Farewell to Tarragon

[Catherine]

I miss her. She was such a little character.
I think she had a good long life and she may have been much older than I know. Skinks are funny little creatures and you just can't judge their ages. It take at least two years to reach maturity and she was mature when I got her. She was always tame so she may have been someone else's pet for years before I got her. The natural span is 15-20 years and I know she was older that 14 years. Who knows, maybe she was twenty.

She was cute and perky and very active when it came to food and very quiet when it came to basking in the heat light. She was always so easy to have around. Her colour was brighter when she was younger so she must have been very old. She was just so pretty and graceful. I loved how she would sit on my hand and let me hand feed her.

Ten years ago she got out and it took three days to find her. I was so scared that I would never see her again. I was so relieved when we found her. Who would have guessed that she would still be with my all these years later.

I am going to miss my little Tarragon. We had our own special closeness.