#'why do i like him more than fudge' 'because he blinks' convo between me and my mom who's scared of lizards

[luvevee]

So, a baby was dropped into my lap yesterday.

This is Knuckles! Crude name considering his hand, but it was charming enough to convince me.

He was surrendered by his previous owner after a bad shed led to the loss of some of his fingers and him chewing off most of his front hand. My brother's girlfriend texted me since he was passed to her uncle's petsmart, and they couldn't sell him due to his excessive injury. I was the only person she knew who would have any idea on how to care for a reptile, so I was his last chance.

Knucky's such a sweet angel. He's not used to handling, but he's very curious of everything and incredibly active. He's super interested in his new family, which includes his crestie big sister across from him (she is, as usual, unimpressed and lost interest in staring within 10 minutes). One deep clean later and he was he was doing laps around his enclosure to check out his new decorations. He also gets a nice spot next to the window and absolutely love his view of the outside!

His nub and missing fingers have no effect on his quality of life, and he's incredibly healthy otherwise.

Not what I expected this year, especially considering he seems to be tangerine which was one of my dream morphs and those are super expensive, but very very appreciated.