCracker Jan 27 '23

Holy guacamole. I live in a swamp. Mosquito haven.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Definitely not. Every home gets one now and again just from the normal opening of doors when going in and out of the house, but more than just that one or two every now and again? That's an individual problem, not a seasonal one. Pardon the pun, but if you have flies any time of year, that's a bug, not a feature.

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u/BusterOfBuyMoria Jan 27 '23

You're both wrong for assuming that your experience with flies applies to every location in the world... This very well could be a normal thing in some places of the world.

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u/pvypvMoonFlyer Jan 27 '23

Yep, a few of us here live outside of America in places where having flies in the summer is a common thing…

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u/Nike_Decade_Bear Jan 27 '23

When you have chickens, and other livestock there tend to be a lot of flies!

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u/clancydog4 Jan 27 '23

In fairness, we have no idea the time between clips

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u/rexel99 Jan 26 '23

Needs more fly screens, or less decomposing bodies in the basement.

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u/robtk12 Jan 26 '23

Seriously, buy a screen

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u/DoubleAholeTwice Jan 27 '23

But then his gecko would starve to death.

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u/Inner-Resident-2158 Jan 26 '23

Agreed but it is still pretty awesome!

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u/Embarrassed-Talk7979 Jan 26 '23

Came for the fly swatter but stayed for that dope home depo music

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u/CosmicTsar77 Jan 27 '23

Aye that shit bumps when there’s no home depo add over the top😂

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u/dylphilolife Jan 26 '23

Imagine if he lined up the slurps with the beat

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u/WoolaTheCalot Jan 26 '23

He might get parasites that way. Our bearded dragon ate a housefly that got into his enclosure. Sure enough, it gave him worms.

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u/DrPepperWillSeeUNow Jan 27 '23

Exactly, it's never a good idea to feed wild to pets they all have parasites.

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u/lickpipps Jan 26 '23

Am I the only one who made the yoshi noise in their head every time?

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u/KamikazeAlpaca420 Jan 26 '23

Talk to your landlord or get rid of the dead bodies

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u/kong_yo Jan 26 '23

Love to see the little guy let out a burp after licking up a flurry of flies

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u/Dabigboom Jan 26 '23

It's got an auto targeting system, and it's biogradable

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u/Patches48 Jan 26 '23

Would hate to be a fly on the wall in that room

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u/Altruistic_Echidna_6 Jan 26 '23

A lean, mean, green fly eating machine

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u/havik09 Jan 26 '23

How hard are these to take care of ? I have an office and I'd live to set up a spit for a terrarrium

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u/jvs8380 Jan 27 '23

Extremely difficult. I was thinking of getting one then I read up on what’s involved. I’m sure someone will correct me but I seem to recall you had to increase their enclosure size like every six months. You had to vary their diet almost as often. You had to provide heat and misting I think. And even under ideal conditions it would still only live like 3 years. You would most likely provide something less than ideal so it might live more like 1-2 years. Beautiful creatures but better to leave in the wild or with a sanctuary imho.

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u/FantasyScribbles Jan 27 '23

They are also super susceptible to parasites. We had our girl for 6 months, healthy as can be, and then within a matter of 4 hours we went from finding gher with a half thrown up worm, to her crossing the rainbow Bridge.

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u/phunky54 Jan 27 '23

I have a 5yr old chameleon now. They can be a bit of work Mostly in setting up the cage right the first time, but also in keeping live food for them to eat, mostly crickets. The cage. Needs to be tall, have a good heat lamp, UVB source, misting or drip system, and a nice plant or climbing sticks setup as they are full-time tree dwellers.

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u/Massive_Lead_7024 Jan 27 '23

They sell these at The Home Depot apparently 🤣

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u/RadioactivePotato123 Jan 27 '23

Chameleons hunt by mlemming flys and other insects to death XD

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u/Motorhead76er Jan 26 '23

I want one now. Where to buy and how much?

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u/Omega_Xero Jan 26 '23

Most big pet stores have Chameleons in the reptile and exotic pets section. They’re cool little dudes.

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u/HaltheDestroyer Jan 26 '23

Lol that looks like the bread for feet guy

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u/b_buddd Jan 26 '23

Flintstones

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u/BoB_cmXi Jan 26 '23

You’re working him overtime

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u/BuffetDecimator Jan 26 '23

Gekkos are awesome

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

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u/Mediocre-GUY-976 Jan 26 '23

Why would they use the Home Depot song so annoying!!!

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u/krayhayft Jan 26 '23

The fact that he didn't use the Yoshi tongue sound bothers me

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u/Ok_Entertainer7721 Jan 27 '23

Is this a home depot commercial?

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u/Omwtfyu Jan 27 '23

I need one in my kitchen for summer season. Goddamn gnats!

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u/Acrobatic-Cactus Jan 27 '23

What this habw to do with home depot?

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u/Woah_KT Jan 27 '23

That’s genius can I pick one up at the dollar store ?

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u/JEWISHCORNSURUP Jan 27 '23

I want one so bad now😂

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u/jvs8380 Jan 27 '23

Average cost of owning a chameleon: Expect to spend around $500 on initial equipment to include the cage, lighting, and enough food and supplements to last the first 10 days or so. From there, you should expect annual costs equivalent to about $100 a month or $1,200 a year.

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u/froschmann69 Jan 27 '23

dude eats for free

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u/Jenilion Jan 27 '23

Don't let your domestic chameleon eat wild bugs, they can carry bacteria or some pathogen that could harm them.

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u/Pork_Confidence Jan 27 '23

As a grown ass man, I did not expect to desire purchasing a lizard at 5am...well played

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u/elchinoloco_305 Jan 27 '23

Dudes gotta lotta roaches...

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u/mandozombie Jan 27 '23

I bet the chameleons digg it