this made me lol.. that's too funny.. hopefully she'll be able to save you some money in your future
Wow! that's a pretty hard-core reaction!!
My husband doesn't care for my chams like I do but he also knows how having an interest in chameleons literally saved my life after I was involved in a couple car accidents within a 2 month period and had a miscarriage as a result. I was put on heavy painkillers to deal with pain, started drinking and had no interest in getting out of bed during the day. Along came my first veiled chameleon, Karma! How can one spend all day in bed drunk and stoned when one has someone that is relying on you for survival? I really do owe my life to my chameleon's and hubby knows that. Thats why he'll make me custom cages, take detours on the way home from work so he can buy me fresh feeders and he has the patience to listen when I'm facing a chameleon conundrum and most of all, he doesn't bitch when I buy new supplies, which lately seems to be all the time! He's happy that I'm happy - thats all he cares about. My kids on the other hand....they think I'm craaaaazy like a fox!
I've always been a pretty quiet and solitary person. It's hard for me to break out of my shell. I spent most of my life having very few friends due to my shyness (those few friends that I had are still true friends of mine, so I take it as a blessing). When I was a child, my pets were my only friends. I was more comfortable around animals than humans. They don't judge.
Lesson #1 from sh*t talking school is to attack the thing that the person you are ridiculing loves and cares about most (the "yo mama principal"). Add to that this hobby that we place at the center of our lives is pretty random to the large majority of people. I don't know about you guys, but I struggle to concisely describe why I love chameleons so much, even to fully understand it myself.
Our passion for these googly eyed creatures is pretty ripe for teasing and ridicule, and I am just fine with it.. a cheap price to pay for the joy I get from seeing my boys thrive. I just make sure I am armed with a few wicked comebacks
My friend of 20 odd years comes over regularly - he is constantly mocking me for 'mothering' my monitor lizard
My brother also takes the piss on occasion, but he lives in Japan so he doesn't see as much.......... I think they understand that they take quite a bit of care, it's mostly just something to laugh at
this was the same with my family... my dad got upset with me that i ended up paying so much and said that i should have just let her die without having to take her to the vet... i was a bit appalled that he would say such a thing, especially because that was the day after we had to put her down.
whatever.. now that i moved back in to my parent's place, he sits there and watches Azul occasionally.. most of my family does actually except my younger sister-in-law. she says that she's going to hate him until he turns blue.. she's not completely serious cause she says that he's cooler looking than Amy
During Pascal's ordeal, I go ta lot of mixed signals, because my mom said "he's just a lizard bla bla bla" but then we got him home and she'd medicate him, hold him over by the window, make him a bug mash... Moms. I think once they realized how much I needed this "lizard" they embraced him as family.
But always gets mad when i spend to much time playing with it ....little does she know its for her
The girl who lives next door told me that i should leave my pests (python named myla wouldnt hurt a fly) inside.. i told her keep her cat and little dog in side or i wont be paying for rats for awhile
I get it all the time from home, work, friends, but luckily I know she loved me back... hate it when ppl say "ïts just a lizard" lol... I know she has feelings and I love her!!!
I made a poop sheet for the vet to monitor her improvement and although it makes me look like I'm way more than obsessed, the vet asked if she could keep it to show and use with other patients!
Needless to say I was feeling quite chuffed!
Trust me, if you have one loyal person in your corner, consider yourself blessed. I'll take one great friend/spouse that will always be there for me through thick and thin over 50 mediocre, half a!$ acquaintances any day. It's quality...not quantity.
Give me a couple of good friends, my family and a few critters and I'm content...well, almost. A big piece of land in the mountains and a mini farm would be nice, too. Aww you're giving her a cham!?
That is freaking hilarious! Messed up, but hilarious lol
.......there's room for both in my house witch will soon be full of snakes and chams.......Im soon gonna be the prod dad to a now baby cham
