For exactly two and a half days. LOL :P The two younger boys were outside trying to catch lizards (the twelve year old is really good at it). He kept saying, 'Can I keep it?' I said, 'I don't know.... Ask your Dad.' Well of course, he said no. I googled lizards and tried to read about them... I said 'Lizards carry salmonella (sp?), I don't know if you should even touch it...' Although I remember playing with salamanders when I was little... and baby mice.... and I never got sick from it. Maybe I just got lucky. Anyway, I took them (and the lizard--in a shoe box w/ holes poked in the top of it) to a place here that has all kinds of animals; pigs, bunnies, mice, gerbils, rats, lizards, birds, fish.... And I asked them if they knew what kind of lizard it was, would it be a good idea to keep it? One guy was really helpful and told us what all we would need; an aquarium, a screen for the top so the lizard can't escape. A heat lamp (50 watt bulb), water dish.... crickets for food. Well we went back home and I found the old fish bowl. The kids found their dad's lamp (75 watt bulb, but ?) in the garage, and we made this set up. They caught a bunch of crickets in our yard (they are literally all over the place), and put them in their for the lizard. (Until we could afford an aquarium, etc....) Well on the third day I got up and went out in the back porch (you didn't think I would let this thing in the HOUSE, did you? :P) and he was 1. still alive, and 2. still in there. Well a couple more times I checked and yup, still there. I told the kids, 'Do you think the lizard ate all the crickets? Maybe you should catch some more for him...' A little bit later on, the twelve year old comes outside and asks his brother 'Did you take the lizard out?' No. 'Did you take it Mom?' 'No way would I even touch that lizard. Is it gone?' Yup. He got smart and figured out a way to get out. I said 'Well maybe when you save up enough money for an aquarium, you could get another one. And it wouldn't get out.' 'No'. I guess he got it out of his system. I am kind of glad, because of the salmonella thing. I just hope he doesn't ever want a snake, I draw the line there!! :P
Sunday, May 03, 2009
We Had a Pet Lizard...
For exactly two and a half days. LOL :P The two younger boys were outside trying to catch lizards (the twelve year old is really good at it). He kept saying, 'Can I keep it?' I said, 'I don't know.... Ask your Dad.' Well of course, he said no. I googled lizards and tried to read about them... I said 'Lizards carry salmonella (sp?), I don't know if you should even touch it...' Although I remember playing with salamanders when I was little... and baby mice.... and I never got sick from it. Maybe I just got lucky. Anyway, I took them (and the lizard--in a shoe box w/ holes poked in the top of it) to a place here that has all kinds of animals; pigs, bunnies, mice, gerbils, rats, lizards, birds, fish.... And I asked them if they knew what kind of lizard it was, would it be a good idea to keep it? One guy was really helpful and told us what all we would need; an aquarium, a screen for the top so the lizard can't escape. A heat lamp (50 watt bulb), water dish.... crickets for food. Well we went back home and I found the old fish bowl. The kids found their dad's lamp (75 watt bulb, but ?) in the garage, and we made this set up. They caught a bunch of crickets in our yard (they are literally all over the place), and put them in their for the lizard. (Until we could afford an aquarium, etc....) Well on the third day I got up and went out in the back porch (you didn't think I would let this thing in the HOUSE, did you? :P) and he was 1. still alive, and 2. still in there. Well a couple more times I checked and yup, still there. I told the kids, 'Do you think the lizard ate all the crickets? Maybe you should catch some more for him...' A little bit later on, the twelve year old comes outside and asks his brother 'Did you take the lizard out?' No. 'Did you take it Mom?' 'No way would I even touch that lizard. Is it gone?' Yup. He got smart and figured out a way to get out. I said 'Well maybe when you save up enough money for an aquarium, you could get another one. And it wouldn't get out.' 'No'. I guess he got it out of his system. I am kind of glad, because of the salmonella thing. I just hope he doesn't ever want a snake, I draw the line there!! :P
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I find it cute when children get all excited and concerned of their new "pets"...
I didn't know about the salmonella thing...there seems to be a lizard in every corner of our house, and sometimes there's one living under our dining table (waiting to eat crumbs)!
I would rather have a lizard in the house, than a mouse! :) I read about the salmonella thing online. I just make them wash their hands after they touch one. They found another one in the garage today. It might have been the one that was their pet, as it ran really fast to get away! :P
You can visit my pet sitter page at http://petsitters-luke.blogspot.com and my lizard page at http://the3lizards.blogspot.com
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