[pooh]

Haven't had too many lately. Weather has been too cold for them. There is one that regularly looks in the slider near the breakfast eating area. Have another who has staked out one particular chair on my lanai. He/she is a little p.o.'d right now because my sister is visiting and is sitting in the chair.
As for squirrels, well, I've got a furry tailed rodent who also thinks my cage is his private access route to my roof and then HIS palm trees.... Last year he and his "wife" had a litter of little ones. I was away when they were learning to navigate fence walking....my neighbors told us about the fence bit....they said it was adorable. Guess they all grew and left the nest, thank goodness. One squirrel stomping across my roof is noisy enough....

[blueash]

Not my field, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn express last night. We have two similar animals.
The Carolina anole is a color changer.
Carolina anole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He will either be green or brown. Although sometimes called an American Chameleon because of the ability to change color, he is not a chameleon. The skin is uniform color without distinct patches. He often is positioned head down and tail up

The always brown lizard I think is a Brown anole.
Brown anole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anolis sagrei
He is always brownish and does not color change. The skin on the back and sides will have little lighter spots or lines. The female often has a light stripe on its back running head to tail.

Neither is a gecko. I may be totally wrong and welcome correction from anyone

[Dayzee]

We recently had one of those cute little guys living in our lanai - couldn't catch him!! Everytime we saw him we attempted to guide him out the door, but he insisted on going under the threshhold. Don't know what he was eating / drinking, but he survived there for over 3 weeks. We finally got smart - one day when we noticed him on the window, we plugged up the ends of the threshhold so he couldn't get back under and at last he found the door. The birds in our area LOVE them for lunch. I really don't mind them, but I haven't had to deal with one in the house, yet.

[Happytalk]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Lots around in our yard playing Hide and Seek with our dogs.

We have had generations of those personable little darlings on our lanai for the past 9 years, and they suddenly disappeared last month when we had our lanai and patio floors painted. Maybe they can't blend into the gray-and-white speckled theme?

[Happytalk]

Those little anoles, all colors, sizes, and personalities, lived on our lanai for 9 years but when we had the lanai/patio painted (grey/white speckles) they suddenly left. Everybody's a critic - maybe they couldn't blend in with the color scheme? Anyway, we hope they come back.

[Didiwinbob]

I can't wait to see if my 2 pooches notice them. They have a love hate relationship with their Michign squirrels, wood chucks, and deer. They love to run after them but these creatures seem to know just where the Invisible Fence line is located and the deer stay just on the other side.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by Didiwinbob

I can't wait to see if my 2 pooches notice them. They have a love hate relationship with their Michign squirrels, wood chucks, and deer. They love to run after them but these creatures seem to know just where the Invisible Fence line is located and the deer stay just on the other side.

Please be careful. I had a friend up north who lost TWO dogs that ran past the invisible fence because they found the deer irresistible. She never found them.

[CFrance]

We had so many deer in our MI condo complex (herd of 27) that our dog became inured to them, and them to him. Rabbits and chipmunks and squirrels, however were a different matter.

So when we came to TV, I was afraid for the anoles. So far he's ignored them, and the frogs we see in the middle of the street at night just stir his interest--just wants to sniff at them. I guess he's not a snacker.

We had no little geckos when we first moved in, but after time they've returned.

[DonH57]

We have a few of the little fellows running around. They seemed to have use to me being outside the garage. One of them is missing part of it's tail so I don't know what the story is with that.

[graciegirl]

Trish. In both new homes it took about a year before the Anoles/geckos/ started returning to the area where the earth had been cleared for building.

I bought a good insurance policy from one on my front porch yesterday

But where is Flo?

[Microcodeboy]

Originally Posted by DonH57

We have a few of the little fellows running around. They seemed to have use to me being outside the garage. One of them is missing part of it's tail so I don't know what the story is with that.

Is that you or the dog talking?

[DonH57]

It's me today.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by nysnowbirds

Is that you or the dog talking?

Originally Posted by DonH57

It's me today.

That's funny. We ought to get avatars and screen names for our dogs and start a post from the dogs' point of view. First post could be Don's dog owning up to de-tailing a gecko!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by CFrance

That's funny. We ought to get avatars and screen names for our dogs and start a post from the dogs' point of view. First post could be Don's dog owning up to de-tailing a gecko!

Our mom is such a loser, she keeps rescuing the geckgoes by throwing a teatowel over them and removing them from the birdcage. But the geckgoes just come back in the birdcage. We know all their hiding places. They make tasty snacks. When Mom's back is turned, we hunt them, so much fun.

Biggins and Lollipop

[rubicon]

Well I got tired of hunting down anoles on my lanai/birdcage and so I put up a sign that said ""Do Not Enter Private Property. Since then I haven't found one .

SunKool came out because my A/C continued to shut down. What the repair
guy found was that an anole climbed into the outside A/C drain plugging it and causing the A/C to shut down. I also had to clean out an anole that decide to use the spray nozzle as his hang out. both situations nasty nasty