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We welcomed Yoshi into our home on February 3rd, completely spontaneously. We've been hardcore researching and learning ever since then, and I finally decided to go ahead and register here since we've learned so much from this place!
Teaser Image (more below):
So, the story:
Cait and I were walking through the local Home Depot looking for parts for a project I was working on (long story, not related) - and in the half-hour that we were there we saw no less than 12 doggos getting walked through the store.
We jokingly discussed the possibility that there must be a puppy sale at the next-door Petsmart, and that we should go check it out. We got semi-serious, and actually discussed the potential of "accidentally" walking out of there with a new puppy, and decided that we had space in the home for a new family member if it came to that.
There was not a puppy sale. To this day, we have no idea what was going on that caused so many dog owners to decide to invade Home Depot, but it had nothing to do with Petsmart.
Now, after the fact, I've read so many bad things about purchasing exotics/reptiles from chain stores, but at the time, we had no idea, and no plan in the first place. As we were kinda just cruising through the store, we saw Yoshi bumping his nose against stuff, and Cait stopped us and wondered out loud if I thought the store attendants would let us hold "that derpy little guy".
They would.
He blepped her hand, and she fell in love, and we dropped $350 in beardie + supplies within 45 minutes. (most supplies were inadequate, and have since been replaced - thanks in large part to all the advice here!).
We were told he was a month old when we got him, so we have decided that his Hatch-Day is Jan 1st, New Year's Day.
He likes snuggling:
Has gone through a shed (he was quite grumpy here)
Loves to take exploration opportunities whenever possible:
This was right before he jumped off my footrest onto the carpet to see what that whole "livingroom thing" is all about
Definitely has a... unique... personality
You'll also notice pretty significant size differences in these photos. I didn't realize till just now how much he's grown in the past 23 days!! Although right now his appetite has slowed down a bit, so maybe we're through the growth spurt for the moment.
Teaser Image (more below):
So, the story:
Cait and I were walking through the local Home Depot looking for parts for a project I was working on (long story, not related) - and in the half-hour that we were there we saw no less than 12 doggos getting walked through the store.
We jokingly discussed the possibility that there must be a puppy sale at the next-door Petsmart, and that we should go check it out. We got semi-serious, and actually discussed the potential of "accidentally" walking out of there with a new puppy, and decided that we had space in the home for a new family member if it came to that.
There was not a puppy sale. To this day, we have no idea what was going on that caused so many dog owners to decide to invade Home Depot, but it had nothing to do with Petsmart.
Now, after the fact, I've read so many bad things about purchasing exotics/reptiles from chain stores, but at the time, we had no idea, and no plan in the first place. As we were kinda just cruising through the store, we saw Yoshi bumping his nose against stuff, and Cait stopped us and wondered out loud if I thought the store attendants would let us hold "that derpy little guy".
They would.
He blepped her hand, and she fell in love, and we dropped $350 in beardie + supplies within 45 minutes. (most supplies were inadequate, and have since been replaced - thanks in large part to all the advice here!).
We were told he was a month old when we got him, so we have decided that his Hatch-Day is Jan 1st, New Year's Day.
He likes snuggling:
Has gone through a shed (he was quite grumpy here)
Loves to take exploration opportunities whenever possible:
This was right before he jumped off my footrest onto the carpet to see what that whole "livingroom thing" is all about
Definitely has a... unique... personality
You'll also notice pretty significant size differences in these photos. I didn't realize till just now how much he's grown in the past 23 days!! Although right now his appetite has slowed down a bit, so maybe we're through the growth spurt for the moment.