Aww, Come on, open your mind up JUST a crack. Just because they are another lifeform doesn't mean they aren't just GREAT. :D I should find the sites for you that honour and revere them. There is a whole world of Reptile lovers out there.

Let me get a pic of my girl here and show you just how pretty she is. She's my Baby, my Girl. She is always close to me here and shows Love and affection and she does KNOW some words. She is just about as smart as a stupid puppy. :D ;)

They ARE fun.

LOL Melody

Add me to your list of insane people. The first time I ever saw a gecko was on my sister's carport roof in Texas. I thought they were sooo cute. They don't bite or carry disease - better yet, they feast on those who DO bite and carry disease. :)

I'd much rather have a couple of cute little geckos running around my home than have to use a can of Raid to get rid of insects. I suspect they would also keep my cat entertained and in shape. :p

The only natural insect repellents we have here are spiders, and unfortunately they LOVE me. For about a two-year stretch I used to find spiders crawling on me several times a day, even though we didn't seem to have any spiders in the house. When I'd be watching TV with my husband, one would come down from the ceiling and stop right in front of my face. :eek:

At my son's high school graduation, one crawled up my leg and sat on my knee. I was in the kitchen talking with my son one day and he saw a spider move from the corner of the kitchen ceiling to just above my head, then start to come down for a landing. He caught it before it reached my head. Another time I was washing dishes, and one appeared on the side rim of my glasses, then walked onto the lens right in front of my eye. :eek:

I read an article a couple of years ago that said scientists were studying the silk from spiders and compared it to amyloid fibrils. I have amyloidosis, so I suspect "my spiders" think I'm some long lost relative. :rolleyes: We've made a truce though - I no longer kill them, and they no longer stalk and walk on me. :p

Oh My God!!!

That's all I can say.

You should see me when I go out to throw the garbage. My landlord keeps the pails on the right side of my house. He lives in the house next door to mine.

Every single summer I go by the pails and THERE IS ALWAYS A NEST OF A GAZILLION ANTS. I don't know where they come from, but every summer I take straight bleach, and pour the whole bottle right along their trails.

It works for a long time. I also do the bleach thing in front of my doorway.

I hate bugs, ants, ANYTHING THAT CRAWLS.

Yuck.

And you say you have spiders that are attracted to you??

Oh my god.

I remember well, when, years ago, my family had some sort of reunion at some hotel upstate. I was 18 or so. There was this gigantic table of food, and the men were grilling along the right of the big table. About 10 feet away.

All of a sudden, the bees started coming.

Now who in their right mind would sit at a table where bees are landing on their food??

Why my whole family of course!!!

I said "Are you people out of your mind??" and they said "oh cmon, what's a few bees??"

I just looked at them.

A FEW BEES??? There were BEES all over the place, landing on the table, on the relish, on the plates.

They just shooshed them away and they ate their food.

I looked at them like they were out of their mind.

To me, THEY WERE!!!

I took my food, ran up to my room, put on the tv, and ate in the cool, air condition...looked out the window and watched all of them swatting bees while they ate and drank. MAYBE IT WAS THE LIQUOR???? lol

Later on, (when the bees went away), I rejoined them and it was about 6 pm.

They had drinks on the table. I do not drink. Never have. This was my first experience with "drinking anything".

They were making daquiries. Frozen Daquiries. I will never forget this as long as I live.

I had never tasted them. I said "give me one".. Someone said "be careful". I said "of what??" these little things?"

So someone poured me a frozen daquiri. It tasted like lemonade. I said "this is liquor??" No one was watching me, so I picked up 5 of these little frozen things.

I was downing them and someone saw me and said: "melody, what are you drinking?" and I said "oh nothing, just these little sweet things". They said "how many did you have"? and I said 'I don't know, maybe 5" And they yelled "melody had 5 frozen daquiries". So I said (I'm perfectly sober by the way), I said: "what is the big deal, I'm perfectly fine".

I stood up...AND WAS FROZEN IN PLACE. I couldn't move. Someone had to bring me to my room, and put me to bed.

That was the only, the first, and the last time, I DRANK ANYTHING.

So that day was full of BEES!!! and frozen daquiries.

I miss the daquiries more than the bees!!!

lol

awwwww PINK lizards?! how cute <33

i had a snake once and it was wonderful he was so pretty and my friends boyfriend has an ADORABLE lizard that will drop its tail and grow a new one if you touch it haha

yayyy for reptiles!

LOL Wiix - Do you prefer your lizards "chilled" or "on the rocks?" :D

LOL Melody - that Tequila can really sneak up on you. At first I thought you were going to say you were drinking BEES! :eek::D

I used to be absolutely terrified of spiders. When I was little, I woke up one night because the moonlight had filled my room. I sat up to look out the window at the moon and noticed my window seemed particularly dirty. I woke up in the morning to find my room completely filled with baby spiders - all over my windows and carpeting my ceiling. :eek:

As Rosanne Rosannadanna would say, "I thought I was gonna die!" My dad bombed my room with Raid, and to this day I still can't stand that smell. He also cut down a lilac bush next to my window, thinking the spiders may have made their way in that way. After that incident, I nearly went into panic attacks whenever I'd see a spider.

I was able to get over my fear of spiders because I HAD TO considering the fact that I'm losing my eyesight.

I was at the home of a long-time friend and I told her about getting over my fear. She didn't believe me, so she invited me into her son's room - filled with pet snakes, lizards and tarantulas in tanks.

Her son took out a huge tarantula, placed it on my palm, and instructed me how to move my hands to allow her to walk on my hand without falling off. She didn't move though. She finally turned around, walked up my arm and sat on my shoulder - tapping my neck with one of her legs. My friend finally believed me. :p

I Love all animals and really can't think of any I am afraid of Unless it's an animal that has been abused and is viscious or one that has been trained to attack and kill.

I didn't like bats for a long time but I am over that now after I did some reseach about them.

The only time I had a problem with A spider was a long time ago. A spider was on the top of my big toe and it bit me. That toe was numb for about a year after that.

I think if you learn about the animals you fear you do become less fearful. Understanding their behaviours goes a long way in reducing your fear and helps you deal with the animal itself if the situation should ever arise again. Animals really don't want to hurt you unless they want to EAT you, THEN you should just run. If they are afraid they just want to defend themselves and act out. If you see one is afraid it's best to just remove YOURSELF from it's presence. You shouldn't feel you have to KILL something to get it away from you. I never use pesticides because of the effect it probably will have on me too unless it's something Natural. A little research on that topic will help you find out what they are. I think more of a repellant than a way to kill the animal.

God bless you and everybody who loves living things. More power to you.

Not gonna be me!!! lol

And the posings of the lizards, I have a question. Are these REAL lizards, or stuffed ones?

Thanks much.
Melody

Yes, they are real. They ARE Real Posers, aren't they? I have a little wicker chair I might try to pose mine in but it may not be the right shape to accomadate her body, she has some problems so I have to be gentle with her.

My sister was visiting me in California and she found a Gecko outside. She chased it to show me and grabbed it's tail and it popped off. She wanted to show me how "cool" this thing was. I was sitting in my car and she threw the tail on my dash and it danced! EW! BTW, do they eat Black Widows? We seem to have lots of BW by our door! I've bought spray to kill the Widows but my hubby says, "It's a moral issue...they aren't in the house, I can't kill it!" But I have a dog and he thinks EVERYTHING wants to play! I'm worried!