Chompers Gone - Happy Endings!!!

[Jay]

Today I had a fire inspection done in my building, my landlord has always been interested in my reptiles even my big 10+ plus boas. He always liked Chomper as well. The Roaches he was not impressed by at all, I tried and tried explaining that they pose NO threat to the building at all (Dubias) I could not lie to him, I wanted to tell him they are for a "project" Bottom line is "NOTHING" that eats bugs in the building. I respectfully obeyed his new rule so I gave him to a local shop, that will be bringing him to the expo in Kitchener, ON this Sunday. If you are interested in seeing him he will be at "Hamilton Reptile"

[spots]

Today I had a fire inspection done in my building, my landlord has always been interested in my reptiles even my big 10+ plus boas. He always liked Chomper as well. The Roaches he was not impressed by at all, I tried and tried explaining that they pose NO threat to the building at all (Dubias) I could not lie to him, I wanted to tell him they are for a "project" Bottom line is "NOTHING" that eats bugs in the building. I respectfully obeyed his new rule so I gave him to a local shop, that will be bringing him to the expo in Kitchener, ON this Sunday. If you are interested in seeing him he will be at "Hamilton Reptile"

That SUCKS man, sorry about the loss :(

[Jay]

That SUCKS man, sorry about the loss :(
I'm still in shock, I had him as a baby... 2 years

[spots]

Wish I was still in Barrie Ontario, I would take him for you till you were in a place to take him back.

No S!%@ I would still be in shock as well, the love we grow for our pets/friends.

[KORBIN5895]

What a tool! Well I guess there have to be rules but..... can you find another place?

Oh and kudos for the honesty. Most would've lied or made false promises. I must say that took guts.

[Jay]

What a tool! Well I guess there have to be rules but..... can you find another place?

Oh and kudos for the honesty. Most would've lied or made false promises. I must say that took guts.
We are comfortable here, it's close to all my amenities.

Abraham Lincoln,“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
If I bent the truth, what happens when I get caught down the road, I could loose all my herps. It was a hard decision, hopefully the right one.

[infernalis]

Loss for words, I weep for you.

[Jay]

Loss for words, I weep for you.
I'm working on getting him to a forever home as we type.

[KORBIN5895]

Glad to hear it!

[infernalis]

Still, it's gotta be so hard.

I'd give up all my snakes in an instant before I would part with my Chomper.

[Jay]

Still, it's gotta be so hard.

I'd give up all my snakes in an instant before I would part with my Chomper.
I would have done the same.

[Wolfus_305]

Aww I'm so sorry! that must be really difficult for you. I'm sure that he will be going to a great home though!

[millertime89]

I'm really sorry, hope he goes to a good home.
I must say however, when I saw the thread title, I thought Wayne's Chomper had died, I'm relieved that isn't the case.
Once again, very sorry for this.

[ZARADOZIA]

Aw hun I am soo sorry to hear this!!

[SnakeyJay]

Condolences.... Hopefully you can find him a good home. You'd be no use to chomped if u lost your home as well. Well done for the honesty with your landlord tho.

[infernalis]

Landlords almost always suck.

I only became a homeowner at age 40, so 20 years of my life I was at the mercy of creeps who made rules, stole deposits and entered my residence while I was away.

Hopefully my remaining two kids will take me up on a free acre of land and stay close, I could never bring hardship on them.

[Gungirl]

:sad: So Sorry you have to re-home him..

Things like this are why I worked 80 hrs a week as a teen. I bought my first house at 18 and never rented.It makes me sick how land loards try to control your life and your wallet.

[Jay]

My land lord it not at fault, he is an old friend and a nice guy. Bottom line is they are illegal anyways where I am. I mostly blame myself for having to part with him, I never thought about the long run, where I might be in 2 years ect. Chomper was my favorite pet. The guy at the shop gave me a little iguana from el Salvador to try and bring up to weight, and keep me busy.

[lady_bug87]

Aw that sucks :/

[stephanbakir]

If you can convince Hamilton Reptile to hold him for 10 minutes, I'll take him

[marvelfreak]

So sorry to hear you had to get rid of him, but my hat off to you for being honest.

[Jay]

He said if you're there in the first 10 minutes he will hold him, for you. I wish I could have kept him 2 more days for you but I couldn't. You don't know how relived I will be if you game my little chomp a forever home. It would also be nice to be able to recieve updates.

[shaunyboy]

i'm sorry to hear you had to get rid of chomper mate

cheers shaun

[Kayla90]

He said if you're there in the first 10 minutes he will hold him, for you. I wish I could have kept him 2 more days for you but I couldn't. You don't know how relived I will be if you game my little chomp a forever home. It would also be nice to be able to recieve updates.

We are going in with a vendor, so we'll be there very nice and early :) So unless something goes wrong we should be able to pick him up. The moment we get in, I'lll go straight to looking for their booth.

[spots]

If you can convince Hamilton Reptile to hold him for 10 minutes, I'll take him

Did you get him Stephan ? That would be awesome!!

