[jblum315]

Originally Posted by PJ

I recently learned that these lizards/geckos are poisonous to cats (I don't know if this is true for dogs). I just know that my friends' cat got very sick twice, after eating them. They had to take it to the emergency vet. So hoping this doesn't happen to anyone else.

Cats that kill and eat anoles can indeed get very sick. The anoles eat bugs including cockroaches that have ingested pest-control poisons. Apparently it doesn't kill the anoles but it really does a job on the cats. Happened to my cat and she died.

[sralph99]

Just leave a small plate with a little wine on it. The next day just pick them up and take them outside.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Cats that kill and eat anoles can indeed get very sick. The anoles eat bugs including cockroaches that have ingested pest-control poisons. Apparently it doesn't kill the anoles but it really does a job on the cats. Happened to my cat and she died.

Oh, my! I'm so sorry. Thanks for posting this warning.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by sralph99

Just leave a small plate with a little wine on it. The next day just pick them up and take them outside.

what, no wine, music or dim lights.....

[rn1tv]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

I meant no harm from the bite. When my kids were younger and had friends over to the house, the kids would often catch them and induce them to bite the kids ear lobes --- wearing them like ear rings.

Love this...must try it next time I catch an angry one!

[rubicon]

I use a gold fish net to capture anoles . They can and do enter our lanai/bird cage right under the bolted framing where there is an opening.

I wanted to caulk the bottom frame but then it would prevent rain water from draining. so I have a round up periodically. Those critters are fast and very elusive

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by rn1tv

Love this...must try it next time I catch an angry one!

When you do............take a selfie.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Cats that kill and eat anoles can indeed get very sick. The anoles eat bugs including cockroaches that have ingested pest-control poisons. Apparently it doesn't kill the anoles but it really does a job on the cats. Happened to my cat and she died.

That's really sad, so sorry about your cat jblum. Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully it will help save another cat's life.

I wonder if small dogs are similarly affected.
I would never allow my dog to eat a gecko on purpose.
But he is crazy for them.
And sometimes he is faster than I am.
Luckily they usually find a hiding spot under the door threshold.

[eremite06]

Originally Posted by sralph99

Just leave a small plate with a little wine on it. The next day just pick them up and take them outside.

Or......wait until it's cold out. It paralyzes 'em and you can very easily pick them up.

Always amazed by how fascinated some people are with lizards here in Florida.

As kids, we used to buy them at the Allentown Fair in Pa. They would come with a little leash around them and the other end had a safety pin to pin to your shirt. They never lived that long. We would try to kill flies and feed them.

[rn1tv]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

When you do............take a selfie.

I promise I will! I love the little guys and would love to add them to my jewelry collection.

[quirky3]

Originally Posted by ivanhoe

Try this.

It's a kids butterfly net I picked up at Dollar Store.

I've been catching everything with it! Fairly strong too.



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Yes! I use one just like that, and it works!

[gerryann]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

That's really sad, so sorry about your cat jblum. Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully it will help save another cat's life.

I wonder if small dogs are similarly affected.
I would never allow my dog to eat a gecko on purpose.
But he is crazy for them.
And sometimes he is faster than I am.
Luckily they usually find a hiding spot under the door threshold.

Yesterday morning my pup vomited. She was fine afterwards and I forgot about it. I just now took her out and she pooped a lizard. Don't know if she was sick from the lizard........YUCK!!!!!!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by gerryann

Yesterday morning my pup vomited. She was fine afterwards and I forgot about it. I just now took her out and she pooped a lizard. Don't know if she was sick from the lizard........YUCK!!!!!!

She pooped a lizard???? OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

[eremite06]

I've watched birds try to catch lizards in my bushes. The bird would disappear into the bush and emerge with a lizard in its beak.

[Lauren Sweeny]

I get them In my lanai if my door does not shut. Here is how I catch a release. I keep a Tupperware type container and a piece of cardboard in lanai. When I see a critter hanging on the screen a drop the container over it then slide the cardboard under it. Since the container is opaque I know I captured it .I carefully flip the whole thing and take it all outside and open to release. Works well.