We stimulated the Economy

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

just a little today!!...lol


I know it is dumb.. but the kids are SOOOO EXCITED!!!!

any how.. we went to pet smart and got the boys a lizard habitat!! and bought one ANOLE Lizard... (common garden lizard here in the south!!!) they are EVERYWHERE here... the people there thought that it would be a GREAT starter pet for the kids.... so Micheal named his HANK!!!
here is the HABITAT!!!





and here is HANK!!!



then......


i was sitting here... at the computer... looking at all my accounts... and finalizing things here... and I SPOTTED a lizard... told the boys to get their shoes on and go get the bucket...

Micheal caught it... FIRST try... perfect then we were trying to meet at the end of the fence and it bit him... lmfao... he screamed like a girl and dropped it... I laughed so HARD!!!!!

anyways we looked for it and it was GONE... so we came in side and said maybe later!!! well about 10 mins later... I saw the same one... (I think) so we go back out there and chased this one all the way down the fence ... it bailed off the fence and started to head for the neighbors fence... hahaha Micheal caught him so I ran around the fence and we dropped him in the bucket... Mike was so proud of himself!!! and the lizard was FREAKING ou in the bucket... let him calm down a little... and Jason named it MAX... they are both in the habitat together and seem to be doing okay!!!...

I told mike that tomorrow we will go get some crickets to feed them.. he is really excited about that!!! I have already taken a few pics of HANK... and got a few of MAx.. but the ones of HANK turned out better!!! MAX is HUGE!!!! how funny would that be if MAX turned out to be MAXINE!!!!!???






so with out futher adue... meet MAX!!!.




NO COMMENTS on the pics...lol..... they are HARD to capture... and my hats off to those that get the GOOD macro's of these guys!!!

[Graydon]

just wait 'till the lids left loose one night...

re-enactment of the capture... inside the house.

great story... : )

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

ooopps....

I think I put this in the wrong thread!!!... I was thinking stimulous package talk.. but then DECIDED to add pics...

Able if you need to move please do so... SORRY!!! :(

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

Originally Posted by Graydon

just wait 'till the lids left loose one night...

re-enactment of the capture... inside the house.

great story... : )

hubbs and I already discussed that... they will be moved to our room at night to sleep with us.. until the boys (4 years old) learn that they can not play with these guys... Hubbs wanted an iguana... but I told him to WAIT for that one

I had one and it got to be 3-4 feet long with TAIL... I had a fake ficus tree in the corner of the livingroom, and his habitat was an old console tv... that we took the tube out of... the front folded down and had a ramp.. we let him run loose in the apartment before hubbs and I got together!... he was the coolest thing!!! would lock him up for friends to come over or at night... I told hubbs that the boys have to learn how to take care of these first... then we can upgrade!!! hahah... my mom hated to come to my house when I was single... I had a 10ft albino burmese too!!! STEVE was his name... he was my bud!!!

[idnurse41]

Oh Holly I hope you all enjoy those! They're cute lil fellows:)
We got a blue-headed rat (ew) for my son. Already bit the you know what out of him~! Congrats on stimulating the economy~ well done!

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

hahah... well update!!!

I have been reading up on these little guys... did you know that people are so avid about these things that they take them to the VET wow... I am looking at 3 of them on the latice out my back window... VET??? if it dies... I go get another one.. FREE!!!!


any how... back on subject... I have learned how to possitivly identify male and female and we do not have HANK and MAX

it is HANK and MAXINE!!!

[idnurse41]

lol Holly-yah know you could turn this in to a profit?! and stimulate the economy even more! Sell those babies:)

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

hahah sure why not... PETSMART sells them for 7.99 EACH

[bfmpa]

My experience began with my daugter "winning" a goldfish at a school fair. Two years later we had two large saltwater aquariums (one at the office). Hundreds, no thousands of dollars later we gave away the fish and tanks to save what was left of our sanity!

[toverman]

We used to have a leopard gecko (it came with my wife). But it eventually got old having to buy crickets all the time, so we donated him to a wildlife center at a nearby school district. Our lizards around the house are brown and speckled, but we've got a lot of them. They find their own food, thankfully!

[SCone]

Let me know if you'd like a few Mediterranean geckos for the kids. Trust me, I've got plenty around the house.

[eRoc]

I used to have an iguana. He got to be about 2 years old and about 3 ft long and he started getting real aggressive (only lizard in the house, thought I was a lizard, so he wanted to be the alpha male...this happens when you only have one male), so I had to give him up.

Instead of an iguana, try a bearded dragon. Coolest and most chill lizards I've ever owned. Kinda expensive ($70 for the babies), but they are awesome and so tame. And they come in awesome colors. Mine was a sand color with purple stripes on his back. Not to mention they look really cool.

I will get another one soon, just need to save up some cash for a huge tank.

[carrbowl]

We just got a bearded dragon...wow..those things are something else. My son who never spends his money...has $1000 in his savings account. Spent his own money to get one. He loves it...but dang...I dont' need a pet that needs to be fed 3 times day and eats so many dang crickets.!!! Too high maintenance for this mom.!! Keep us updated Holly!!

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

well I was right about one being male and the other female...

lol... the kids got a sex education lesson the other morning!!!!

I did not think anything of it.. till Micheal coming running out and say mommy the lizards are hugging... come come on come see mommy...

sure enough I went in there and hahaah they were indeed hugging I see they like each other... hahahah


we fed them the other day ... and I have to go get some more crickets they boys thought that was the coolest thing!!!! I have to admit it was fun watching them!!!!

[eRoc]

Originally Posted by carrbowl

We just got a bearded dragon...wow..those things are something else. My son who never spends his money...has $1000 in his savings account. Spent his own money to get one. He loves it...but dang...I dont' need a pet that needs to be fed 3 times day and eats so many dang crickets.!!! Too high maintenance for this mom.!! Keep us updated Holly!!

You have to feed them alot when they're young, but I always fed mine a max of twice a day. When they get older you can feed them like once every other day or so. I usually still fed mine about once a day to keep his veggies fresh.

And watching them eat crickets is entertaining. My beardie was a lazy bum until i dropped those crickets in. Then he was real sneaky, then BAM like a rocket he was on the other side of the cage.

Maaaaaaaannn, I want one now.