He's been wandering back and forth back and forth, all over the small little yard space, trying to find a way out.
This has happened twice before. The first time, he climbed up the wall and back on to the roof. The second time was the time we had the back door open and he came in and wouldn't leave.
This time, the back door is closed - we learned, but evidently, the lizard didn't - so he's not coming in.
And no, I haven't gotten close enough to tell if it's actually a he.
At any rate, he's been walking around back there, walking over and ruining plants for the last hour or so. He won't leave!
[ January 05, 2006, 09:55 AM: Message edited by: quidscribis ]
Posted by sarcare (Member # 8736) on :
Those are scary looking critters--I'm still creeped out by the size of the claws on the pics you posted!
Does the lizard appear dazed? Maybe hurt in the fall, and can't figure out how to get out? How big is this one?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Don't kill him!
*loves lizards*
Posted by sarcare (Member # 8736) on :
have you seen these lizards ?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
She won't kill him-- it would probably bring down the blood vengance of the other lizards. Plus, she'd have to get close enough to, you know, kill him. Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
OOoo....will you post the pictures again, or at least the link to the link of the pictures? I personally would laugh hysterically if that happened, but that's just me.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I haven't seen these lizards, no. They sound icky.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
Get a shovel, lift him out of your yard, and set him down far, far away. If he tries to claw out your eyes, close them as tight as you can and chant, "I do believe in fairies, I do! I do!"
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
We've now figured out what all the commotion was earlier - I watched it try to climb up the wall, but then it fell over. From the noise, it's done this at least three times. I don't think it can get out, or at least, it hasn't figured out how yet. I think it's too heavy to climb up a wall - it just falls over.
It's been about an hour and a half since it landed down here.
The good thing is that it's leaving Oberon alone. Oberon, of course, is watching the lizard and wondering what the heck is going on, but has figured out that the lizard is no threat to him.
This is just... Seige by Lizard. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Um, this lizard is about four feet long. And no, I am NOT getting close enough to kill it. Cuz, you know, it could claw my throat out. Or break my legs. Or something. Nope. Ain't gonna make my day.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
He looks delicious.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
What about hiring some local teenage boys to chase it out with sticks?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
How cute!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Delicious he might be, but I'm not gonna wrangle the thing into a pot. Yikes!
kq, They would have to chase it out through our house. There is no other way out of the back yard.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
That thing is awesome! Possibly, and this is just a suggestion, set up a ramp or something so he has some way to get over the fence. Stack chairs or something like that.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Of course you're not going to wrangle him into a pot! He'd be much better barbecued.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Sure, Evie, and I'll just go out back and do that. In easy reach of the thing so it can claw my eyes out.
In all seriousness, yes, it's a good idea, and no, I really don't mean to mock you, but I'm not willing to put my personal safety at risk. And if I went back there, it would be.
Oberon's safe - he can jump and run way way faster than I can, plus he apparently is small enough that the lizard doesn't find him at all threatening.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
I totally understand. No hard feelings. Do you have any protective gear?
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Wow, that thing makes our Florida lizards look like insects.
What kind of lizard is that, anyway?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Croc Hunter aside, a four foot monitor is nothing to muck with, mate. I take it there's no animal control or zoo that could help you out?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
We don't have a barbecue. *hangs head in shame* Those things are notoriously difficult to acquire here, and locals just don't understand what barbecue is.
Although I could set a fire and roast him over a pit or something. The next door neighbors have that, although I'm really not sure what they burn in it.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I was thinking a pit, yes. Although I've got to admit I wouldn't be too interested in skewring him myself. I've heard that iguana tails make great steaks, though, and that thing's probably related.
Ela -- it's a roof lizard, of course. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
TheTick Thanks, mate, I need that. *wipes tears*
IF animal control existed, they'd do nothing more than laugh at us. These lizards are everywhere, and lots of people have them living on their roofs. Heck, we've got at least two more up there now. If this one died or left or something, those other two would just have bigger hunting grounds until one of them fell off. If they left, then others would take over residency.
This is just a fact of life here.
But these are monitor lizards, then?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
It tried climbing our window. Course, it didn't work well, being glass and all. Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Did it scratch the window at all?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Can they climb ladders? What if you gave him a ladder, either out the yard or back onto the roof?
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
KQ, I suggested that, and it didn't go over so well. I think the problem is just going out in the backyard in the first place.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, she has a big strong macho husband.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
I do believe in fairies, I do, I do . . .
