Re: What a pleasure to SEE you...

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Posted by xta on August 31, 2002 at 23:08:39:

In Reply to: What a pleasure to SEE you... posted by srjohnt on August 31, 2002 at 21:30:06:

Well it warms my heart to hear that Bug will always have such a great home. Sleestack isn't the most stable ig either...and doesn't really enjoy handling. We've worked hard to establish a good relationship with him and I think we have. Slee is over 4 years old now and still growing and eating plenty! He is changing..always been stubborn, but he's definitely asserting himself more and finding himself if you will. Luckily he is not too aggressive and we hope it stays that way. He loves to challenge me though....headbobs at me whenever I walk in the room or talk to him! (not a complete threat display, but he extends his dewlap and gets a bit rigid and huffy) He never does this when out of his cage so I can only assume it is a territorial thing. Today I asked him if he loved me and of course he headbobbed an emphatic..."YES"! :) You just have to know the right questions to ask! hee hee

Hope to see you around more often. :)

:Thanks for posting a pic, xta. Always good to see who you're corresponding with. You and Slee look great.

:Bug will be 5 sometime after the first of the year. Along with his irascible temper has come a ravenous appetite. he vacuums up a large, deep dish ceramic pie plate of salad every day, and usually picks it clean as a pin. I figured it up the other day, and its running about $30.00 a month just to feed him. He has shed three times since March, which is pretty unusual for a mature ig.

:I wouldn't worry too much about Slee, if you'll remember, I was always mentioning Bug's "salty" attitude. He's never been much of a handling ig, even though I've handled him a great deal. He's always just tolerated it, and I really think he's a little unbalanced, if that's possible for an ig. This is evidenced by the tail biting, and he has also developed a habit of suddenly thrashing around in circles. He's bloodied his snout so many times in the last 6 months that he has a small scar on this right upper lip, now. This is NOT snout rubbing, (a common problem with igs) but rather from lunging and thrashing about wildly without rhyme or reason.

:At any rate, he'll always have a loving home ( or, at least, a tolerant home) here with us.

:Great to see and hear from you!

:Best Regards, John

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