For about a week we’ve had a “guest” in the room we call the sun room. It’s a gecko. Every time we find ourselves in that room we check out his whereabouts. It’s fun to see where he might turn up next.
Now here he is on the jump rope hanging from the handlebars of my wife’s exercise bicycle. We”ve seen him there a couple times, so there must be something about that place that he especially likes. We’ve also seen him on chair rungs, the bicycle seat, various places on the wall, in a rock in a flower pot and on a brown paper sack that was lying in the corner.
What we keep wondering is, when will the cats realize he is here? They will certainly have some fun at his expense if they ever notice him. On the other hand the relative warmth of the sun room probably seems pretty pleasant compared to the outdoors.
What do you think? Should we catch him and put him outside?
Comments (12)
Tough call. Do you have any bugs flying around?
Geckos are smarter than people realize. If the cat comes after him, he will probably climb the wall out of its reach.
Yeah, my decision, like Joel’s, would be based on food supply.
If there’s something to eat, let him stay.
But if your house is bug free… hmmm… send him up my way, he can work on this dang ladybug infestation I’ve been dealing with this year. I’ll keep him fed.
I’m also thinking he might be an anole…
http://wildtexas.com/wildguides/anole.php
http://www.geocities.com/dozergh91/index.html
Free, free, set him free!
I think he’s an anole too.
Maybe he is an anole. He is usually bright green, but when he was on the chair rung he turned brown to match the color of the wood.
I’ll be he can find stuff to eat in the house. We haven’t sprayed any pesticides in about ten years. I know there are spiders and there is probably other stuff that I don’t notice.
If it’s an anole, has to be a her…she was in the laundry room for a month before I chased her into the sun room…got tired of fishing her out of the washer. Anyway, there is no pink fan. I moved the chair she was on to the open back door…she chose to stay inside.
Oo. Good point, Tricia. If you do think to leave it in the house, you would be kind to provide a small saucer of water somewhere for it.
Leave her/him there, they are good luck. If the cat finds it and grabs it’s tail, the tail will fall off and the reptile will crawl up the wall and grow a new one!
Thanks for the happy birthday!
keep him there and take wonderful pictures of him like the one you have here. photo op animal.
thelrd in TEXAS
Any attempt I ever made at trying to “free” these amazing little critters resulted in a tiny piece of tail left in my palm – still wiggling.
I put a little plastic tupperware lid with water in it on the inside window sash for our current seasonal roommate. When cleaning out other pests (Dust Bunnies of Central Texas) behind a dresser a while back, I did find a skeletalized carcass of one unfortunate reptile that never found his way back outside. Uck.
We have one of those mood relaxing – mini fountain w/water bubbling over the rocks. She has found it and I think Bill got a picture of her perched atop. She is fun to watch.
I am so surprised the cats have not been after her! Maybe they dont taste good, or have a bad smell to the cats.