Hi Hivers!
Today I want to share a useful tip if you want to save a lizard from the jaws of your cat, dog or for any other reason you may want to pick up and move a lizard from one place to another.
I found this beautiful guy cornered by one of my cats just a few minutes ago. He had already dropped his tail in an attempt to distract the cat and make his getaway but that obviously hadn"t worked.
Did you know lizards can drop their tails and regrow new ones? They do it if under attack like this hoping that the squirming detached tail will catch the attention off the predator and give the lizard vital seconds to run to safety.
He was hissing at me as I approached with his mouth agape, ready to strike me. I quickly found a short but strong stick and slowly offered it to him. He immediately attacked, biting into the stick.
I was instantly able to lift him up ( he was NOT about to let go! LOL So glad it was a stick and not my finger!! ) I placed him together with the stick into a BIG glass jar. Even when I dropped the stick and him inside the jar, he remained hanging onto it.
I easily found a safe place deep within the garden and left him there, still hanging on the stick. The cat was far away now with no idea where I had taken him. I walked away and left him to relax and make his way home or to wherever he wanted to go.
This makes moving a lizard to safety very easy. He was safe, I didn't harm him in any way in the move and I was safe from being bitten myself. It could have been very tricky to get him off my finger if he had latched on, so try this out if you have such a situation. It works absolutely beautifully!
Such cheeky pussycats I have! They are just acting naturally of course. I can't tell them off for such behaviour but I CAN save the unlucky critters that fall foul of their feline games.
Thanks for checking out my post. See you in the next one! Have a beautiful weekend.
Stay wild, stay free, stay happy!
