Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Jun 15, 2022 22:19:27 GMT
I’d take it as proof of serious global warming, figure we’ve got maybe 10 years left, and become a prepper. (Lizards aren’t really a thing here.)
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 15, 2022 22:54:39 GMT
I once showered with a lizard in Palau. We reached an agreement to both stay on our own sides and got on famously.
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Post by whipea on Jun 16, 2022 0:11:52 GMT
South Florida and have tons of lizards. The most common are standard little narrow brown ones, the beefy curly tails (Leiocephalidae) that will eat french fries and about anything including smaller lizards. Then there are the bigger Jesus Lizards (common basilisk). The Jesus Lizards look like little Tyrannosaurus dinosaurs and they run across the surface of water without sinking. They can get about a foot long.
Sometimes we the regular lizards in the house and I make an effort to capture them and bring them outside. I think they are cute and interesting.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 16, 2022 0:20:51 GMT
When I was a child a lizard came into our house. My mom and I freaked out. My dad went to deal with it. He had just gotten home from work and was still in his nice work clothes. He bent over to pick up the lizard to take it outside and his pant split right down the middle. One of the funniest things I have ever seen, I still remember the visual.
So if a lizard came into my house, which totally could happen we have tons in our backyard, I’d tell my husband to check his pants before he bent over!
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 16, 2022 0:41:53 GMT
I’m in the “eh it’s a lizard” camp and would try and catch and release it before one of the cats could harm the poor guy
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Post by MichyM on Jun 16, 2022 0:49:36 GMT
My first reaction, honestly? It would be to quickly put the macro lens on my camera and try and get some decent pics.  Then I'd try and catch it and put it outside. Now, if it was a spider, or a snake, or a mouse, my reaction would be completely different! |
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 16, 2022 2:07:27 GMT
We have a neighborhood geckoish friend that used to come in on warm days. I'd just slip a colander over him and put a thin piece of cardboard under it and walk him outside. (Thanks Mrs. Frisby for the idea.) He then met my Harley and I thought I saved him, but he hasn't been back since. Kind of miss him.  |
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tanya2
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Post by tanya2 on Jun 16, 2022 2:45:46 GMT
We have geckos in our other house down south all the time. Inside & out. They sure do make a lot of noise in the evenings! And yes I thought we had mice for awhile too until I realized it was gecko poop not mouse poop. But otherwise I ignore them because I know they eat the bugs so they can be anywhere they want. They don't want to be near me anymore than I want to be near them.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 16, 2022 2:53:33 GMT
My first reaction, honestly? It would be to quickly put the macro lens on my camera and try and get some decent pics.  Then I'd try and catch it and put it outside. Now, if it was a spider, or a snake, or a mouse, my reaction would be completely different! I'd be startled by a snake and definitely get it out quickly, but the rest are no bid deal for me. Today I was working on pulling tiny acorn trees from my rock wall and a 2 foot snake skin was stretched across some rocks. I was startled. Then I found two more. I am assuming one snake has some skin problems! |
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Post by rodeomom on Jun 16, 2022 2:56:51 GMT
I’d take it as proof of serious global warming, figure we’ve got maybe 10 years left, and become a prepper. (Lizards aren’t really a thing here.) I thought you lived in Oklahoma? Or I'm I thinking of another pea? I live in south eastern Oklahoma and we had a lizard in the house this weekend. |
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Post by Gennifer on Jun 16, 2022 4:47:21 GMT
I’d take it as proof of serious global warming, figure we’ve got maybe 10 years left, and become a prepper. (Lizards aren’t really a thing here.) I thought you lived in Oklahoma? Or I'm I thinking of another pea? I live in south eastern Oklahoma and we had a lizard in the house this weekend. Not me. I’m near Park City, Utah. |
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ComplicatedLady
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jun 16, 2022 6:30:51 GMT
Well, now I wouldn’t stress too much.
However, there was a point in my life where I would freak out about a lizard.
I grew up in the Midwest and lizards weren’t common. At least I never (rarely?) saw a lizard while playing outside.
I moved to central Texas after college and the first time I saw a little gecko in my house, I about freaked out. I called a friend from California to ask if having a lizard in the house was a pest emergency. She said no and asked if I wanted her to come get it.
After that I was ok.
Now I live in AZ and see lizards fairly often. I don’t particularly want them in my house, but I no longer freak out if I see one inside.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 16, 2022 9:45:07 GMT
I'm British so we don't have lizards in the house other than our pet gecko. But in Singapore we thought they were adorable and our reaction would be "CUTE" and then we'd leave it alone or watch what it did. I did have one climb on my foot once, and its tiny cold feet made me jump, but I wasn't scared. In Australia we were never sure whether they might be dangerous, as so many wild creatures are. Even there, there's no way we would freak out though. Are there dangerous lizards where you live librarylady? That's the only reason I can think of for wanting to kill something. I would still try to evict it myself first. |
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Post by librarylady on Jun 16, 2022 12:25:51 GMT
I'm British so we don't have lizards in the house other than our pet gecko. But in Singapore we thought they were adorable and our reaction would be "CUTE" and then we'd leave it alone or watch what it did. I did have one climb on my foot once, and its tiny cold feet made me jump, but I wasn't scared. In Australia we were never sure whether they might be dangerous, as so many wild creatures are. Even there, there's no way we would freak out though. Are there dangerous lizards where you live librarylady ? That's the only reason I can think of for wanting to kill something. I would still try to evict it myself first. No dangerous lizards here. It is a case of a mother and daughter who are 100% unfamiliar with anything outdoors. The mother is very much into sex roles. (Girls don't do that! -- type female) My sister owns a ranch in Oklahoma and the granddaughter has never even visited because that is "not for girls." 2 years ago the granddaughter wanted to go because she was curious about what her father and brother did over at the ranch. Her mother was very opposed to the girl even going over to the ranch. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2022 12:44:44 GMT
In my area? I'd wonder how did someone's pet end up in my house.
