My first thought was, "Oh, yeah, we have those too. The little gummy stretchy toys on walmart's 88 cent isle." That thing is real?!? How awesome. The boys loved seeing him. How do you know he's a gecko instead of a lizard? (I know, I'm a mom of 3 boys, I should know my gecko facts, but give me a few more years - I'm not as seasoned as you yet.) Is this a common thing to find these guys around? You certainly have a lot of wild life. Daniel probably gets to use his "I found an animal" line quite often! What a great environment.
He's called a common "house gecko" -- does that mean I should have let him stay?
Apparently, geckos don't have eyelids -- only a clear membrane that they lick clean. The gecko's eyes are much larger and rounder than our two anole's eyes are. The anole's eyes look more like an iguana's eyes; they can do that amazing swivel in their head look that you get with chameleons and the like. It is delightful to watch our anoles eying the crickets at the bottom of the cage with their amazing, pivoting eyes. I wish mine could move like that!
Oh. No. It's not very often that I actually react to something I'm reading online, but I was NOT expecting a gecko!! I guess I thought it would be a cockroach? I don't know, but that little lizard freaked me out! Did you scream?? I would have screamed!
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My first thought was, "Oh, yeah, we have those too. The little gummy stretchy toys on walmart's 88 cent isle." That thing is real?!? How awesome. The boys loved seeing him. How do you know he's a gecko instead of a lizard? (I know, I'm a mom of 3 boys, I should know my gecko facts, but give me a few more years - I'm not as seasoned as you yet.) Is this a common thing to find these guys around? You certainly have a lot of wild life. Daniel probably gets to use his "I found an animal" line quite often! What a great environment.
He's called a common "house gecko" -- does that mean I should have let him stay?
Apparently, geckos don't have eyelids -- only a clear membrane that they lick clean. The gecko's eyes are much larger and rounder than our two anole's eyes are. The anole's eyes look more like an iguana's eyes; they can do that amazing swivel in their head look that you get with chameleons and the like. It is delightful to watch our anoles eying the crickets at the bottom of the cage with their amazing, pivoting eyes. I wish mine could move like that!
Oh. No. It's not very often that I actually react to something I'm reading online, but I was NOT expecting a gecko!! I guess I thought it would be a cockroach? I don't know, but that little lizard freaked me out!
Did you scream?? I would have screamed!
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