Hi, I'm Winston!

Sex: I never get any! *sigh* I am male if you would like to know.
Age: approximately 2 years

Now for the questions I am asked most often...

What do you eat?
My diet is based mostly on leafy greens: Collards especially, with some mustard and turnip greens, kale, and parsley. I also eat carrots, bell peppers, celery, onion, tomato, eggplant, butternut or acorn squash, radish and sweet potato. I absolutely adore fruits: papaya, strawberries, grapes, apple, mango, and my FAVORITE food in the whole world is BANANA. And you will be impressed to know I actually eat dry iguana food. If left up to me I would eat iguana pellets instead of my usual diet!!! Nic gives me this if she goes out of town for a weekend.

What is an ideal day like for you?
I hear Nic's alarm clock go off, but do not move. She turns on my UV light and I open my eyes. *sigh* I do NOT like this. DAMMIT, I AM NOT A MORNING IG!!! I doze off. An hour later she is leaning over my cage. "Winston, wake up iggy boy" in that silly tone of voice. I glare at her, then pull my head further under the log. No way am I getting up. I am tired. Basking is too much work. Leave me alone.

Later in the day I drag myself out from under the log, and crawl on top to bask in the warmth of my heat light. I get hungry but Nic is gone. She comes back in the afternoon and serves me carrots and celery on a bed of collard and turnip greens, garnished with strawberries and calcium powder. I feel like royalty while eating this delicious cuisine. Then my dish is empty and I need to poop!

I am picked up and carried to the bathtub. This is fun time for me, I like to squirm and make it difficult on her to carry me. *chuckles* I poop in the tub. Sometimes she is out of the room and doesn't pick me up immediately, so I scramble to get out of the tub. I never can get out, but I sometimes smear my poop all over the tub so she has EXTRA fun cleaning it up. If I am really dirty she puts me back in warm water to rinse myself. If I didn't smear, she places me directly on the bathroom floor to run around. Sometimes she even sits on the side of the tub and sings to me after cleaning up the mess. I crawl up her leg and sit on her lap. If I am in the mood for more, I climb all the way up onto her shoulders and head, and poke my head up into the air. I am really handsome when I do this. Or so she says.


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October 5, 2001 - Usually I am in my cage, but on the particular night these pics were taken, I got cranky and escaped. My human was on her computer when I crept into the living room. She couldn't see me very well because the room was dark. It scared her!!! After she got over the shock of my escape, she fed me squash and green peppers, and I spent the night behind the fridge. That's my favorite spot, but Nic hates when I get back there. Because it's so warm and cozy that I don't like to come back out into the open! So she has to MOVE the fridge, put on her thick gloves (I have a temper, hee hee) and carry me back to that claustrophic thing she keeps me in. I really hate that thing. Know anyone with good cage building skills?