Merry Christmas!

[kq_fan]

Merry Christmas to everyone on this forum!!! I hope you all have the best day tomorrow for whatever you are celebrating or not celebrating tomorrow! Have a wonderful day!

From all my pets: Allie, Schatzi, Honey, Sparta, Chi, Joey, and Lilo! And from me, kq_fan!

 

[Amanda_Bennett]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Zilla, Sassy, Simon and me!!!

 

[Bundiibird]

Merry Christmas to you too.

 

[Sunset_Chaser]

Merry Christmas from Minnesota!

 

[kq_fan]

Thanks everyone! ^.^

 

[RavensGryf]

Merry Christmas to you also

 

[getwozzy]

Merry Christmas!

 

[Allee]

Merry Christmas to you and all your darlings!

 

[Terry57]

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful day

 

[kq_fan]

Thanks again everyone I think the pets got what they wanted for Xmas! Dogs got big bones, cats got new collars! It has been a good year with all of them and today, our oldest dog turns 12! So happy birthday Allie!

 

[MikeyTN]

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!

 

[kimn818]

Merry Christmas from Loco and I!!

 

[Betrisher]

Merry Christmas from Trish, Roxanne, Seamus, Genevieve, Dominic, Barney, Madge, Pineapple, Angel, Dusk, Shadow and Twilight.

It's Boxing Day over here and I've already had an interesting morning. Miss Roxanne (Bull Terrier) found a very large Blue Tongue Lizard out in the garden bed. I heard her barking and very luckily managed to seize the lizard before she bit it. Unfortunately, all the hurrying gave me a bit of an asthma attack, so I had to walk very quickly inside and sit down on my bed with the (very large) lizard still clutched in my hands. The lizard's hissing woke my husband, which didn't help much: he doesn't 'do' lizards. He did, however, get me my puffer so that bit was good.

Once I was able to breathe clearly again, I had to lock the dog inside and find a safe place to put Ms Lizard (who happened to be full of babies and was just about ready to drop her little bundles of joy). Ms Lizard, of course, was hell-bent on gumming me to death (they don't have sharp teeth - just flat plate-like ones for grinding). She inflated herself to about twice her size and was hissing away at me like an old kettle.

Blue Tongues are surprisingly strong and muscular, so it took a bit of wrangling to get Ms Lizard released into the upper garden bed where my husband has installed PVC pipes for lizard safety. She went off, hissing irritably to herself and without a shred of gratitude to me, her saviour.

I expect in the next week or so we'll be finding various little six-inch baby Blueys around the garden, so I'll have to keep an eye on Miss Rox until they're safely on their way.

 

[kq_fan]

Oh my gosh betrisher! That is a very eventful day! I cant imagine having big lizards in my back yard!!!!! Wow!

 

[Betrisher]

Here's a pic to show what Blueys look like:

And another to show why they're called 'Blue Tongued Lizard':

You can also see how this one has inflated its body to appear larger. They're great bluffers, but really have no defences other than cryptic colouring.

 

[Sunset_Chaser]

I like the last picture! Not that I want to hold it......:54: I agree with your hubby, I don't "do" reptiles either!