Elfy's Hide Box

Thursday, May 05, 2011

reptile thoughts

so I've had a baby chameleon, an old man gecko (3rd hand), and have a baby tortoise.

The old man was a cinch, the babies; not so much.

So I started wondering about baby snakes.

I'm looking at getting my own little microscope, right now, and there's one for about $60 on Amazon.com that I'm considering... if anyone reads this and had a suggestion; please leave a comment!

Balls seem pretty easy, from what I've been reading; just occasionally fussy about food, and that's it.

But is that all there is to it?

Penny just started blowing booger bubbles again, so now she's in a smaller enclosure (rubbermaid), with paper towels as her substrate, and will be going to the vet's... again.

=_= I am never doing baby torts ever again. I now know people who have kept tortoises for 30-40 years, who won't do babies-- my favorite forum's most repeated phrase is probably "hatchlings are heart breakers", and now I know why.

I've read about reptiles since the time I could read! I like to think that I have a rough idea of what to do, but I guess there are just many things about reptiles you can't learn from a book...

Phoebe, my twin, says I should "stick to what has worked" and get another leopard gecko, but I always *pine* for the fjor--err-- snakes!

...I do miss Greg The Gecko, and they do make good travelling companions.

...and are cheaper than snakes.

Should I wait longer? Get a snake for my 30th birthday, rather than my 25th?

I've been waiting almost 22 years, anyway. maybe things will be more stable in 5 more years, and we'll be able to afford a healthy adult from a show! Yeah... maybe that needs to be my long-term dream, rather than a dash toward a dream that might turn into a financial nightmare?

Anyway, Penny seems to be enjoying exploring her hospital box, and Boots has finally settled down a bit.

Maybe I'l throw Harriet Fuzzylegs a cricket before I start working? Hm

Until later, namaste, bitches!

-Elf