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It seems to me that your comment should extend to your parents. You want help convincing them to let you have a Tegu. No one here knows your parents either. How does anyone know what their real reasons for not wanting a Tegu in the house are without chatting with them?

I am 63 and just last year began building my collection. I don't have a wife or girlfriend to say "No" and I live very frugally to indulge my love of Lizards. In other words, I have spent and continue to spend a lot of my fixed income on the critters that I love. My life is stable at this point.

You and your parents are moving in a couple of months. Why not wait until the move is behind you and broach the subject when your and their lives are a little less frantic. In other words, cut your folks a break. There will always be Tegus for sale and your life, interests and direction will change after you turn 18. Give yourself a break and chill a bit.

Make the move and then start buying what you will need. Get your caging, lighting and heating put together first. Show you parents that you want to be a serious reptile enthusiast. Buy books and read them where your parents can see you reading. Talk to them about the science, taxonomy, habitat etc. Offer to pay rent when you turn 18. Make sure you have enough money for your own freezer to keep frozen rodents in. Buying in bulk is the only way to make this affordable. I have 400 frozen mice in my freezer. Will your folks be ok with that?

By your standards, I am an old man. I have heard what people, adults and children, inlcuding my own, say they are going to do but don't for a lot of years. Show them, don't tell them. Start with buying the stuff you will need. Visually prove you are serious, and capable of entering the hobby and serious about staying in it. Also talk to your folks about what you plan to do when you move away from home, how you plan to care for your lizard when you are away, how you plan to interaction with your Tegu everyday without fail, how you will abandon part of your social life for your hobby........what, no one told you?

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<blockquote data-quote="Dana C" data-source="post: 111126" data-attributes="member: 3009">It seems to me that your comment should extend to your parents.&nbsp; You want help convincing them to let you have a Tegu.&nbsp; No one here knows your parents either.&nbsp; How does anyone know what their real reasons for not wanting a Tegu in the house are without chatting with them?&nbsp; I am 63 and just last year began building my collection.&nbsp; I don't have a wife or girlfriend to say &quot;No&quot; and I live very frugally to indulge my love of Lizards.&nbsp; In other words, I have spent and continue to spend a lot of my fixed income on the critters that I love.&nbsp; My life is stable at this point.You and your parents are moving in a couple of months.&nbsp; Why not wait until the move is behind you and broach the subject when your and their lives are a little less frantic.&nbsp; In other words, cut your folks a break.&nbsp; There will always be Tegus for sale and your life, interests and direction will change after you turn 18.&nbsp; Give yourself a break and chill a bit.&nbsp; Make the move and then start buying what you will need.&nbsp; Get your caging, lighting and heating put together first.&nbsp; Show you parents that you want to be a serious reptile enthusiast.&nbsp; Buy books and read them where your parents can see you reading.&nbsp; Talk to them about the science, taxonomy, habitat etc.&nbsp; Offer to pay rent when you turn 18.&nbsp; Make sure you have enough money for your own freezer to keep frozen rodents in.&nbsp; Buying in bulk is the only way to make this affordable.&nbsp; I have 400 frozen mice in my freezer.&nbsp; Will your folks be ok with that?By your standards, I am an old man.&nbsp; I have heard what people, adults and children, inlcuding my own, say they are going to do but don't for a lot of years.&nbsp; Show them, don't tell them.&nbsp; Start with buying the stuff you will need.&nbsp; Visually prove you are serious, and capable of entering the hobby and serious about staying in it.&nbsp; Also talk to your folks about what you plan to do when you move away from home, how you plan to care for your lizard when you are away, how you plan to interaction with your Tegu everyday without fail, how you will abandon part of your social life for your hobby........what, no one told you?:huh:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dana C, post: 111126, member: 3009"] It seems to me that your comment should extend to your parents. You want help convincing them to let you have a Tegu. No one here knows your parents either. How does anyone know what their real reasons for not wanting a Tegu in the house are without chatting with them? I am 63 and just last year began building my collection. I don't have a wife or girlfriend to say "No" and I live very frugally to indulge my love of Lizards. In other words, I have spent and continue to spend a lot of my fixed income on the critters that I love. My life is stable at this point. You and your parents are moving in a couple of months. Why not wait until the move is behind you and broach the subject when your and their lives are a little less frantic. In other words, cut your folks a break. There will always be Tegus for sale and your life, interests and direction will change after you turn 18. Give yourself a break and chill a bit. Make the move and then start buying what you will need. Get your caging, lighting and heating put together first. Show you parents that you want to be a serious reptile enthusiast. Buy books and read them where your parents can see you reading. Talk to them about the science, taxonomy, habitat etc. Offer to pay rent when you turn 18. Make sure you have enough money for your own freezer to keep frozen rodents in. Buying in bulk is the only way to make this affordable. I have 400 frozen mice in my freezer. Will your folks be ok with that? By your standards, I am an old man. I have heard what people, adults and children, inlcuding my own, say they are going to do but don't for a lot of years. Show them, don't tell them. Start with buying the stuff you will need. Visually prove you are serious, and capable of entering the hobby and serious about staying in it. Also talk to your folks about what you plan to do when you move away from home, how you plan to care for your lizard when you are away, how you plan to interaction with your Tegu everyday without fail, how you will abandon part of your social life for your hobby........what, no one told you? :huh: [/QUOTE]

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