[youngster]

The expo is not until tomorrow, but judging by what Kayla said they are going to take Chomp.

[Jay]

Their booth is Hamilton reptile look for a the spitting image of marvel freak, clean shaved head with a big orangish beard named phill. I hope you get him and honestly if he raised the price I will not hesitate to email transfer you some money just to ensure a great home for him. The last thing I need in the back of my mind is he went home to live in an aqurium and fed an unhealthy diet...

[stephanbakir]

We already have a colony of 700 ish dubias, and are buying a colony of 2000+ pretty soon, his enclosure is all set up and ready to go.

[whoaxmary]

Man, you should of asked someone for a hand. .:( I'm only an hour if that from you and totally wouldn't mind the long term house keeping since he food would come with.
So sorry, landlords suck sometimes.

[whoaxmary]

I suck and didn't notice the second page. :)
Good to hear Kayla and Steph are rescuing him

[ZARADOZIA]

Stephan & Kayla..

You Guys Rock!!

[snake man12]

Make sure he goes to a good home!!
Woops didn't read the second page

[stephanbakir]

You got any dubias left Jay? We'd buy em off of you.

[Jay]

You got any dubias left Jay? We'd buy em off of you.
No my whole colony is gone, this sucks. I hope you get him, and like I said again, if you need more money to buy him let me know I will help.

[stephanbakir]

We should be fine on money as long as he doesn't spike the price knowing that we want it.

[Jay]

That's what I'm hoping he does not do...I lost money on him, I had to pay the guy 20 dollars, and he gave me a green Iguana he had listed for 59.99. He is generally a nice guy, under the circumstances I had to do it. I still feel like crap, I am crossing my fingers for you.

[Squirtle]

Hope for the best, update us! good think i have people to take care of my burm incase something goes wrong, i have someone who will drive all the way from PA to NY just to have my back!

[Kayla90]

So we have successfully brought Chomper home with us :D
When we got him he was at 67F :( .. very cold, we spent pretty much the whole expo warming him up and half way through the day he was warm and active enough for us not to feel worried. He also chomped down 8 Hornworms.. We've got him in his enclosure now and will update you further later.

[spots]

AWESOME!!!!! can't wait to see pics :)

[Gungirl]

Glad to hear that he is safe and home with you now.. pics are a must once he is settled in.

[stephanbakir]

Hes eating off the tongs, He was an angry boy when we took him from HR, bit once an tail whipped a few times...as soon as he knew we weren't like them he was fine.

[infernalis]

So we have successfully brought Chomper home with us :D
When we got him he was at 67F :( .. very cold, we spent pretty much the whole expo warming him up and half way through the day he was warm and active enough for us not to feel worried. He also chomped down 8 Hornworms.. We've got him in his enclosure now and will update you further later.

Time for the happy cat.....

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/happy.gif

[Jay]

Thank you so much!!

[stephanbakir]

Anytime man, will update with photos by tomorrow hopefully.

[shaunyboy]

look forward to pic's mate

cheers shaun

[jarich]

Thats great to hear that this worked out so well. If we needed any further proof of this forums value, there is no better example. Im glad Im a part of such a exceptional community.

[Jay]

This is a fret community. I have to provided a forever home for a member on this phone who could no longer keep her due to certain conditions.

[Norm66]

Wow, this is awesome. I'm very impressed with this place.

[alessia55]

Wow I'm so glad that Chomper got handed off to someone on the forum! Can't wait to see pics!!

[Snakefood]

This forum is a great village to be a part of!! I am proud to be a member and if I were in the position to, I would help out in a second!!

Stephen and Kayla, you both rock for being there to help out, and I thinks it's AWSOME that the OP still gets to be a small part of Chomper's life!!!

[Freebody]

this is great news :)

[McSlo2.0]

]Hopefully my remaining two kids will take me up on a free acre of land and stay close, I could never bring hardship on them.

are you currently adopting, or taking applications? lol

[Lankyrob]

are you currently adopting, or taking applications? lol

I call shotgun!!!! (ie - first in line!!):bouncy::bouncy::):D:D:D

[stephanbakir]

I would too lol :P

[stephanbakir]

Basking before eating.

[alessia55]

Aww little Chomper in his new home :) :)

[stephanbakir]

Hes about 2-3 feet long lol, the cage just makes him look small :P

[stephanbakir]

All of those logs are hollow btw, and he fits in all of them. Hes constantly using the inside of the logs to thermoregulate.

[spots]

He look's happy :) So how does it feel to be the proud owner of a SAV?

[CK SandBoas]

Little Chomper looks quite content in his new home!:D

[Jay]

Wow that cage makes him look so small, look like he has a little nose rub, probably from the tiny tank the guy had him in

[Little Wise Owl]

Sorry for your loss. I'd take him but I only have room for one giant lizard.

[It'sKourtneyYo]

Awwe! I'm glad I found this forum! It's the shiznitts What happy ending :D

[stephanbakir]

His nose was a little bloody when we got him, his "enclosure" was 14 inches wide, 6 inches long and 4 inches high... He was in that since you handed him in. (at 67 degrees)

[stephanbakir]

He look's happy :) So how does it feel to be the proud owner of a SAV?

