Saying Goodbye.

[MissSkittles]

Oh no! I’m so very sorry that you had to send Lily on. She was a beautiful lady and you gave her the best. Peace to you.

 

[The Wild One]

I appreciate all of the well wishes, everyone! ❤Feeling much better about it all, now, though I don't plan on any more chameleons in the next year or so. Granted, I also didn't plan on the crested gecko and c. Gracilis scorpion I find myself with... but I never have been good at having empty enclosures!

Hold on.....scorpion ? Stay strong!

 

[GoodKarma19]

Hold on.....scorpion ? Stay strong!

Haha yep! ? Turns out that the dude that runs the little bioactive pet store breeds cresties and various scorpions! Didn't imagine myself getting into scorpions, but here I am with an itty bitty baby centuroides gracilis (brown bark scorpion). It's a pretty spicy little thing. Named it Capsicum.

And a picture of Dandelion the crestie, cause I'm sharing my new littles anyway!

 

[The Wild One]

Haha yep! ? Turns out that the dude that runs the little bioactive pet store breeds cresties and various scorpions! Didn't imagine myself getting into scorpions, but here I am with an itty bitty baby centuroides gracilis (brown bark scorpion). It's a pretty spicy little thing. Named it Capsicum.

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And a picture of Dandelion the crestie, cause I'm sharing my new littles anyway!

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There beautiful!!!!

 

[salty dog]

Keep your chin up, positive thoughts heal...

 

[kinyonga]

Hope you enjoy the creative and the scorpion too! Hopefully it will keep your mind busy. I'm sure that you will miss Lily for a long time...but she will stay in your heart. Yo (a chameleon I had over 30 years ago) is still in mine.

 

[GoodKarma19]

Hope you enjoy the creative and the scorpion too! Hopefully it will keep your mind busy. I'm sure that you will miss Lily for a long time...but she will stay in your heart. Yo (a chameleon I had over 30 years ago) is still in mine.

Thanks Lynda! Definitely keeping me occupied. I do best when kept busy. Funnily enough, it's the scorpion that's eating a ton of money right now! I want to build it a nice custom background with styrofoam and grout, but the project rapidly spun out of control. Now I have tools for days, and clearly need to find more projects to rationalize buying them! ? I wonder if the bio pet store would be interested in having me do up a few of their display tanks?

Lily holds a special place in my heart with Karma, and won't be forgotten any time soon. Karma was still in the hold freezer, so I sent them off to be cremated together and scattered on a local orchard.

Saw a little boy veiled today while I was collecting supplies, and was shocked by how tempted I was! I may be ready sooner than I expected, though I definitely don't have room for a large enough enclosure right now unless I gave up my bed. Some day, though! Another 36x18x36 ExoTerta, or perhaps a cabinet conversion... ?

 

[salty dog]

You could always build one like an upper cabinet, mount to the wall...studs are 16" on center, 32" wide would give you 2 studs to mount to.....

 

[kinyonga]

Come on Amanda....give up your bed...you can do it!

 

[GoodKarma19]

You could always build one like an upper cabinet, mount to the wall...studs are 16" on center, 32" wide would give you 2 studs to mount to.....

I'd consider doing something wall mounted, but I rent and I don't expect to be here long term - maybe another 6 months or so, a year tops. That does give me some interesting ideas, though! Hmm! I doubt I'd be able to pull it off myself, with my lack of wood working ability, but I might be able to contract someone with cabinetry experience. Huh! Could be an interesting experiment!

Come on Amanda....give up your bed...you can do it!

I could just sleep on the couch indefinitely, dedicate my room to the critters. ?

 

[Thehippie]

oh I'm so sorry I missed this!! praying for baby lily, I understand your pain, we're going through something similar. we're sending you all of our love!!

 

[kinyonga]

Ditch the couch and keep the bed! After all you don't want to be a couch potato. (Couldn't resist).

 

[Tony_S]

Sorry Amanda to hear about Lily. She will be missed.