That's too close to home to be funny. The reason I'm never without some form of reptile or another is because I imprinted on an adult pair of Gopherus agassizii as an infant. Somewhat like Romulus and Remus, I suppose. Those tortoises had free roam of our house. My earliest recollection is my older brother tormenting me with them. Of course, they thought I was something good to eat. They seemed larger than Aldabras at the time. Must have been somewhere around two years old.
I swear!
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer