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I just wanted to add another dimension to this thread, seeing as how I haven't seen it discussed yet.

Temperament! How is everyone's J&W's personality?
As for mine, the minute I opened the pillowcase he walked right out and climbed up my shirt and onto my shoulder to perch up there, it's been that way ever since. He's never hissed, whipped, nipped, or anything even remotely aggressive and is content to spend hours climbing on me, in my shirt, and my least favorite: using my ears as a ladder to get onto my head... so many little scratches on the scalp!

I take him around town with me when I'm running tegu related errands too, he's exposed to all sorts of different people, heck last night I took him to Home Depot tucked into my shirt to pick up a larger hood for my clamp lamp (MVB bulbs are HUGE), once my hands were full he decided it was time to emerge from the collar of my shirt. I got stuck there for a good extra 20 minutes as people stopped me to take camera phone pictures of him and curious kids gathered around to look at the lazy lizard on my shoulder.

I never imagined that a lizard could be so amazingly relaxed around people, especially at such a young age!

<blockquote data-quote="Zilch" data-source="post: 54158" data-attributes="member: 491">I just wanted to add another dimension to this thread, seeing as how I haven't seen it discussed yet.Temperament!&nbsp; How is everyone's J&amp;W's personality?As for mine, the minute I opened the pillowcase he walked right out and climbed up my shirt and onto my shoulder to perch up there, it's been that way ever since.&nbsp; He's never hissed, whipped, nipped, or anything even remotely aggressive and is content to spend hours climbing on me, in my shirt, and my least favorite: using my ears as a ladder to get onto my head... so many little scratches on the scalp!I take him around town with me when I'm running tegu related errands too, he's exposed to all sorts of different people, heck last night I took him to Home Depot tucked into my shirt to pick up a larger hood for my clamp lamp (MVB bulbs are HUGE), once my hands were full he decided it was time to emerge from the collar of my shirt.&nbsp; I got stuck there for a good extra 20 minutes as people stopped me to take camera phone pictures of him and curious kids gathered around to look at the lazy lizard on my shoulder.I never imagined that a lizard could be so amazingly relaxed around people, especially at such a young age!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zilch, post: 54158, member: 491"] I just wanted to add another dimension to this thread, seeing as how I haven't seen it discussed yet. Temperament! How is everyone's J&W's personality? As for mine, the minute I opened the pillowcase he walked right out and climbed up my shirt and onto my shoulder to perch up there, it's been that way ever since. He's never hissed, whipped, nipped, or anything even remotely aggressive and is content to spend hours climbing on me, in my shirt, and my least favorite: using my ears as a ladder to get onto my head... so many little scratches on the scalp! I take him around town with me when I'm running tegu related errands too, he's exposed to all sorts of different people, heck last night I took him to Home Depot tucked into my shirt to pick up a larger hood for my clamp lamp (MVB bulbs are HUGE), once my hands were full he decided it was time to emerge from the collar of my shirt. I got stuck there for a good extra 20 minutes as people stopped me to take camera phone pictures of him and curious kids gathered around to look at the lazy lizard on my shoulder. I never imagined that a lizard could be so amazingly relaxed around people, especially at such a young age! [/QUOTE]

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