[thesearethetimes...]

Thank you for the link! I pray that the folks at the zoo are successful in their efforts to help these little guys. We kept Jose doing quite well mainly on live meal worms. Still can remember going to the pet store to buy them... He lived on our back patio, in a terrarium with a secure screen top, that also allowed him to keep whatever he caught ;) and he was a Very good catch! That being said, he was an incredibly sweet natured creature who loved being gently picked up and stroked. In my mind, I can still feel his horns. And no, KGeorge,I never saw Jose “spit” either, which I took great pride in even then, smiles, since I knew it was a defensive action. I did come out a few mornings though, and found that I needed to clean a spray from the glass of his terrarium. We figured he was visited upon occasion by the neighborhood kittehs, but having indoor cats ourselves, made sure his house was WELL secured against such visitors.

Thanks again all, and may God bless.
Tatt

Thanks again for a wonderful thread.
Tatt

[patriot08]

Thanks again for a wonderful thread.
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And thank you. Enjoyed your posts about little Jose.
I know how you can grow to love little guys like that.

I saw a story about Tx horned lizards on the ‘Texas Parks and Wildlife’ show this morning, and it just started me thinking about how we’re losing our Tx treasures like the horned lizard and the Texas box turtle or Tortoise.
Such a shame.

We visited a Tx safari type thing near Victoria a few years ago and they had a Tx tortoise in a small pen. It had eaten all the grass and vegetation in its pen..just bare dirt was all that was left.
When it saw us come up to the fence, it came up to us and I pulled some green vegetation and threw it in its pen. It started eating like it was starving. It just made me cry.