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Well, seems everything I've said has been cherry-picked into making me seem like a horrible irresponsible person

Facts:
- I live in Florida... we're not talking about cold weather, it's still in the 90s most days. (Yes I do realize there's a difference between 85-95 degree ambient and 105 degree basking spot, but that's hardly enough to stress him or put him into an artificial state of tranquility)

- When out of the house he's normally "burrowing" between two shirts, which he's quite adept at getting in and out of based on his temperature or comfort level with people around.

Let me also reiterate, he only comes with me when I'm going to the herp store, it's not about showing off, it's about trying to spend as much time as possible with him in the few hours I have between getting off of work and turning his lights off. Also once again, this trip was an isolated incident, I had to pick up some mice for him, and when I found out the place didn't carry larger light hoods I made a quick stop at Home Depot to pick one up, he slipped out of my shirt and onto my shoulder, which I wasn't planning, and as a result people saw him and asked questions. End of story. It's not like I take him to the mall or to the supermarket, or scare little girls in the park

<blockquote data-quote="Zilch" data-source="post: 54174" data-attributes="member: 491">Well, seems everything I've said has been cherry-picked into making me seem like a horrible irresponsible person <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Facts:- I live in Florida... we're not talking about cold weather, it's still in the 90s most days.&nbsp; (Yes I do realize there's a difference between 85-95 degree ambient and 105 degree basking spot, but that's hardly enough to stress him or put him into an artificial state of tranquility)- When out of the house he's normally &quot;burrowing&quot; between two shirts, which he's quite adept at getting in and out of based on his temperature or comfort level with people around.Let me also reiterate, he only comes with me when I'm going to the herp store, it's not about showing off, it's about trying to spend as much time as possible with him in the few hours I have between getting off of work and turning his lights off.&nbsp; Also once again, this trip was an isolated incident, I had to pick up some mice for him, and when I found out the place didn't carry larger light hoods I made a quick stop at Home Depot to pick one up, he slipped out of my shirt and onto my shoulder, which I wasn't planning, and as a result people saw him and asked questions.&nbsp; End of story.&nbsp; It's not like I take him to the mall or to the supermarket, or scare little girls in the park <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zilch, post: 54174, member: 491"] Well, seems everything I've said has been cherry-picked into making me seem like a horrible irresponsible person :P Facts: - I live in Florida... we're not talking about cold weather, it's still in the 90s most days. (Yes I do realize there's a difference between 85-95 degree ambient and 105 degree basking spot, but that's hardly enough to stress him or put him into an artificial state of tranquility) - When out of the house he's normally "burrowing" between two shirts, which he's quite adept at getting in and out of based on his temperature or comfort level with people around. Let me also reiterate, he only comes with me when I'm going to the herp store, it's not about showing off, it's about trying to spend as much time as possible with him in the few hours I have between getting off of work and turning his lights off. Also once again, this trip was an isolated incident, I had to pick up some mice for him, and when I found out the place didn't carry larger light hoods I made a quick stop at Home Depot to pick one up, he slipped out of my shirt and onto my shoulder, which I wasn't planning, and as a result people saw him and asked questions. End of story. It's not like I take him to the mall or to the supermarket, or scare little girls in the park :P [/QUOTE]

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