I once had a monitor lizard. It was supposed to grow to near 6 feet in length before it died, and when it was young it was lightning fast. It would whip his tail, stand up on all fours and hiss out of defiance.
How long did you have it? What did you feed it and where did you house it?
Was it friendly towards you?
When I was a child, my uncle took me to the store. We saw chameleons and he bought me one. Not really a good present for a girl!
Also, we were so clueless, we didn't even ask about what food to buy for it!
It died of course, poor thing.
Afterwards I got two more chameleons and got the Mealy worms to feed them. I hated those beetles and worms! We couldn't have pets in our apartment so I guess I was desperate for some kind of pet.
Once when I was cleaning their tank in the bathtub, the big one latched onto my finger and was dangling as I was screaming! He finally fell into the tub. By that time my mother came due to the screaming! We threw a washcloth over him to catch him.
No more lizards after that.