So, if you know me, you know that from time to time, my daughter Laura, who is my roommate, will be called by a certain pet store when they have a lizard they can't sell because it has an issue that keeps it from being sold. I'll give you an example; they called a few weeks back because a bearded dragon was in a fight with another one and lost part of its tail. She was called. We took the lizard. Then, they called again, saying they had a gecko, a crested gecko - sadly, he had a terrible issue and only lasted a few weeks. He, too, however, was taken by Laura.
I love lizards too, and currently have three, but I'm about to sell my blue-tongued skink because, like some of the others, she isn't very friendly. I want all of my pets, including lizards, dogs, cats, and horses, to be pleasant. I want to interact with them, and if I can't, I will find them good new homes. I always go that extra mile to be sure they are given to good good homes.
I had a Leopard Gecko named Bob about 2 years ago, and try as I could, the guy didn't like me. He got along with Laura, but he just didn't like me -- he found a good home. Laura laughed at me because my lizard preferred her - well, there you go, now she's finding out that her dogs would rather sleep in my really cool bed than with her! Ha! Back at ya!! (Except, it is really hard to sleep with 4 dogs, I'm not gonna lie.)
Yesterday, Laura received the call again -- the pet store had called her and said, 'Okay, we have another Leopard Gecko, and he's yours if you want him.' He's a boy, you can tell, because he has a really fat head and tail to match. Apparently, he's been aggressive toward others in the tank, but you can't keep them with others -- and he's older. Well, she wasn't all that interested, but I decided to take him. He's not been aggressive with me -- not yet. He's been rather chill, actually - and guess what, they have another Beardie for Laura in two weeks after he heals from a bit of tail surgery today. He had tail-rot and yeah, that's not good - so he had surgery to remove that part and he'll heal up and go into permanent rehab with Laura and her...growing family of reptiles.
I suppose I have four now, but the Blue Tongue will be living elsewhere soon, probably. If not, I'll keep her, but I really like holding them and talking to them, and she's just not into that. She's not into Laura either, so it may be that she goes away and we keep her enclosure for the next thing to come along because there will always be another - they happen. We don't mind fostering, and we don't mind rehabbing. I prefer to keep them, but even I know when to call it quits and find a good home for something that will be less stressed or at peace.
I'm not going to say that the dogs, cats, and our activities could be stressful, but having a huge fuzzy face staring at you all day could be nerve-wracking, depending on your idea of stress...and one skink may find the dogs interesting while the others find them frightening. The dogs seem to get a kick out of watching them!
The new guy was named Bob after the old one. I just like the name. It's a good Leopard Gecko name...Bob. I mean, it's for Robert the Bruce, but still, it's just Bob. Long live the king!
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