Awwwww......you sound like somebody I'd really like.....Originally Posted by L.West
I tend to treat mine like babies - I talk to them all the time.
Just today I had to give my mojave a shot and when it was all done I found myself with him in my shoulder and I was patting his back saying "its okay buddy" and doing the little bouncy motion you tend to do with babies - I guess its the "mom" in me coming out. LOL
I went to visit Spider in "Switching to F/T Boot Camp" tonight and the shop owner was looking at us both like we were mad.
I was murmuring soft words of love to Spider, who was sitting in my hands, with her neck stretched across my chest, head snuggled tightly against my neck.
Every so often, she'd lift her head and look me in the face for the longest time, 'sigh' and put her head back down.
[I 'bouncied' her for a bit, too]
I'm hoping she'll switch over but it's gotten to the point where I just want her home again, even if hubby has to feed her live things.
I can 'feel' her sadness.
She does not like being in herp shop with a "stranger", no matter how incredibly wonderfully he cares for her.
Call me crazy [I'm used to it] but I really believe they can feel our affection for them and return it the best they can.
The herp guy has a few more "tricks" he wants to try but I'm becoming resigned to fact that she is who she is and is too clever by half to be fooled by dead mice, no matter how cleverly they're presented.
[even he says she's a really smart snake]
*sigh*
I miss Spider.
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