*chases lizard out of Quid's yard*
Actually, when I read the title of this thread, I thought you were talkin' 'bout one of those little anoles and couldn't figure out why you were making a big deal about it.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Originally posted by ElJay: Ela -- it's a roof lizard, of course.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Um, big strong hairy husband is working, and that's his excuse. In reality, he's a big strong scaredy cat.
As far as he's concerned, it's no big deal. After all, he's a local, and this is just life as usual. He does, however, think I'm nuts for taking so many pictures.
I'm cleaning them up before I post them. I've taken over a hundred so far. Because, you know, that's my OCD. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
If I lived closer, I'd lend you my big strong macho husband. He's been bit by scarier teeth and scratched by larger claws than that lizard's got, and he's always wanted to be the Crocodile Hunter. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Oh crap. I should have started cooking lunch like a half hour ago. And I should have started washing dishes like a half hour before that. Oh no! He gets grumpy when he's not fed! And no, I'm not talking about the lizard - I'm talking about Fahim.
It's trying to climb up the glass again. We're scared it's going to eventually break the glass. Of course, it doesn't get very far, but does make a lot of rubbing noises as he slides down. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
What, he doesn't eat sandwiches?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Good grief. That thing looks like a Komodo dragon or a Gila monster! "Lizard" it may be -- BIG lizard!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Nope, kq, not usually. Plus I haven't cooked in three days - you know, period from hell and me whimpering on the couch - so I actually feel sorry for him for not having had decent meals in days. So cooking it is.
But the fish is almost done, the rice is, and the eggplant and the peppers are coming along nicely.
We haven't heard the lizard since the third time he tried to climb the windows and the sounds of him rubbing against the glass on his way down. We don't know if he's actually gone or if he's sunning himself somewhere just out of sight.
In all of this, after Oberon figured out that the lizard was no threat, he plopped himself down and watched the lizard going back and forth and back and forth and... Oberon's got hisself some free entertainmunt! Ayup!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
We still haven't heard the lizard since I mentioned it above. I can't tell if it's actually gone or just napping. I guess we'll find out eventually.
Anyway, nutcase that I am, I've gone through the photos & cropped 'em and posted them up on my website, so you can go take a look at them now. Cuz, ya know, I want you to feel my pain. So here they are. Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
WOW. Thaaat is a DINOSAUR. I thought you meant a cute gecko or little chameleon thing. That thing breathes fire, I'm sure of it.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Geckos are not cute. Neither are chameleons. We have both in this house.
This time, I got a very good look at its forked tongue - a good four or so inches outside of its mouth! Ew!
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
I like geckos. Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Awww, he's a cute lizard!
I love lizards. And also big snakes. Perhaps because when I was little, the science museum used to let us place with fourteen-foot boa constrictors.
-pH
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
About 3 this afternoon, a good five hours after this all began and two and a half hours after we last heard the lizard, I finally had the guts to actually go outside and check.
Yep, it was gone.
And yep, Oberon still has all his limbs.
The lizard managed to climb his way out without falling off the wall - yay! And then we heard more noises from the roof, which is usually lizard, but since there are three up there most of the time, I can't say with certainty that our fallen lizard was among them.
But he's no longer down here, so yay! Only 2 1/2 hours that dratted lizard was down here.
Edited because, while geckos may be lizards, this lizard was no gecko.
[ January 05, 2006, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: quidscribis ]
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
That is one freakin' big lizard in your photo!
You know, when I think "tropical paradise", lizards camping on the roof doesn't spring to mind. But I guess it's a package deal... Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
When I read the title I kind of expected a small army of little gecko-like lizards. Somehow this strikes me as freakier. Annie, get your gun, freakier. Yay for it being gone!
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Oh cool a monitor. Those things are awesome. Though, I think they are mildly poisonous... I can't remember, its been a while since I did any serious research into lizards.
Posted by sarcare (Member # 8736) on :
I looked up these freaky monitor lizards, and apparently they come in water and land varieties. The Land ones eat bugs and stuff--mostly small stuff according to the site I read. They are also frequently killed for their skins, go figure.
The water ones are even more scary, they get to be up to 3 meters long, which makes them the second largest lizards. And they are carnivores, so they will totally eat you. Plus it said they will live in ditches by the side of the road, so watch out!
Here is the website, if anyone else is interested web page on lizards Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Thanks sarcare!
