Reasons/tactics to get a gecko? :D

[Bodon]

Tell your dad kids who own reptiles do 48% better on tests in school, are 29% less likely to start drugs and 75% more likely to get into a good college. Then tell him 90% of college students have owned or do own a reptile and for each reptile you own your chances of being successful in life go up by 5%. With all of these stats your dad will feel compelled to allow another gecko. And although these are all made up figures, stats can be used to prove anything, 3 out of 5 people know that.

 

[T-AL]

I just want you "younger" people not to feel like I'm chastising you or trying to tell you how to live your life. I was probably the same way at your age, I know I took advantage of a lot of stuff.

Agree...I feel the same.

 

[kyahbean]

Not that I'm all old or anything. I'm only 26 lol

 

[acpart]

I'm an "older" person (I have two 15 year old sons and an even older daughter) but I'll give you a perspective you haven't gotten yet on this thread. Only you know what the culture of your family is like. By this I mean that in some families, the parents' "no" means "no" and it is a mistake to "go behind their backs". In other families, the "no" is kind of a half-hearted "I don't want to be responsible for giving permission" response and it does work out within the family to go and do it anyway as long as the person can take responsibility for it (but if they can't, the parents get to say "I told you so"). In still other families,the parents are actually waiting for the kid to make his case, when their answer might change. Some of the people in the thread who say they got a gecko anyway may know that they come from families where the "no" isn't really a "no". I do agree, that in general, not being able to take "no" seriously is a problem for both the people who give that answer and for the people who ignore it,and it's not a good idea to perpetuate it. You've gotten a real range of responses to your question and now I guess you have to figure out not only what will "work", but what's good advice for your situation, what will be the best situation for your family and also how you want your own ethical development to proceed. And all that from wanting to buy another gecko . . .

Aliza

 

[T-AL]

What she said. ^^^

 

[Shem]

Pick a day where he's in a good mood, then sit him down and maturely tell him you would like his permission to get a second, make it clear that you know what you're doing, If he asks any questions about anything related, make sure you have an awnser. If he denies you, don't argue or whine, just maturely walk away and try again another time.

That's how I got my anti-animal mom to say okay to breeding.

 

[Stitchex]

I got my first Leo when I was 11, at the end of 5th grade. My mom was quite emotional over this(as she is with everything), and she said that she would get me something from this one restaurant or something as a gift. So I asked instead..."Mom...what about a Leopard gecko?" Of course, just telling your dad the reason you want another Leo would probably be the best. I would just ask for one every so often, in special events, like on my birthday(got Amber that way), holidays, that stuff. I like Shem's idea too....might use it sometime:main_laugh:. And as for people asking how a 13 year old might properly take care of a gecko...What I did was save up my money, I bought all but the geckos(bought Lyra, though), and I started breeding mealies that same year for the food. Okay, I sort of rambled on....hehe..