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 16, 2022 19:37:58 GMT
I'm British so we don't have lizards in the house other than our pet gecko. But in Singapore we thought they were adorable and our reaction would be "CUTE" and then we'd leave it alone or watch what it did. I did have one climb on my foot once, and its tiny cold feet made me jump, but I wasn't scared. In Australia we were never sure whether they might be dangerous, as so many wild creatures are. Even there, there's no way we would freak out though. Are there dangerous lizards where you live librarylady ? That's the only reason I can think of for wanting to kill something. I would still try to evict it myself first. No dangerous lizards here. It is a case of a mother and daughter who are 100% unfamiliar with anything outdoors. The mother is very much into sex roles. (Girls don't do that! -- type female) My sister owns a ranch in Oklahoma and the granddaughter has never even visited because that is "not for girls." 2 years ago the granddaughter wanted to go because she was curious about what her father and brother did over at the ranch. Her mother was very opposed to the girl even going over to the ranch. I find that really sad. Poor both of them. They don't know what they're missing. |
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Post by deekaye on Jun 16, 2022 20:07:52 GMT
Me: meh, it is a lizard. I'd try to catch it and release it outside. This ^^ I'd kind of be like this but I would hope someone ELSE would catch it and release it outside. If no one was available, I'd do it but I wouldn't like it... And call the exterminator? Wash the sheets? Oh my....  |
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Post by tincin on Jun 17, 2022 2:43:45 GMT
Burn the house down. 😂
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Post by Zee on Jun 17, 2022 2:47:10 GMT
I'm British so we don't have lizards in the house other than our pet gecko. But in Singapore we thought they were adorable and our reaction would be "CUTE" and then we'd leave it alone or watch what it did. I did have one climb on my foot once, and its tiny cold feet made me jump, but I wasn't scared. In Australia we were never sure whether they might be dangerous, as so many wild creatures are. Even there, there's no way we would freak out though. Are there dangerous lizards where you live librarylady ? That's the only reason I can think of for wanting to kill something. I would still try to evict it myself first. No dangerous lizards here. It is a case of a mother and daughter who are 100% unfamiliar with anything outdoors. The mother is very much into sex roles. (Girls don't do that! -- type female) My sister owns a ranch in Oklahoma and the granddaughter has never even visited because that is "not for girls." 2 years ago the granddaughter wanted to go because she was curious about what her father and brother did over at the ranch. Her mother was very opposed to the girl even going over to the ranch. What the hell IS going on at the ranch? Lol how...odd Women have been living on ranches since ranches were invented. You know, cooking and cleaning and birthing and things, so you'd think she would be on board with helping the menfolks. |
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Post by librarylady on Jun 17, 2022 2:49:49 GMT
Related story:
My great nephew was visiting (along with several family members) in my mother's home, which is vacant most of the time. Nephew was about 4 years old at the time. He was afraid of the anoles that hang out there. I was holding the anole and telling him that the lizard could not hurt him--"Look how small it is and how large you are. Look at its small mouth, it can't bite you if it wants to." About that time, the anole DID snap its jaws on nephew's little finger. The adults were shocked. The nephew screamed and tried to shake it off--that anole held on tight. We finally got the anole off his hand, but I felt just awful about the entire thing. Nephew is now age 25. I recently asked his mother if he had been traumatized with the incident and was still afraid of anoles. She said no, he had no lizard fear now that he is grown.
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Post by samantha25 on Jun 17, 2022 3:05:17 GMT
Haven't read the responses, but at least better than a spider or other bugs as it won't land in your mouth or bite you... lol
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Post by artbabe on Jun 17, 2022 11:07:02 GMT
I found a small live snake in my bedroom once. The cats drug it out from my dirt crawlspace in the basement. I used a stick to pick it up, put it in a bag, and put the open bag on my porch. The next day the bag was empty so I assume he went on his merry way.
Snakes have lives, too. I never understood killing reptiles just because they exist. And lizards are cute.
I did close off the crawl space so the cats wouldn't bring any more up, though.
It never occurred to me to call an exterminator or wash everything. Simple problem, simple fix. And neither the snake nor I am any worse for it.
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Post by smasonnc on Jun 18, 2022 12:29:16 GMT
It must be exhausting being so easily freaked out.
Not for girls? Uggh!! She must have missed all those women burning their bras in the 70s. It’s the millennium, baby. We capture our own lizards now.
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Jun 18, 2022 23:24:52 GMT
….would look up the lizard totem to see if he had a message for me. It may be common in other places of the world but here in Cali our lizards almost always stay outside.
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Then I'd try and catch it and put it outside.
Then I'd try and catch it and put it outside.
