I have a venus flytrap, and I have researched how you take care of them. It seems to be doing quite well, but I still have a couple feeding-related questions.
The day I bought it, I fed it a fly. It has finished digesting it about nine days later, and all that's left is a dark, crumpled exoskelton. I heard that it's supposed to blow out by the wind, but the plant is being kept in a small terrarium outside. Should I just leave it alone, or should I try to remove it with tweezers?
Also, so far I have only fed the plant two flies (its largest traps are about 3/4" long), and I am careful not to overfeed it. However, provided the prey is small enough, is it safe for me to feed it bees and slugs, too? I want to make sure I don't kill it by giving it stuff it might not be able to digest.
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