You will have to excuse the bad midday lighting, but I guess lizards don’t think about things like that when they come into the house. As you can probably figure out from the title, there is a lizard in the plastic container. And I didn’t catch it. I bet you are wondering if it was Binga or Boodie that’s the big lizard hunter!
Guess what? It was neither of them — it was my human! She saw it in the master bathroom and the first words out of her mouth were, “Are you crazy, coming in a house with three cats?” The next words out of her mouth were, “Don’t move, I’ll be right back.” Apparently she believes that lizards speak English.
Amazingly, it was still there when my human returned with the plastic container. Even more amazingly, when she bent down and put the container in front of the lizard, it ran right into it! I think my human is some sort of weird lizard whisperer. She does like them a lot.
Here is the lizard close up. My human has seen them outside the house, and I’ve seen them out the window but neither of us is sure what kind of lizard it is. The closest match my human could find was the northwestern fence lizard, but supposedly they don’t live in our area. There are similar looking lizards here called common side-blotched lizards, but they don’t seem to be an exact match. My human forgot to look for the blotch so she doesn’t know for sure.
After my human took the photos, it was time to set the lizard free. If my human had found him as a kid, she might have kept him as a pet, so this guy is lucky he didn’t meet her then.
The moment my human set the container on its side, that lizard was gone! Honestly, I wasn’t all that interested in him until he ran off. I would have chased after him, but I had the harness and leash on.
I thought my human did a pretty good job of catching that lizard, so I gave her a high five.
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Such a good Mom your hooman is Summer! 😉
It’s nice of you to high five your human, Summer.
I loved the little buggers in Florida
Your hoomin must be really fast to catch a lizard. Rocky J the Somali that was here before me was a great lizard catcher but they lived in Florida and there were lots of lizards.
Bodacious
Summer,
Yoo are far braver than mine Lady! No lizard comes in mine house.
Toffee
Great job!
Great job!!! So happy your human saved the lizard and set him free.
Yikes! Mine Lady would hab said, “Aaaaiiiiiiiihhhhh!”
Toffee
Good job Mom!
Nobody here has evfur seen any kind of lizard…unless you count crawdads and slaamanders, and may skinks, MOL! Petcretary would had screeched and begged someone else to get it out of the den. Dog-guy would have tried to worry it…a lot. Not sure what we would do, it looks bigger than any mouse we’ve evfur seen.
Loved the high five!
That should be salamanders, and maybe skinks…MOL!
Nice job by your human, Summer! That looks like a blue bellied lizard (Western Fence lizard) to our male human, who had one when he was a kid. 🙂
Well done Human, well done Summer.
We saw a lizard at the Grand Canyon and it was kind enough to stop for a photograph MOL!! Before running like the wind…….
Lizard is pretty lucky Mom got him first and let him zoom off. Next you I bet you catch but be gentle
Your peep catches lizards? Does she catch squirrels and chippies and mice, too? purrs
Our mom loves these little lizards as well and is fascinated by them. We have never seen one. Sometimes the humans will see one on our greenway, but usually Mom has to wait until she goes to Tortola. Those, of course, do not look like the one your human found. That guy is lucky he got out of here with all his parts intact. Thanks for sharing. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
That looks like a pretty neat lizard. I would have talked to him to, so I don’t think your human is crazy at all. That picture of your high-five is adorable, and the perfect way to end a post! 🙂
That’s one cool looking lizard. Your mom is awesome. We for sure thought the lizard hunter was Binga. Purrs
That’s a beautiful lizard! Our #1 loves lizards too!
Purrs,
The Chans
You are sop lucky sweetie. i’ve never seen a lizard – even when we lived in hte house. M doesn’t think they’d survive the winters up here, but she’s probably wrong. Just cuz she’s never seen one in her lifeitme, doesn’t mean they wouldn’t survive up here nor does it mean there is no such thing up here. Now she said she’s going to have to Google it and find out! Your human is very brave to pick it up – M would have had to have had a pair of winter gloves on to do that. he he
We confess…we like things when they move too 😉
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
That was pretty exciting, Summer! We’ve never had a lizard in the house but sometimes they come up to the balcony. Here we have whiptail lizards, and you know what? They’re all girls!
I have a niece who is terrified of lizards, and a husband and grandson who really like them and like to catch them and look at them and protect them
That was a lucky lizard. Our mom will catch spiders in plastic containers and set them free outside to save them from us. She’s such a spoil sport.
That last picture is too sweet!!! He is pretty cute…but I’d probably shriek if I found him in the house…
Boy she did, Summer and she’s more brave than MY mom. She would just shriek till he left!
Saving a lizard’s life deserves a high five.
Well done, human ! We bet the lizard didn’t know that three cats were living in the house ! Purrs
That was sweet of your Mom to rescue the lizard. I would have been screaming and listing my home for sale if one was in my house. Nice high five.
That is so funny Summer. My human sis and bil live on the NC Coast. They have lots of lizards down there too.
Sis told mom my niece Mia has a lizard friend who sits on the back of a chair on the deck.
Hugs madi your bfff
Hmmm … maybe your Mom is slowly turning into a cat? I must admit that the longer I have cats, the more cat-like I become. I think that’s a good thing!
You human did a great job on the lizard rescue, bravo!
Whoa! Your mom doesn’t play fair. I’ll bet Binga would have had a good time and would be too tired to bother you for a while.
Lizards?! We only get Bee-lizards!
high five to your human!! that was a pretty big lizard….we don’t get them here but mom says she had a few little orange ones in her apartment when she lived in Texas
You look very pretty, where you are “looking downward!”
Pretty Cats look very pretty, when they look downward! Maybe, it accentuates your nice eyes!
We are lizardless in Michigan, Summer, and I’m sure I would have jumped on the bed and hollered for The Hubby to come get it! Eek!
I love everything about this adventure – including your human talking to the lizard! Great photos, great story.
Yay for your human! Summer, you are a good kitty. In can guarantee you that if that lizard was in front of Lexy or me it would not be a happy lizard.
uh, i’m glad we don’t have lizards in our area.
What about a San Francisco Alligator Lizard? http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/lizardspics.html
The head isn’t pointy enough to be one of those. We do get lots of alligator lizards around here though! And they bite – my human knows that from experience.
Good for the Mom to get that Lizard. Mom a big chuckle at the story. Bet that was fun for you too, Summer to see the Lizard.
He looks a bit like a tiny gator – says the Florida native here. And it was good of you to reward your hoomin, too. Positive reinforcement is an impawtant part of training.
What a pretty lizard. You human is the mighty lizard hunter for sure! She sure did deserve a high five. Have a wonderful day.
Luvs
Marty
The lizard was very pretty, Mommy says she thinks most everything understand us and expects us to understand them. We have a hummingbird that fusses at her about keeping the feeders full.
You mom was right. That lizard was crazy coming into a house with cats. We have lots of crazy lizards here in Florida. 🙂
Great job, mom!!!