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t walgamuth · #1 04-10-2012, 08:10 AM

While at my son's house the Lovely Mrs. said "lets catch a lizard and take it back for the number four granddaughter". So I caught this little fellow and we put him in a large juice container with holes and brought him back with us. When we got here she decided to look up what was needed to keep him healthy and found out it was pretty complicated. Live food only, correct temp, drinks by licking water off leaves....we looked at each other and said "he's gonna die".

So we decided to keep him ourselves.

She goes to the pet store and comes back with aquarium, light, heat pad cover and live crickets in a box. 'bout a hundred bucks......

So now we both are captivated by watching this little fellow staulk and eat crickets. He hides in the leaves, changes colors and after eating a couple of them stretches out in the heat lamp to digest.

We are enjoying him tremendously.

The number four granddaughter will have to get her own lizard.

E150GT · #2 04-10-2012, 08:15 AM

My little sister insists those things hang out by the trashcan just to scare her. I used to catch those as a kid and get em to bite my finger and hang on by their mouths. pretty fun.

t walgamuth · #3 04-10-2012, 09:14 AM

Well I suppose to anybody from the south it is about like having a cockroach for a pet but they are a novelty to us!

Mike D · #4 04-10-2012, 09:20 AM

World News Report April 17th 2013**** Ecological disaster strikes Indiana town********

A recent series of events has devastated a small Indiana town. It appears crickets no longer emit their cheerful chirping in this county. In fact, no has even seen a cricket in over a year. The events seem tied to a local pet store who inadvertently sold a shipment of Japanese crickets which were captured at the site of the failed nuclear reactor (see related story regarding Tsunami) and sold to a local resident. Efforts to locate the resident have been fruitless. One individual interviewed, a Tom W. who was interviewed while repairing a large hole knocked through the side of his house said, "I don't know nothing" while looking around nervously at the underbrush surrounding his property.

strelnik · #5 04-10-2012, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by E150GT

My little sister insists those things hang out by the trashcan just to scare her. I used to catch those as a kid and get em to bite my finger and hang on by their mouths. pretty fun.

Just don't confuse those with baby Gila monsters!

Botnst · #6 04-10-2012, 12:42 PM

My cats and dogs eat them by the (wait for it...) GROSS!

Aquaticedge · #7 04-10-2012, 01:51 PM

we have TONS of them.... My favorites are, the Southeastern Five-lined Skink and the mole skink they are quite fun to watch and some of them get HUGE

lutzTD · #8 04-10-2012, 09:55 PM

I love those little guys, they are all over on my screened patio. I remember when I was kid in Ohio I bought these for a dollar out of the back of a comic book as "chameleons". They would show up in the mail in a cloth pouch inside a cardbord box, along with meal worms. Turned out what I didnt know is meal worms are cockroach larva, which had to be kept in the refrigerator, when mom found that out the lizard was no more.

The Clk Man · #9 04-10-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lutzTD

I love those little guys, they are all over on my screened patio. I remember when I was kid in Ohio I bought these for a dollar out of the back of a comic book as "chameleons". They would show up in the mail in a cloth pouch inside a cardbord box, along with meal worms. Turned out what I didnt know is meal worms are cockroach larva, which had to be kept in the refrigerator, when mom found that out the lizard was no more.

Did you ever pull on their tails? they fall off and the broken part still moves.

Jim B. · #10 04-10-2012, 10:25 PM

One of these days I am going to put a chameleon on a scotch plaid.

The Clk Man · #11 04-10-2012, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

My cats and dogs eat them by the (wait for it...) GROSS!

That's 144 lizards a meal, do you at least put some hot sauce on it for them?

The Clk Man · #12 04-10-2012, 10:46 PM

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One of these days I am going to put a chameleon on a scotch plaid.

When you do, pics please.

t walgamuth · #13 04-11-2012, 06:12 AM

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Did you ever pull on their tails? they fall off and the broken part still moves.

He had about two inches of new growth on his when we got him.

t walgamuth · #14 04-11-2012, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lutzTD

I love those little guys, they are all over on my screened patio. I remember when I was kid in Ohio I bought these for a dollar out of the back of a comic book as "chameleons". They would show up in the mail in a cloth pouch inside a cardbord box, along with meal worms. Turned out what I didnt know is meal worms are cockroach larva, which had to be kept in the refrigerator, when mom found that out the lizard was no more.

Now that you mention it I remember seeing the ads for those back in my youth. I also remember ads for Chihuahuas in a teacup and King Midgets too. Also folding Kayaks and bolt action ww2 military guns for $7....also militiary surplus jeeps for $50.

E150GT · #15 04-11-2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Now that you mention it I remember seeing the ads for those back in my youth. I also remember ads for Chihuahuas in a teacup and King Midgets too. Also folding Kayaks and bolt action ww2 military guns for $7....also militiary surplus jeeps for $50.

Now that you guys mention that, my dad told me when he was in high school, he was in a play that required a monkey. Where did he get it? Mail order of course! He told me it was a pretty bad decision, as a monkey makes a terrible pet. (and actor)