The Cat Thread

[Kalevala]

He's quite the Cutie Pie!  Glad that he's doing so well. 

K

[Bachtoven]

This morning around 6:30 Fazi and Zeus were furiously pawing and thumping against the bedroom door, which is a little unusual. Well, when I got up at 8:00 and turned on the light, I discovered a dead lizard about a foot inside our bedroom! And it was a pretty big one. Yikes! Lucy and Ethel certainly traumatized quite a few lizards, but I don't think they ever killed any--unless there's a rotting carcass under a piece of large furniture or the piano!

[Kalevala]

This morning around 6:30 Fazi and Zeus were furiously pawing and thumping against the bedroom door, which is a little unusual. Well, when I got up at 8:00 and turned on the light, I discovered a dead lizard about a foot inside our bedroom! And it was a pretty big one. Yikes! Lucy and Ethel certainly traumatized quite a few lizards, but I don't think they ever killed any--unless there's a rotting carcass under a piece of large furniture or the piano!

Wow!  So, the lizard had somehow entered inside your house?  Or do they have access to the outdoors?

K.

[Bachtoven]

Wow!  So, the lizard had somehow entered inside your house?  Or do they have access to the outdoors?

K.

Yes, it most likely entered through the garage and into the house via the cat door. The kitties are strictly indoor members of the family.

[Kalevala]

Yes, it most likely entered through the garage and into the house via the cat door. The kitties are strictly indoor members of the family.

Is there a way to secure/lock the cat door?  Or at worst, get a piece of wood...or something, a drill and some screws and put it over the cat door.  I'm surprised that your kitties haven't tried to use it too!

K

[Bachtoven]

Is there a way to secure/lock the cat door?  Or at worst, get a piece of wood...or something, a drill and some screws and put it over the cat door.  I'm surprised that your kitties haven't tried to use it too!

K

We need to leave it open--their litter boxes are in the garage--it's installed in the door that leads from the laundry room to the garage. (But to answer your question, it came with a locking removable door that covers the flap.)

[Kalevala]

We need to leave it open--their litter boxes are in the garage--it's installed in the door that leads from the laundry room to the garage. (But to answer your question, it came with a locking removable door that covers the flap.)

Bummer!

K

[JBS]

I find little chameleons and lizards in my house rather often. I think they slip in when I'm bringing in the groceries. Usually they're an inch or so long, never anything that can be called large or big.  Sometimes I can catch them or chase them out. Others just disappear.  They supposedly eat bugs, so I don't get too fussed over them.

[Bachtoven]

I find little chameleons and lizards in my house rather often. I think they slip in when I'm bringing in the groceries. Usually they're an inch or so long, never anything that can be called large or big.  Sometimes I can catch them or chase them out. Others just disappear.  They supposedly eat bugs, so I don't get too fussed over them.

The one the boys killed was about 3 inches long...and its tail was missing.   I know they break away, but I have yet to find it—probably ingested!

[Kalevala]

I find little chameleons and lizards in my house rather often. I think they slip in when I'm bringing in the groceries. Usually they're an inch or so long, never anything that can be called large or big.  Sometimes I can catch them or chase them out. Others just disappear.  They supposedly eat bugs, so I don't get too fussed over them.

Do they ever bite people?  Or can cause health issues?

K

[Kalevala]

The one the boys killed was about 3 inches long...and its tail was missing.   I know they break away, but I have yet to find it—probably ingested!

That's pretty big!

K

[JBS]

Do they ever bite people?  Or can cause health issues?

K

Not that I know of. I suppose I should check on that sometime.

[Kalevala]

Not that I know of. I suppose I should check on that sometime.

What kind of lizards are they?  Are some of them the ones that when the temperature drops significantly, go dormant and fall out of trees?

K

[Bachtoven]

Do they ever bite people?  Or can cause health issues?

K

A small lizard bit my next door neighbor when he tried to pick it up and show it to his daughter. It held on for dear life until he pried it off! It drew blood but he didn't get ill or anything.

[Kalevala]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYivvwDp7xU

I must be doing something wrong here.  Tried to post the youtube video.

K

[JBS]

What kind of lizards are they?  Are some of them the ones that when the temperature drops significantly, go dormant and fall out of trees?

K

Not sure what sort of lizard they may be. But the dropping out of trees creatures are iguanas, which are (among other things) usually close in size to an adult cat.

[JBS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYivvwDp7xU

I must be doing something wrong here.  Tried to post the youtube video.

K

[Kalevala]

😊 Thank you!

K

[Kalevala]

Not sure what sort of lizard they may be. But the dropping out of trees creatures are iguanas, which are (among other things) usually close in size to an adult cat.

Sorry to the iguanas. 

K

[Kalevala]

In hono(u)r of the upcoming holiday Halloween:

Not sure what sort of lizard they may be. But the dropping out of trees creatures are iguanas, which are (among other things) usually close in size to an adult cat.

That could hurt getting landed on by one of them--as well as scare one to death!

K