that doesnt matter. the road to hell is paved with good intentions. he treated puff like a teddy ruxbin doll, never respected his space, never set up a proper den, never set up a consistent feeding schedule, diet, cleaning regiment, (both for the tank and puff) exercise or provided any type of mental stimulation for the animal outside of blowing marijuana in its face. Cold blodded animals arent supposed to be taken out of their tank nearly as often as he was. Clint is a stereotypical GenX burnout, so im very surprised he never showed josh 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' where animal husbandry is a sub-theme of the novella. Maybe he tried, if he did, like everything elese, it didnt take.