Quid, I'm quite envious--I'd love to have had the opportunity to watch him. That picture of the dead lizard being eaten by ants was fascinating too, by the way. Its always interesting to see hordes of ants on cleanup detail.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
quote:If I lived closer, I'd lend you my big strong macho husband. He's been bit by scarier teeth and scratched by larger claws than that lizard's got, and he's always wanted to be the Crocodile Hunter.
Well, since no one said it ...
Ketchup, you really ought to stop biting and scratching, you're going to leave scars!
(Congrats on ... um ... doing nothing and letting the TMNLizard get itself out, Quid.) Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Alcon, I have no idea if this particular variety is poisonous. I only know that they're strong enough to cause us humans serious harm if they're freaked out and we're in their way.
Sarcare, thanks for the linky. Fahim also tells me that this type of lizard only eats small stuff like insects, so Oberon wasn't in any danger.
Ants, ick! Noemon, I'm glad you like 'em - you're more than welcome to come visit and play with the thousands and thousands of ants we have kicking around. Did you notice this pic? It's me, applying my borax/sugar poison and the ants sure are lovin' it! Until they all die, that is...
I gotta tell you, it sure is interesting living here, and yeah, I can understand you wanting to watch. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
*laughs& JennaDean, yeah, thanks for the congrats. Fahim just sat back the whole day, laughing at me taking all those pictures and watching the lizard. He just kept acting like it was no big deal, which, I suppose, if you've lived with this sort of thing your whole life, it is. *sigh*
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
That looks like some kind of monitor or goanna. They are poisonous, but only mildly so, and only if they bite you hard and long enough to grind their back teeth into the bite. The poison won't kill you - it breaks down the flesh and makes the area of the bite really susceptible to infection. It was only discovered a few months ago that monitor bites resulting in a nasty infection was actually due to this venom, and not to the fact that monitors just have really icky mouths. I wish I had lizards like that on my roof. That's way cool. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
*laughs*
I am amazed at people being jealous of the lizards on my roof. Honestly, I really am. This is... just a little too weird for me. I mean, I can understand it - if I was in your shoes reading about all this, that might be my reaction. But I'm strange!
Seriously, y'all, any of you want to come visit and experience lizards out your bedroom window (the pics I've taken of the lizards on the roof have been taken out of upstairs bedroom windows), you're more than welcome! Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by sarcare: And they are carnivores, so they will totally eat you.
I just woke up, and my contacts are blurry. It took me a minute to realize you weren't calling them camwhores.
-pH
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I knew Noemon would love those lizards.
We have lizards in Florida, but they are cute little lizards.
There was a little green lizard stuck in my daughter's window the other day, and we opened the window so he could escape.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
So, quid, did the borax and sugar actually kill them, then? My mom will be thrilled if it did.
Glad your lizard's gone.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ela: I knew Noemon would love those lizards.
You were right!
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
They are pretty cool. Though I don't know that I'd want one crawling around my yard.
I guess it's better than meeting up with a gator. Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quid, you know it's all your fault. I started reading this thread last night, and then I went and looked at the lizards on roof link, and then I started looking at a bunch of your other Sri Lanka pix (hope you don't mind), and then it was really really late . . .
and now I'm sleepy! what an interesting life you're leading. From Canada originally, right?
Oh, and Fahim looks a lot like a friend of mine who's half Sri Lankan. They could be siblings.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Neomon did you see the pictures I have of grasshopper sex?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
...grasshopper sex? >_<
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
kq, the borax and sugar kills the ants so incredibly well, it's delightful! Except that the big brown ants don't like it, won't touch it, and so it doesn't kill them. But it's killed every other variety of ants we have here. Yep, I'm delighted, too.
Uprooted, of course I don't mind you wandering through my photos - it's what they're there for. Yes, I'm from Canada, and Fahim's totally Sri Lankan. He's just really really pale compared to the rest of 'em.
kojabu, should I take pictures of centipede sex for you? O_o
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Yea! Man they were really going at it at the natural history museum in DC
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Well, okay then. Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I have Borax. I have sugar. I have many many red ants. What's the ratio?
My 7 yr old "innocent" son was very amused at the two monkeys at the zoo, who he must've thought were getting ready to play football or something.... Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Jenna, I did a 1:1 and it worked just fine. You should know how it works... The ants pick up the sugar/borax and take it back to the nest, where it's redistributed among the colony. So it kills the entire family - and it takes 2-3 days.
Here, where the humidity levels are so high, the sugar/borax will melt into a slab of the stuff in a couple or three hours rather than stay as individual crystals. So, when I put it out, if it's inside, I put it on a yoghurt lid or some such for easier cleanup. Outside, I don't particularly care.
