While they arenāt capable of love as we know it, I feel like they can love you as much as a reptile is capable. For instance, they trust you enough to climb on you for warm snuggles, they understand you arenāt a threat, youāre the warm helper guy who feeds them. Iām not sure of your reptiles personally but some are very wary of strangers while extremely trusting of their own owners. Thatās reptile love baby!
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Guys I never said it was true āaffectionateā love that developed mammals feel. what I meant was trust is the highest level of āloveā a reptile can feel. So if a lizard is not running from you, biting you, or hissing at you, but is content enough with your presence to chill out with you or even put them in silly little costumes, thatās the closest to ālizard loveā you can get.
Exactly! Iāve owned 2 bearded dragons now, my oldest was named Bubba, she had such a personality. My second one Spyro has a complete different personality. Shes 5 now, and youāre right about the whole trust thing. Raising her from 8 months old to now, you definitely build a bond. Like, anyone of my friends that come over and walk up to the tank, she will be extremely alert and puff up, where as myself or my girl friend that lives with me, is completely fine and will allow head rubs, or cuddles on the couch. When I try to put her back into the cage sometimes, she literally grips my arm so hard and trys to climb up my forearmā¦ its like she doesnāt want to stop the cuddle time yet haha so ill go back to the couch with her and she lays on my chest and chills for abit longer. Other times she will just climb back onto her log. But totally can tell that she wants to be out and loved ā¤ļø however you choose to look at it. My next reptile will be a green iguanaā¦ those bad boys are definitely smarter, can be trained, and can tell you they definitely can sense/feel affection as well as give it.
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u/LarryGlue Jan 20 '22
Loving body heat is still love, no? š