It came in through the bathroom window...

LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
edited March 29, 2007 in Wildlife
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Ok, so we don't really know how he got there, but this little fellow has been living on the floor of our shower for the last few months. We have been calling him a salamander, but I don't know enough about salamanders to be sure that is right. Can anybody positively identify this critter? He's about 4 inches long measured nose to tip of tail.
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2007
    Ohhh he's cute. Are you feeding this little guy? I'm not sure what it is, all i know it's a lizard!
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  • LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    Ohhh he's cute. Are you feeding this little guy? I'm not sure what it is, all i know it's a lizard!

    We haven't been feeding him becasue we're not sure what he eats. So far he seems to be living off the land, which in our shower is rather spartan. My guess is that he catches the occasional bug. There is a pet store in Berkeley (maybe 40 minutes drive from here) which specializes in lizards and snakes. They may have suggestions for what to give him.
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2007
    I'll say some grass, or you need to go bug hunt Laughing.gif
    Make sure it doesn't turn into Godzilla :D
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  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2007
    Your caption brings to mind a late sixties/early seventies tune. Regardless, cool capture thumb.gif
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  • saltydogsaltydog Registered Users Posts: 243 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2007
    Cute! Okay, far as I know, lizards eat insects, not grass. And they can live without food for a long time, but not forever. Take him to that pet store, or catch him some bugs. Better yet, he must have come from the outside - not sure where you live, but why not take him back where he came from?

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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2007
    LiquidAir wrote:
    Ok, so we don't really know how he got there, but this little fellow has been living on the floor of our shower for the last few months.

    DUDE, IT'S TIME TO CLEAN YOUR BATHROOM!
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  • JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2007
    Looks like an alligator lizard to me. They eat bugs. Don't worry about cockroaches in your bathroom anymore. Get some meal worms or crickets at a pet store or fishing place and make your pal happy. If you ever want to move him, very gently scoot him into something like a shoebox. If you try to catch him by hand, he will probably break off his tail as a protective thing. Also, if you try to hold him, he may bite your hand --about the equivalent of a paper cut. But don't worry. He won't bite otherwise, and the bite is not poisonous.
  • LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2007
    We are off the the local pet store today to get him some meal worms. As for moving him around, we have a plastic box we scoot him into each week when we clean the shower. He gets a tad skittish when handled but so far he hasn't bitten anyone.

    We talked about finding him a new home outside when he first showed up, but we weren't sure what environment he would like. He showed up in the shower during a dry spell in the winter so we thought he might have been seeking more water. Our theory at the time was he must have chosen our shower for some reason and he knows more about his preferences that we do. Watching him over time, I have concluded that he likes damp but not wet.

    I looked up Alligator Lizard on Google and found this site: http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/e.c.coerulea.html. good call; I wouldn't have found that on my own. From their pictures it looks like he is a juvenile. This shot from the California Herps site looks like a good match.

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    Hmmm. That means he'll get bigger...

    We have some guests coming over the next week. I'll tell them to look out for the alligator in the shower...
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