With those tens of thousands of ants, I put out a few piles of sugar/borax that were each a couple of teaspoons and it did the trick. I probably didn't need to use anywhere near as much as that.
Good luck and may you be quickly ant free!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I think the lizards are really cute too! How fast do they move? I'm so glad the lizard escaped.
Would it be a good idea to lean a ladder (or build an easier escape path) to allow the lizards to climb out if they fall in again? What if one that's a whole lot bigger falls in? It would be nice to have something like that in place ahead of time, so you don't have to worry about it when the times comes. It might help Oberon as well, especially as he gets older and less able to jump long distances.
I have found various ways to coexist with animals here where I live (in a wooded area). I really love the feeling I get from being friendly with the local fauna. It's just awesome to look out the back window and see birds, chipmunks, squirrels, cats, racoons, etc. paying me a visit.
If lizards scare you, I promise that doing things to help them out in little ways will end your fear.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My mother will be so proud. Her homestyle non-toxic ant-killing solution worked. Even on mutant Sri Lankan ants. Except the ones that probably only eat meat or something.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Tatiana - when that lizard was startled, it moved at a pretty good pace. Faster than me, that's for sure, but I'm out of shape. Not faster than my cat, and he's pretty lazy for a cat. Um... I don't know how fast in miles per hour or kilometers per second or... And yeah, I'm also glad the lizard escaped, believe me.
From the site that sarcare provided (which is an excellent site, by the way, on everything from monitor lizards to all the varieties of geckos to other reptiles in Sri Lanka), it says that the monitor lizards here get to be 1.4 meters long, or 55 inches, or 4 feet 7 inches long and just over 10 kg, or 22 pounds. So the biggest one on our roof is about as big as they get. Hurray for that, at least.
And yeah, considering that this is the third (at least) time that a monitor lizard has been trapped in our back yard in the last 7 months, it might actually be time to consider doing something to help them escape.
But no, I will retain my fear. C'mon, I scream when I see geckos, and they're only two to six inches long. Oh hell, I scream when I see those tiny little frogs at my in-law's place in Kurunegala, and those are less than an inch!
kq, the one species of ants that won't eat the borax/sugar will eat leaves and other plant matter, so they're not exclusively meat eaters. Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Does Oberon stay away from the borax/sugar mix on his own or do you have to keep him away? I'm assuming it would hurt kitties too. Hmm, actually, I wonder what it would do to monitor lizards...
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
He doesn't go near the stuff. Well, he smells it, then sometimes he sneezes, and then he goes away.
Thing is, I don't know that I really want to kill the monitor lizards. By all accounts, they're why the squirrel and rat population is under control and why we don't have more bugs in the house, so I think we'll just leave them alone.
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
That's one big, cat-eating lizard sort of thing!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Lizard problem?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Goody, my mom recommends the soap and sugar thing specifically because kitties (and babies) can ingest enough to know they don't want to eat it without being hurt.
I don't know what it would do to lizards...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Shouldn't do much if anything. Borax works by causing scratches in the insect's exoskeleton. The insects dehydrate and die.
(Diatomaceous earth works much the same way.)
Since reptiles (and mammals) lack an exoskeleton, and all evidence indicates that one would need to ingest HUGE amounts of borax to get sufficient to be harmful by ingestion, they should not be affected.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Most it does to kitties and babies is make them throw up.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
aspectre, that is the oddest video I think I've ever seen. What in the heck was it? I feel sorry for the poor lizard. How did it get mixed up in that business anyway? It was minding its own lizard business, and then what happens?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Just a typical morning in Tokyo, with Godzilla terrorizing the natives.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Wow, quidscribis, that's a big lizard! How'd you get it out of your house that one time? Can't you call the animal control department?
Don't you live in Canada? I thought big lizards lived only in tropical areas.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
She lives in Sri Lanka. Did you miss the whole "Dear Hatrack, I'm getting married and moving to Sri Lanka" thing? (Which, I believe, was actually after the fact?)
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Lucky it's not a Mexican staring lizard then.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
:looking at register date: Yep, Omega missed that. Heck, I missed that.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
But she's so proud of how she started it!
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
What is a Mexican staring lizard?
