So, does anyone have any experience with a formicarium?

Puggle was given one this morning for second Christmas, and he’s now desperate to put “sand, and dinner, and water and ants” (counted out, oh so carefully on his fingers) in it.

It will certainly be a good addition to this year’s nature study plans, although I’d be thinking to leave it after our summer holidaying (a bit much to ask someone to feed the cat and the ants—and I don’t want them in the car!) But then, strike while the iron is hot, he’s keen to do it now. We can always empty it before we holiday and then start again on our return.

For now it has been (somewhat) filled with sand that has been in the sandpit for the last year… it includes plenty of random ’stuff’. We managed to dissuade Puggle from digging up an ant’s nest and putting that in, rather it’s been placed near the nest with a sugar cube on the top to act as bait. We’ll see what happens, but we’d be very glad of suggestions:-)