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My favourite piccy of GunGun. One of his favourite pieces of bark that he liked to sit on had a funky curl. I found him sitting against it, but it had moved slightly, making it look like he was sitting up on his back legs.
Funnily enough, the flash never bothered him.
(Posted as part of my memorial to GunGun who died Sunday 22nd Feb, 2009)
Funnily enough, the flash never bothered him.
(Posted as part of my memorial to GunGun who died Sunday 22nd Feb, 2009)
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Lizard
Size 764 x 930px
File Size 149.5 kB
That's great!
Geckos are cute and funny. They've always got such character! ^1
I wish you the best with your new companion!
^1 Barking Geckos (with the humorously named latin name of "underwoodisaurus milli") are a perfect example. I've had a baby barking gecko in my paw once, it was about 1.5" long, and it was barking at me to scare me! Eeek! A cute barking lizard!
Geckos are cute and funny. They've always got such character! ^1
I wish you the best with your new companion!
^1 Barking Geckos (with the humorously named latin name of "underwoodisaurus milli") are a perfect example. I've had a baby barking gecko in my paw once, it was about 1.5" long, and it was barking at me to scare me! Eeek! A cute barking lizard!
Thanks. Yeah, he did have a cheeky look at times!
I actually just remembered the time he 'played dead' when he was a hatchling - and scared the shit out of me!
It was only the second time I put him in the bathtub, which he did not like! (Water Dragon with aquaphobia?)
He tried to run up my arm, but I wouldn't let him. He sulked and sat in the water, "clicking" at me.
I left him alone for a few minutes, and when I came back, he was under the water, eyes closed, not breathing.
I took him out, stroked him, tried to get him to respond & was generally just beside myself. I put him in his vivarium and kept checking on him, despondent.
About 30 minutes later, while I was prodding him, he opened one eye and looked at me, 'clicked' and started breathing.
I swear he was grinning. Bastard!
I actually just remembered the time he 'played dead' when he was a hatchling - and scared the shit out of me!
It was only the second time I put him in the bathtub, which he did not like! (Water Dragon with aquaphobia?)
He tried to run up my arm, but I wouldn't let him. He sulked and sat in the water, "clicking" at me.
I left him alone for a few minutes, and when I came back, he was under the water, eyes closed, not breathing.
I took him out, stroked him, tried to get him to respond & was generally just beside myself. I put him in his vivarium and kept checking on him, despondent.
About 30 minutes later, while I was prodding him, he opened one eye and looked at me, 'clicked' and started breathing.
I swear he was grinning. Bastard!
*laughs* And they say animals/reptiles are just dumb beasts!?! Whoever 'they' are, they've clearly never been near any real animals...
Sinta (my Cardigan Corgi) has a selected aquaphobia. She can't walk through a puddle, because having her paws wet would be the worst thing ever, but then she happily lies down in a muddy puddle in the field. And then glares at me like I'm torturing her when I give her a warm bath afterwards. Such terrible things she has to endure...
Pets... *rolls her eyes*
Sinta (my Cardigan Corgi) has a selected aquaphobia. She can't walk through a puddle, because having her paws wet would be the worst thing ever, but then she happily lies down in a muddy puddle in the field. And then glares at me like I'm torturing her when I give her a warm bath afterwards. Such terrible things she has to endure...
Pets... *rolls her eyes*
Lol! You big meanie!
Yeah, it was a bit of a learning experience with GunGun in just how intelligent reptiles can be. Especially the way he 'toilet-trained' himself and would sit by his food dish & demand to be fed!
For what it's worth, snakes aren't the same... A smart snake will associate your paw going into their vivarium as meaning 'Food is coming.' So if you reach in without food, they go for your paw, thinking that it is their meal!
(No, I have no snakes & no desire to get any. That said, I'm specifically not afraid of them - as proven by the fact that 16 years ago, when I was a (typical, murdering) young'un, when a 1.8m "King Brown" snake (classified as "Most venomous in the world" at the time), I kicked it (barefoot) off of our pavers before shooting it midair...
(and then felt ashamed all day for killing it! I think it was the last thing that I deliberately killed...))
But in case anyone ever wonders 'who rules this household, the pets or their bipeds?' In this house it is definitely the bunny!
Yeah, it was a bit of a learning experience with GunGun in just how intelligent reptiles can be. Especially the way he 'toilet-trained' himself and would sit by his food dish & demand to be fed!
For what it's worth, snakes aren't the same... A smart snake will associate your paw going into their vivarium as meaning 'Food is coming.' So if you reach in without food, they go for your paw, thinking that it is their meal!
(No, I have no snakes & no desire to get any. That said, I'm specifically not afraid of them - as proven by the fact that 16 years ago, when I was a (typical, murdering) young'un, when a 1.8m "King Brown" snake (classified as "Most venomous in the world" at the time), I kicked it (barefoot) off of our pavers before shooting it midair...
