✍ Fourth Letter

[fuckilovebooks]

Has anyone seen a crested gecko? He's about six inches long, and he's purple. Well, they're normally orange but he got into a little accident when he was a baby. He answers to Spike. That is, if he answers at all. I mean, he doesn't really come when you call him, but he usually perks his head up when I call his name.

Reptiles are cold-blooded, so I'm worried about him wandering around the castle by himself when it's so cold out. He might have gotten lost somewhere and not had enough body heat to get back. If it gets too cold they'll just shut down and hibernate, but his tank is always toasty so his body wouldn't be prepared for that. If I don't find him soon he could starve to death!

Comments

[yourseoulmate]

He seems pretty lively to me... [ooc: That's right, Yancy. You slap a billion and five unhackable charms on that one.]

I really think you're just working yourself up. You're making it sound like he's doomed if you don't find him right away, but lizards survive winters all the time. I'm pretty sure we'd have lost them a long time ago otherwise.

[fuckilovebooks]

Well actually crested geckos are native to New Caledonia, which has a tropical climate. It doesn't get much cooler than 20° during the dry season.

Pet geckos have to be carefully climate controlled if you want them to stay in good health.