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I was waiting for someone to ask that or explain the joke. There's a South Park episode where they're hunting the legendary "Mexican staring frog of southern Sri Lanka," which kills you if you look at its face.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Omega, I do indeed live in Sri Lanka, although I came from Canada. I moved here in August 2003 when I flew over to meet the man who's now my husband, and kq is wrong on one score - I wrote that Dear Hatrack I'm getting married and moving to Sri Lanka thread before I actually left Canada. About eight days before, I think.
And nope, we don't have animal control here.
We have a front yard and a back yard - they're not connected - and off the back yard, we have two doors, one out our living room, the other out the servant's area. The day that the lizard got in our house, the back door off the servant's area was open.
The lizard got into our yard - probably fell off the wall or the roof - and started looking for a way out. I took pictures - with a flash - and the flash startled the lizard. Or perhaps it was because the lizard heard me and it got scared. In any case, it ran from the windows off our livingroom around the back of the house and took its only "escape", which was, of course, into our servant's area.
The lizard was not about to go out the way it came in - it was too scared - and it kept looking for a way out. Twice, it ended up running behind the washing machine and getting caught, so Fahim had to climb onto the counter and poke it (gently) with a broom to get it out from behind the washer. I, of course, was in the kitchen, which is separated from the servant's area by glass windows and a glass door, so I could see everything and even take some pictures but couldn't be hurt by the lizard.
Eventually, after the lizard tried clawing through the door that leads to our front sitting room and climbing the stairs that leads to bedrooms upstairs, Fahim opened the garage door and herded the lizard out that way.
It then ran through the gaps at the bottom of the gate door.
It took about a half hour or 45 minutes to get it out of the house. And Fahim was not happy with me for taking pictures. Flash really scares the things. And that's also why the pictures from the lizard incident last week are flashless - didn't want to startle him.
Did I mention that, after Oberon figured out the lizard was no big deal, that he just plopped himself down and watched? Didn't bother moving until it was over. That is one relaxed cat!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by quidscribis: I wrote that Dear Hatrack I'm getting married and moving to Sri Lanka thread before I actually left Canada. About eight days before, I think.
*remembers* People thought you were pulling our collective leg at first. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Really? I don't think I knew that.
But then, I was in a pretty thick fog at the time...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by quidscribis: Really? I don't think I knew that.
Pretty sure. Certainly the thought crossed my mind initially. I thought I remembered people posting responses to that effect, but perhaps that was a dream.
I definitely do recall the thread that spun off into the Dear Hatrack thread.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
And no, I'm not surprised it was the first thought. The whole thing sounded pretty unbelievable - of that, I am most certainly aware! And yet, here we sit, neither of us poisoned or stabbed or chopped up into little bits and stashed in the freezer yet. Go figure. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
What about the lizard? You could stash the lizard in the freezer.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Fahim can't eat amphibians. So really, what's the point? Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Feed it to Oberon?
Or just freak people out telling them you have a dead, mangled lizard part stashed in your freezer?
Personally, I wouldn't eat it, either.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:Or just freak people out telling them you have a dead, mangled lizard part stashed in your freezer? [Evil]
Frankly, my dear, you have a wonderfully evil mind. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Why, thank you. *takes a bow*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
You're welcome.
And now, of course, I'll have to consider that as an option the next time the lizard falls off the roof.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
This is where the teenaged local boys come in-- hire them to hack it up with machetes. Or the local equivalent. *needs to sleep before evil completely takes over*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Too late. Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
quid, if one of those lizards have a difficult time getting out of your backyard, how in the heck do they get on the roof? They look too big to climb trees very easily.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yup, that's the one.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy:
quote:Oh but wait she's LDS so yes [35 is] grandmother aged for us.
Don't tell my mom that. She's forty-six, and she's still at least a couple years away from being a grandmother.
(posted in August of 2003)
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:Originally posted by sweetbaboo: quid, if one of those lizards have a difficult time getting out of your backyard, how in the heck do they get on the roof? They look too big to climb trees very easily.
quote:Even large adults can ascend vertical tree trunks with ease
Given what I've seen of them climbing vertical walls, I believe it.
I think it took so long getting out because
a. it was stunned when it fell off the roof, and then the walls when it tried climbing up and fell down a few times.
b. there were no obvious ways out that it could find. Remember, it had previously found an escape route through our house and that exit was no longer available.
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He won't leave!![[Angst]](graemlins/angst.gif)
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TheTick ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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I've taken over a hundred so far. Because, you know, that's my OCD. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
![[Dont Know]](graemlins/dontknow.gif)
I guess we'll find out eventually.![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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