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Introducing Dizzy

ChaoticCoyote Sep 22, 2005 07:41 PM

We were in a PetsMart last week, my wife and I, just to pick up some turtle food. Normally, I avoid their "lizard" display... I'm not fond of how these stores sell their reptiles.

My wife, however, stopped, looked, and said: "They've got a Uro."

Sure enough, there was a small brown Uro sitting there, looking at us.

"We're getting her," my wife said.

"Uh, honey, we already have seven reptiles..."

"Scott! This is a mali. We're buying her."

And so we took home a new friend.

Dizzy was a feisty little beast, until we introduced her to my eldest daughter, Elora, who has had her big black Uro mali (Wizard) for five years. Dizzy climbed into my daughter's hand, wrapped her front feet around her thumb, and went to sleep.

Attached is a photo of Dizzy sunning herself today. She's only about five inches long, but she's eaten well and is very strong. And she *is* cute.
Image
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Scott Robert Ladd
1.0.0 Iguana (Rex)
1.1.0 African Giant Plated Lizard (Clyde, Cassie)
1.0.1 Uro mali (Wizard, Dizzy)
0.1.0 Corn Snake (Amber)
0.1.0 Red-Eared Sliders (Emerald)
0.0.1 Musk Turtle (Sausage)
0.1.0 Parakeet (Zeus)
1.4.0 Homo sapiens (Scott, Maria, Elora, Becky, Tessa)
blog: http://chaoticcoyote.blogspot.com/

Replies (8)

tristan Sep 22, 2005 07:47 PM

she's cute! i hope her and wizard get along. can you post a pic of wizard? i love the black malis
tristan
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Tristan
1.1 Blood Pythons (Rambo and Medussa)
1.2 Egyptian Uromastyx (Dog, Cleo, Slo Mo)
0.1 Suriname Red Tail Boas (Stoney)
1.0 Argentine Black and White Tegu (Roy)

PHEve Sep 23, 2005 02:03 PM

Shes real sweet looking, Wish you th ebest with her, I'm sure Wizard will LOVE her especially when shes older, hehehehe

Keep the pics coming
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PHEve / Eve

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ChaoticCoyote Sep 23, 2005 06:26 PM

>>she's cute! i hope her and wizard get along. can you post a pic of wizard? i love the black malis

Wizard is an old sweetheart. He was our first lizard, some five years ago -- we rescued him from a store where he had a broken tail , a raw sore, and he was being fed *monkey chow*. Ugh.

His tail still isn't very photogenic, but his face is precious.

Bigger picture of wizard
Bigger picture of wizard

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Scott Robert Ladd
1.0.0 Iguana (Rex)
1.1.0 African Giant Plated Lizard (Clyde, Cassie)
1.0.1 Uro mali (Wizard, Dizzy)
0.1.0 Corn Snake (Amber)
0.1.0 Red-Eared Sliders (Emerald)
0.0.1 Musk Turtle (Sausage)
0.1.0 Parakeet (Zeus)
1.4.0 Homo sapiens (Scott, Maria, Elora, Becky, Tessa)
blog: http://chaoticcoyote.blogspot.com/

purduecg Sep 23, 2005 09:28 AM

She is adorable, and she is still a BABY! Congratulations to your family and to Dizzy, for finding a better forever home than I am sure *she* even dreamed of! lol

Were you guys the ones who were moving accross country with Wizard? How did that go?

Elizabeth
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1.0 Mali Uro Archimedes (May he rest in peace)
0.0.1 Egyptian Uro Zuberi Mosca Khu (Mosca)
0.0 Fish
0.1 Sulcata Minnie
1.1 Iguanas Flik and Loki
0.1 Newfoundland Jasmine (RIP)
0.1 Feline Winter
Indiana & Wisconsin

ChaoticCoyote Sep 23, 2005 06:19 PM

>>Were you guys the ones who were moving accross country with Wizard? How did that go?

Our plans changed, so Wizard can stay here in Florida. I have an opportunity to write a book about the indigenous and invasive reptiles of Florida, so I guess I need to stay in the swamp a bit longer.
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Scott Robert Ladd
1.0.0 Iguana (Rex)
1.1.0 African Giant Plated Lizard (Clyde, Cassie)
1.0.1 Uro mali (Wizard, Dizzy)
0.1.0 Corn Snake (Amber)
0.1.0 Red-Eared Sliders (Emerald)
0.0.1 Musk Turtle (Sausage)
0.1.0 Parakeet (Zeus)
1.4.0 Homo sapiens (Scott, Maria, Elora, Becky, Tessa)
blog: http://chaoticcoyote.blogspot.com/

jeune18 Sep 23, 2005 10:40 AM

congrats on dizzy. i am glad she could find you all. and LOL, your wife sounds like my mom back in the day when my parents fostered homeless animals
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

Jimbo Sep 24, 2005 08:51 AM

Hi there Dizzy. Welcome to you and Wizard.
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uromagnus Sep 25, 2005 11:57 AM

yes... she is cute! best of luck
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- in memory of Magnus (male Uromastyx Macfadyeni)
he will always be my little boy

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