(and then felt ashamed all day for killing it! I think it was the last thing that I deliberately killed...))
But in case anyone ever wonders 'who rules this household, the pets or their bipeds?' In this house it is definitely the bunny!
Lol! I'm not keen on snakes either, although my phobias are more arachnid-related. ^_^
In our house, I definitely rule. Sinta thinks she is engaged in some sort of dominance battle with me, but actually she is doing it on her own. I'm bigger and meaner than her - and control the food - and therefore there is no question who is the alpha in the house. I kinda feel sorry for her when the day comes that she finally works it out...
In our house, I definitely rule. Sinta thinks she is engaged in some sort of dominance battle with me, but actually she is doing it on her own. I'm bigger and meaner than her - and control the food - and therefore there is no question who is the alpha in the house. I kinda feel sorry for her when the day comes that she finally works it out...
LOL, poor puppy! XD
If you're afraid of spiders, you wouldn't like it around here... The little buggers are everywhere, and I refuse to kill them.
(Daddy longlegs are free to stay in the wherever they want. Nastier looking ones have to go outside; I catch them and release them.)
My favourite spiders that come around here are the "huntsmen," which were the (non-monstrous) spiders in the movie "Arachnophobia."
That movie was definitely bad PR for them - IRL they are non-venomous, timid little beasts, almost like little hairy pussycats! I've 'patted' them on occasion, but they usually take off pretty bloody fast!
^_^
If you're afraid of spiders, you wouldn't like it around here... The little buggers are everywhere, and I refuse to kill them.
(Daddy longlegs are free to stay in the wherever they want. Nastier looking ones have to go outside; I catch them and release them.)
My favourite spiders that come around here are the "huntsmen," which were the (non-monstrous) spiders in the movie "Arachnophobia."
That movie was definitely bad PR for them - IRL they are non-venomous, timid little beasts, almost like little hairy pussycats! I've 'patted' them on occasion, but they usually take off pretty bloody fast!
^_^
lol! No, you're not a loser just because you are afraid of spiders... Nobody can control phobias!
Could be worse: You know those stupid 'pegs' (spike-like things) that they have in stores, that different things hang from? (blister packs, etc)
They're one of my 'phobias,' if you will. I cannot bear to look at them from the front - I keep getting the impression that I'll fall on one and it'll stab through my eye! *grimace*
My true phobia would be heights though; I never used to be, but after falling through a roof (roofing beam snapped at a knot-hole) and breaking a couple of vertebrae 13 years ago, I haven't liked heights since!
Could be worse: You know those stupid 'pegs' (spike-like things) that they have in stores, that different things hang from? (blister packs, etc)
They're one of my 'phobias,' if you will. I cannot bear to look at them from the front - I keep getting the impression that I'll fall on one and it'll stab through my eye! *grimace*
My true phobia would be heights though; I never used to be, but after falling through a roof (roofing beam snapped at a knot-hole) and breaking a couple of vertebrae 13 years ago, I haven't liked heights since!
Thank you, you've made me feel infinitely better and very, very normal...
Heights is understandable, though. I have some issues with them, namely that if I lean over a bannister or something to look down, I'm always worried that the bannister will magically disappear and I will fall down. But other than that, I'm okay.
When I went to Paris few years ago for the first time, we obviously went to see the Eiffel Tower and went all the way to the top. I had a really bad cold at the time, so my only reaction for reaching the top was to say 'Okay, seen it now, I feel ill, can we go please?" Clearly a fever blocks any fear of heights in me. Go figure. ^_^
Heights is understandable, though. I have some issues with them, namely that if I lean over a bannister or something to look down, I'm always worried that the bannister will magically disappear and I will fall down. But other than that, I'm okay.
When I went to Paris few years ago for the first time, we obviously went to see the Eiffel Tower and went all the way to the top. I had a really bad cold at the time, so my only reaction for reaching the top was to say 'Okay, seen it now, I feel ill, can we go please?" Clearly a fever blocks any fear of heights in me. Go figure. ^_^
aw, sorry to hear about your pet dying. My rabbit died two years ago, after we had it for about nine years.
Now I have a cat instead.
I want to get some kind of reptile some day, but I need to fix up where I can put it.
ANyway. My condolences, and hope better things happen in the future.
Now I have a cat instead.
I want to get some kind of reptile some day, but I need to fix up where I can put it.
ANyway. My condolences, and hope better things happen in the future.
I saw that, actually!
Geckos are awesome. There's a breeding couple (wild) that come to my kitchen window regularly to eat the moths attracted by the kitchen light. When the female is gravid (has eggs), you can actually see them through their skin because of how trippy the little buggers are!
Geckos are awesome. There's a breeding couple (wild) that come to my kitchen window regularly to eat the moths attracted by the kitchen light. When the female is gravid (has eggs), you can actually see them through their skin because of how trippy the little buggers are!
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