Grey and the lizard

My bride, Betty, gave out a war-whoop earlier today, and I left the computer and went running and she was pointing to Grey, our 8 yr Manx-Munchkin and he had just come through the pet door from the unfinished basement and had captured a large lizard and was staring at us with the critter still wiggling like an animated Fu-Manchu moustache, and then to Betty's protestations, he dropped it on the carpet and proceeded to start toying with it.

He apparently hadn't delivered enough "slowdown" to the lizard, for in a burst of speed, it managed to get under the entertainment center, and now Betty is fretting about not being able to nap on the couch in the living room as she likes to do for fear that the lizard will run across her face.

It doesn't help much when I tell her not to worry, that if it does run across her face, that Grey will be right on it with all his claws, nor does it help when I suggest that the lizard might run up her pants leg instead of across her face.

Betty is a worry-wart.

Leonard

EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

I'm the same way with lizards!!!!!! Oh it's giving me the chills just thinking about it!

Goose likes to bring me "lizard presents" all the time....especially when I'm sick. I'll open the back door to go somewhere and there it is - either a dead lizard or one whose on it's journey.

We get those "gekkos" (the pink lizards) in our house sometimes, I won't let my husband go to sleep until he catches it. Lucky for him our son loves lizards so now he can catch 'em for me too!

Ok, I never knew there were lizards outside in the South US of A that were as common as squirrels in the backyard.

I am planning a trip to New Orleans this late summer..Now, I am worried.

Though they have the bigger lizards there, with teeth!

Ohhh I LOVE New Orleans!

Never seen a lizzard there though, usually in Florida.

I did see one with really big teeth in the Zoo there. They have an AWESOME zoo. If you have the time, it's worth the time spent.

I can't wait to get back the someday.....

Bobbie

Originally Posted by 4kids4cats

Ohhh I LOVE New Orleans!

Never seen a lizzard there though, usually in Florida.

I did see one with really big teeth in the Zoo there. They have an AWESOME zoo. If you have the time, it's worth the time spent.

I can't wait to get back the someday.....

Bobbie

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Thanks!
I actually meant alligators when I said big uns with teeth
I am certain that when I go there, I will be the first Canadian tourist to be gobbled up while walking down the street and as Canadians tend to be reserved and less ummmm....loud than Americans, no one will hear my screams....


No, I am not paranoid

Thanks for the suggestion! I am practicing my New Orleans speak daily so I don't sound weird...

Cheers..

Lovey, when you come through Tennessee on your way south, blow your horn and wave, and we will wave back ! !

Your kitty looks exactly like our Grey, except that Grey has the affected Munchkin front-end and the high-lift stumpy Manx rear.

The lizards around here are called, I think, Skinks, and when they are chased or caught will often willfully drop their tails right at the end of their body and the tail will thrash about and wiggle for a minute or so to catch the attention of the predator while the lizard makes an escape and lives to grow another tail.

Leonard.

Little did I think when I built a rock garden right outside my front door that it would be a perfect place for lizards to sun themselves. And of course the cats are quite sure it is for their benefit and bring them in regularly. But I freaked the other day when I came home and found a SNAKE on the floor - minus head and tail - just around 18 inches of body. I dread to think what happened when I was out....

Jenny, just be glad you have such efficient and beautiful snake-killers ! !

Leonard

Lizards I can handle, but I am so scared of snakes. If I saw one in my house I would most likely pass out. ewww, my skin is crawling right now thinking about it.

Originally Posted by winwin

Lovey, when you come through Tennessee on your way south, blow your horn and wave, and we will wave back ! !

Your kitty looks exactly like our Grey, except that Grey has the affected Munchkin front-end and the high-lift stumpy Manx rear.

The lizards around here are called, I think, Skinks, and when they are chased or caught will often willfully drop their tails right at the end of their body and the tail will thrash about and wiggle for a minute or so to catch the attention of the predator while the lizard makes an escape and lives to grow another tail.

Leonard.

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Ok, another note to self that we would be driving through Tennessee.
I did not know that but don't worry, I am not completely daft in terms of US geography...!

I will wave and say y'all at the end...!

I DO not, however, want to see anything which may be called a "skink"

When we lived in Texas, we had what I called the small "wall lizards" (you'd see them climbing the brick walls outside). Max, our Manx had tail envy. There wasn't a lizard that made it in the house intact that didn't leave without his tail. Max would grab it by the tail, which or course would snap off and the lizard would scamper away. Max would bring us the tail very proudly, sometimes still wiggling in his mouth. I got over the creepiness of it over time.

We constantly have tailless garter snakes and lizards in our yard. Jamie eats the tails while they're still wiggling, and his litter box stinks the next day. My husband has been talking about seeing a salamander in the front yard for several days, and I keep telling him it's probably a skink, because salamanders like water, and the pond is in the backyard. He caught it today - it's a salamander.

Here's a local "lizard" story: At the end of last week, two fishermen claimed they saw a six-foot alligator in a nearby lake. We don't have alligators here, but since it was possible that somebody dumped a pet that got too big, teams searched the lake all weekend. Well, they found it yesterday, only it was a six-foot catfish, behaving oddly because it's mating season. The suspicion is that it's the same catfish that ate a dog swimming in the lake last year.