
When she first brought them home, Verde refused to have her picture taken but Evra didn't seem to mind at all and even seemed to enjoy striking the occasional pose for me. Verde died about two months after Amanda got her and shortly after that Amanda became much more interested in her corn snake, Solaris, so that made Evra more or less my lizard by default. All things considered, I didn't really mind as I rather enjoyed talking to the little guy and he was easy enough to take care of - mist down the habitat, make sure the heating lamp didn't burn out, and feed him some juicy mealworms once in awhile. Very simple - very easy.

Recently I had noticed that Evra seemed to moving a lot slower than before and I started to get a little worried that he didn't seem to be eating too many of his worms. It had turned kind of cold so I wondered if that was the probelm; Amanda told me that lizards do slow down and almost go into hibernation in the winter months. They're tropical so I guess that makes sense but I had Amanda hook up the undertank heating pad anyway just in case Evra was feeling the effects of the colder temperatures. After that, he seemed to perk back up some and was more active again.

Now I know that Evra was only a lizard - and a very small lizard at that; he wasn't the type of pet that you'd play catch with or take for walks or curl up with on the couch but still, he was a pet and I had become fond of him over the past year. I cleaned his habitat when need be, misted him down, fed him his mealworms, and talked to him daily so even though he wasn't a conventional pet - he was still a pet and to see him lying there dead like that, well ... let's just say that I don't have a heart of stone in spite of what some may think. Crying over a lizard may seem silly to some but ... well, yeah ...
I found a small box and asked Amanda to put Evra in it so that I could take him out and bury him on Monday morning - which I did. I buried Evra beneath the same trees near the back of Yantic Cemetery where we had buried Amanda's second snake, Tardis, earlier this year. I figured the other residents at the cemetery wouldn't mind if a very small lizard joined them and if anyone else had wandered by they wouldn't think it at all odd that there was a woman crying in the cemetery.
Good-bye, Evra - I'm not sure where lizards go when they pass on but I hope there are mealworms and flies to chase and a nice big flower to sit on in the warm sun. I'll miss you.
Nothing wrong with crying over a loss. HUGS!
ReplyDeleteSweetie, I send you really big hugs in your loss of Evra. It is perfectly fine and a good thing to grieve over a lost pet. I know you'll miss this little guy...
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry. Losing a pet is always so very difficult. Big hugs all around. :)
ReplyDeleteAwwww...I'm sorry. I cried over loosing my hamster a couple of years ago. It's nothing to be ashamed of...
ReplyDeleteIt's time to get a dog ;o)
I cried over a hermit crab. Somehow, even the littlest pets can get to our heartstrings.
ReplyDeleteAll of Gods creatures deserve to be loved.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about Evra m'dear but he had a good life with you. x
ReplyDeleteAwwwww, Linda, I'm so sorry to hear about Evra:-( I don't care what type of animal or insect...a pet is a pet and when they die, our hearts are broken. I had a friend who had a tiny lizard like that when I was a young girl and he'd let me feed it once in a while. He had told me about them changing colours but every time I would see it, it was always green so I guess it was a happy lizard! lol Sending you big hugs across the miles. xoxo
ReplyDeletea pet is a family member. And Evra was a cutie pie!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Hugs and sympathetic pats. A pet is a member of the family and a keeper of company and confidences. Loss and tears are totally normal reactions of empathy and you are possessed of one the worlds more empathetic hearts.
ReplyDeleteoh i'm sorry honey. really sorry...
ReplyDeletehugs, bee
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I'm glad you had the pleasure and joy of taking care of Evra for a while.
ReplyDelete((Linda))
So sorry to hear about poor little Evra! I've felt the loss of every pet deeply, even the tiny ones like turtles and rodents. You do become attached to them and miss them when they're gone. It's nice that you found a special place for him. . .
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for your loss Linda. Although I was pretty angry about my daughter getting an Iguana, I too became attached to it. When it died, it was me who shed the tears.
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