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[dragonmetalhead]

@ Gedy: It looks like Babyyitslove is responding to my post. I am so sorry for the confusion.

@Babyyitslove: Next time put the specific post you are responding to in your post so people don't get mixed messages. I agree with you though. People are just ignorant/stupid. Any lizard over a foot is by default an iguana to most people. The last couple of days, Kodo has been mistaken for a skink a few times. I believe the snake confusion comes from the fact he has a big, forked tongue, but I assumed it was common knowledge that snakes HAVE NO LIMBS. Someone once asked if he was going to turn into a snake; it was probably the weirdest/most moronic question I'd ever been asked. Wasn't quite sure how to interpret it. Tegus are not Pokemon and do not evolve into totally new, crazy creatures. As for the chameleon thing . . . yeah, I don't have an explanation. It was an older couple who made the error and I am going to assume that chameleon was just the first type of lizard that came to mind. One time I went to the PetSmart my by work and the reptile girl comes up to me and says "Argentine or Colombian?" I was shocked that a PetSmart employee even knew what a tegu was, let alone to know about the different species. I have also found that people tend to mistake bearded dragons for horny toads.

 

[Gedy]

By now I found out that she wasn't reffering to my progress pictures indeed

And it realy is stupid to confuse tegu's with snakes, even if you aren't a reptile person. The pokemon version is hilarious ! you should trow him a red-white tennis ball and see if it works !

A lot of pepople have mentioned petsmart on the forum, I don't know is petsmart a reptile shop or just a commmon animal shop with some reptiles ? we have separate shops for fluffy's and reptiles
The reptile shop just outside the city I live has a owner who used to have a tegu himself...but the wife made him sell it when it got to big. I got Spunky from him, and he always likes to ask about him and how big he is already, I think he would love to have one again. The fluffy shops... they try to sell you tortoise food when you ask for frozen pinkies for the "lizzard", since they are both reptiles arent they ?

 

[Rhetoric]

Petsmart is a chain store that sells small animals, birds, fish and some reptiles like bearded dragons and ball pythons.
They also have pet toys, food, etc. It's not too bad if you're buying a hamster or a guinea pig as a first pet but to those who have experience in caring for specific animals, its definitely not the best place to get animals from.

 

[Gedy]

Ah ok explains a lot, thanks !

 

[dragonmetalhead]

I still have my old Pokemon stuff in storage, so I probably have a pokeball or two laying around. If I manage to catch Kodo with it, I'll be sure to let you know. Charmander would be an excellent name for a red tegu.

 

[Gedy]

Hahaha yeah do try ! I only had the cards, and I gave them away to my sister a long time ago. Charmander is a pretty good name for a red, but if its going to be massive do you need to name change it to charizard ?