We already owned a sav, they are awesome

[Kayla90]

I'm currently uploading the video we took of him earlier so I'll post it the moment youtube finishes :D

It's at 93%

[Kayla90]

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Here it is folks, the first chomper update :)

Please don't mind my high pitched voice... >.< Steph seems to think it's annoying.

I recorded it with my ipod.. so some of it's sideways.. I'll work out that next time :P

[alessia55]

what a great video :D what a happy little sav! I'm so glad he wound up on in great hands :) He seems to be settling in just fine.

[stephanbakir]

I wanted to work with chomper today and my day was full so I coaxed him out with food (stupid plan) after he ate about 1 dubias I let him climb my arm and he smelled the roaches in the room and went into feed mode again, I saw that and went to remove him... he saw my hand... yeah... He tried to eat my finger lol :P held on for a while but eventually let go lol.

[It'sKourtneyYo]

I love when he shakes his head while he is eating >.<

[spots]

I wanted to work with chomper today and my day was full so I coaxed him out with food (stupid plan) after he ate about 1 dubias I let him climb my arm and he smelled the roaches in the room and went into feed mode again, I saw that and went to remove him... he saw my hand... yeah... He tried to eat my finger lol :P held on for a while but eventually let go lol.

I wish him eating your finger was in the video. LOL
He looks to be a very happy boy :)

[Terranaut]

Wow I just found this thread. Glad it all worked out. I would have loved to meet you guys at the expo seeing as me and the boys were there too.
Like I said glad it worked out for everyone ;)

[Kayla90]

We sat a friends booth most of the day trying to warm up chomper, so you may have past us and not even noticed :P

[It'sKourtneyYo]

Where was this expo? Just curious >:3

[stephanbakir]

Wow I just found this thread. Glad it all worked out. I would have loved to meet you guys at the expo seeing as me and the boys were there too.
Like I said glad it worked out for everyone ;)

Our booth was called "slimy beards" The main attraction at our table was chomper, REALLY small geckos the size of a peanut and leopard boas. Wee would have been right in front of you if you walked in, behind the PVC reptile enclosures

[stephanbakir]

Where was this expo? Just curious >:3

Kitchener Ontario

[stephanbakir]

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to take this photograph. It's awesome.:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::Wow:

[stephanbakir]

Gota love hollow logs :P

[Jay]

Nice, I'm content that he's in good hands.

[millertime89]

awesome picture

[Gungirl]

Love the video. This forum is making it really hard for me not to mentally set up a Room in my new house( that i haven't even picked out yet) for a sav.

[stephanbakir]

Side note, went out a few days ago to go look at game trails in the bush, if anyone in the ottawa/gatineau area wants some of those logs, I've marked the location of 10 logs on a map and I'll pick them up for you.

[Terranaut]

Our booth was called "slimy beards" The main attraction at our table was chomper, REALLY small geckos the size of a peanut and leopard boas. Wee would have been right in front of you if you walked in, behind the PVC reptile enclosures

So were you the guy with the long hair or the bald guy ?

[Gungirl]

So were you the guy with the long hair or the bald guy ?

You can see his mug here...http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/general-discussion/88865-movember-show-your-beards-off-here-3.html

[Terranaut]

Unless he shaved his head when he did his beard its not who I thought :)

[stephanbakir]

The bald guy (with a mohawk) was Mikey T, The other bald guy was from a different table. and the guy with the long hair was Jessy, the owner of slimy beard exotics.
I was behind the table for 7 hours keeping chomper warm lol.

[jarich]

Great video! His enclosure is pretty awesome. Did you build it yourself or is it something that you adapted? I never thought of putting a slanted front on a large enclosure but it makes good sense. Would make it simpler to get into the back of it. I actually saw an old deli display case yesterday on the sidewalk that I was thinking might make a good enclosure with some adaptation. Would hold up to humidity, its totally sealed and has a nice deep base for substrate. Might have to go see if its still there...

[stephanbakir]

We payed 100$ shipped for that enclosure lol. Its fantastic. (It was wired, with lamps, hangers and heat.

[jarich]

Nice! Thats crazy cheap. It probably cost that much in shipping alone!

[stephanbakir]

He delivered it in his truck, cost him about 20-30$ in gas money.
We also got 3 heated snake racks, with thermostats for another 300$ from the same guy.

[jarich]

I always feel bad for people when they have to give up all their animals, but it makes for some sweet deals for the rest of us!

[stephanbakir]

I was glad when they got this guy. Bylaw got him, he had 5-6 animals per enclosure living in filth.

[stephanbakir]

To give you an idea, they had a baby asian water monitor, a burm, 2 balls a carpet and an old corn snake living in that monitor enclosure, WITHOUT dividers.

[jarich]

Yikes! Ya, he obviously deserved to have them taken away. Thats insane

[stephanbakir]

When we got the racks and enclosures, they had a solid inch of feces and shed in all of them, had to soak them in bleach for a long time before I trusted them with my animals.