[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by DougB

I had a little chameleon on my lanai that couldn't change colors. I think it has reptile dysfunction.

[murray607]

Originally Posted by Lpierleo

Not used to these creatures as we are from up north. Somehow, a gecko got in the house. We thought we had him, but unfortunately my husband only got some of his tail. We have closed the door to the spare bedroom, stuffed a towel under the door and have tried searching for him about every hour to no avail. We have tried daytime, nighttime searches and he can't be found. What do we do? It's really giving me the creeps. thanks in advance

He is just trying to sell you insurance.

Sign the paperwork and he'll leave

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by murray607

He is just trying to sell you insurance.

Sign the paperwork and he'll leave

Another good one! You and DougB should team up!

[Carl in Tampa]

They are not only harmless, they are beneficial.

They eat spiders, cockroaches and other bugs.

Personally, I tolerate them and am not disturbed by their presence. They are distantly related to iguanas which are kept by some people as pets.......don't ask me why.

When my wife noticed one and insisted that it be removed, the technique that I used was to throw a bath towel over it, gather the towel up around it and take it out into the yard.

Occasionally, I find an entire skeleton of one in the house. If it died from hunger it must indicate my house is pretty much bug free.

[DougB]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Another good one! You and DougB should team up!

I love teamwork - it allows me to blame someone else.

[Rango]

They taste just like chicken.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

They are not only harmless, they are beneficial.

They eat spiders, cockroaches and other bugs.

Personally, I tolerate them and am not disturbed by their presence. They are distantly related to iguanas which are kept by some people as pets.......don't ask me why.

When my wife noticed one and insisted that it be removed, the technique that I used was to throw a bath towel over it, gather the towel up around it and take it out into the yard.

Occasionally, I find an entire skeleton of one in the house. If it died from hunger it must indicate my house is pretty much bug free.

that's pretty much my m.o. for house critters. I know they can't live in the house but they don't. Try to escort them to the nearest grass. Frog skeletons make me sad.

[DougB]

Originally Posted by Rango

They taste just like chicken.

We could host Florida's first anole (no geckos in Fl) leg festival. Serve 'em buffaloed, fried, barbecued.

[Lpierleo]

We have not seen him again! We didn't need anymore insurance, so perhaps he moved on?

[murray607]

Originally Posted by DougB

I love teamwork - it allows me to blame someone else.

"That's another fine mess.........."

Hmmm, Doug and Jim......not quite like Stan and Ollie....

[murray607]

Originally Posted by clekr;77***8

There are no geckos in Fl. They are anoles.

Well, after an extensive 3 minute search on google.com I can say there are infact geckos in Florida. They are not native, but are introduced as, according to the article, are the brown anoles. Only the green anole is native.

Florida Lizards Guide - Florida eco traveler guide

[IADCathy]

Originally Posted by TVMayor

For Villages home self-defense I recommend.



Get the whole thing not just the tail.

Oh no!!! Poor little things. They have beating hearts--a towel is better to capture and release and you get some exercise thrown in!

[Matzy]

It is right, Anole's are around. We have a cat and the first meeting with an Anole ended that our cat ate it. Not very successfully! She throw up two times and did not eat any food for almost two days. Now she is just playing with this little creatures, mostly they disappear through a little opening in the Lanai.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Floridians are all anoles?

Just some villagers. Have you tried speech therapy, C?

[coconutmama]

Originally Posted by Lpierleo

Not used to these creatures as we are from up north. Somehow, a gecko got in the house. We thought we had him, but unfortunately my husband only got some of his tail. We have closed the door to the spare bedroom, stuffed a towel under the door and have tried searching for him about every hour to no avail. We have tried daytime, nighttime searches and he can't be found. What do we do? It's really giving me the creeps. thanks in advance

We had one in the house recently. Was hiding under the sofa. So we opened the sliders to the lania and he (?) went out into the sun. Husband caught him in a cup & put him outside. Cute, but don't care to have him die (or poop) in the house. Let him go eat some bugs & do something useful.