You know there are a couple newts in the house when...

[kaysie]

134. You happily hack poor defenseless worms to bits and feed them to your newts.

 

[paris]

135. you wish every year was 'miller time' (referring to miller moth plagues that happen about every 10 years here)

136. it takes you 9 1/2 HOURS to do 'the dishes'

 

[clarence]

137. You can quote the name, age, weight, length, and gender of each animal in your collection, but you can't remember today's date to save your life.

138. you sell off your furniture to buy new and bigger tanks

139. Your skin takes on a pale, moist appearance as your hair starts sluffing off.

140. your water bill equals all your other bills combined.

141. you regret that your human development didn't include a larval stage

 

[joeri]

142. when you cut your finger you smile and say "It will grow back"

143. you consider writing a short message in the local newspaper to find a buddy for your newt

 

[al]

143. In the Middle of the night, you sit straight up in bed and say to your spouse, "Don't move! Don't move!" she bleary-eyed says "What!?" Then you say: "A salamander..." and go back to bed.

Your spouse is not amused and you wonder where you got all those bruises from the next morning!

 

[lims]

when the house stinks because you're boiling wood again

 

[Otterwoman]

You invite people over to meet your new pet tiger and they know it's not a mammal

 

[angelkitty]

146. you HATE bugs but have 100s of crickets in little plastic containers
147. you HATE bugs but want to start breeding crickets-it's cheaper that way
148. you spend your last $20 on cool stuff for the tank
149. you realize that the 800+ pictures on your digital camera are 90% of your animals "posing" for you
150. you talk to your newt and actually think he's talking back - mine does though, really he does!!!
Angel :angel:

 

[freves]

You spend 13,000 dollars on a room that is primarily for the newts.
Chip

 

[salamanderguy]

152.you throw a baby shower for the babie larvae that hatched but dont even look at your neighors baby
153. you find going to L.A. boring because all the standing water will kill newts and you get bored after 10 minutes in disney land.

 

[fishkeeper]

154: chytrid is the new c-word, and the object of a few bad dreams

 

[paris]

you find a dried long item stuck at the bottom of the fridge and only close examination will determine if its a noodle or an escaped worm.

 

[gr33neyes]

just gone right off my chow mein

 

[marco]

156 - you begin to dream about hunting for fire salamanders, only to wake up serverly dissapointed in the morning that those huge females you found were but a figment of your imagination.

 

[oregon newt]

157-when you get a net and a nice pair of boots for christmas
158-when you're stopped at the airport because fo your strange herping equipment that is considered a weapon
159-when you join a newt forum
160-when you get your kid a mudpuppy instead of a real puppy
161-when you don't have a house but your newts do:rofl::grin::bowl::lol::lick::tongue:

 

[oregon newt]

162-Ask the guy at the bait store for some nightcrawlers in winter.

 

[RICH123]

when you spend pretty much your whole pay check on things that benifit your newts instead of yourself and worry about there health more than your own hahaha