Tales About Scales

By Ronald Classen

 

Ah, the new year.  A time for all to re-assess their position in life and make appropriate changes.  When it comes to owning an iguana, there are definitely resolutions to be considered.
 
From the iguana's point of view:

  • Resolve to take advantage of every opportunity to worry the human.  Just subtle things, like not eating, not pooping, not moving.....don't overdo it though, lest it involves a trip to the vet's office.  (Ugh!)

  • Resolve to poop on the newest item left unattended in the immediate area.

  • Resolve to chase the human into the corner whenever possible and scare the bee-jeebers out of their friends.

  • Resolve to enter mating season with a vengeance and not let up for 3 months solid, including leaping from great heights, slapping with the tail, and of course painting everything with poop.

  • Resolve to chase the orange cat every time it enters the room.  (the gray cat is okay)

 

From the human's point of view:

  • Resolve to buy clothes that are green and gray instead of red, plaid, and/or orange.  No need to aggravate the situation with fighting colors.

  • Resolve to invest in a perimeter to avoid having to carry a broom handle everywhere one's iguana goes during breeding season.

  • Resolve to not cuss and swear incessantly when said male iguana insists on sneaking across the room and sitting on human's computer and knocking everything in the way on the floor even if it's fragile.

  • Resolve to build iguana his own house so human can move about freely without fear of being stalked.

  • Resolve to fence in yard so iguana can run loose in summer without intimidating all who pass by on the sidewalk.  (something about a free-roaming 63" iguana that causes many to cross the street)


 
And the last resolution by both:


Wouldn't change a thing.....makes life interesting.