What was supposed to be a calm staycation quickly turned into a whirlwind of repairs, feathers, spiders, and toads. Between molting chickens, truck troubles, and growing roach demand, it has been chaotic but full of laughs and lessons.

Unlike us mammals and birds, who are endotherms (meaning we generate most of our own body heat internally through metabolic processes, like a personal furnace), roaches are ectotherms (sometimes colloquially called "cold-blooded"). This means their internal body temperature is largely dictated by their external environment.