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ImOver18
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URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!!
#5539179 - 04/20/06 09:07 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I just found a lizard in my hall way. This is not a joke. I was recently in Puerto Rico so the only way this lizard could POSSIBLY have gotten there is an egg must have gotten in some one's luggage and some how hatched here in our SUB-SUB-SUB Tropical weather. I don't know the species and I don't know anything more, that's why I'm posting here. Please no dumb ass comments like "EAT IT" or "YOU SHOULD KILL IT" I'm going to do everything in my power to keep it alive. So don't bother please. Right now I have it in a small glad ware container with holes in the top and a small folded up paper towel soaked in water with some mashed up banana in another corner. I don't have any gnats or insects to feed it if it does in fact eat gnats. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks so much. Here's the pictures:


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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539190 - 04/20/06 09:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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im no herpetologist, but it looks like a gecko.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: SneezingPenis]
#5539195 - 04/20/06 09:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You're probably going to have to get a tankish type thing if you want to keep it. You'll need a heating pad and a pond and maybe little grasshoppers. Your best bet is to take the thing to your local petshop and ask them what it is and how to take care of it. Don't handle it because some animals' skin is really sensitive to the dirt and oils on your hands and it can burn them.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539458 - 04/20/06 10:45 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Like Psilocyberin said, it's definitely a gecko. Infact, I've seen the exact same type in the country of Panama. Down there, they tend to come into your house every once and awhile and will get rid of some bugs for you. You can pick it up, just try not to touch it's tail too much because it breaks off easily. The tails do grow back, but I imagine it screws their balance up. Also, they don't bite humans.
I'm not sure if it will be able to survive for too long in NY, but they are pretty hardy, so perhaps it's possible. Anyways, here's a care guide (House Gecko): http://www.reptileallsorts.com/housegecko.htm
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539469 - 04/20/06 10:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Set him free in East Harlem,he will make it there.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539534 - 04/20/06 11:07 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Terrarium..?
or some random park...he might make it till at least November
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: buckwheat]
#5539543 - 04/20/06 11:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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go to your nearest pet store for info. most reptiles can be fed on crickets (pet shops carry them) so you sould get a few for it.
keep the temp over 70 (you dont really need a heating pad if you live in a warm area) and humdity high. you can mist the place daily... no humidifier needed. try to get the species identified asap and if you can, get it friends! make sure theyre not bigger than he is or he might get eaten
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: DICK]
#5539562 - 04/20/06 11:17 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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That's a gecko, the friendliest lizards around! VERY hard to keep though, and keep alive.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539591 - 04/20/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Those run free all over St Thomas... Good luck.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: TM]
#5539694 - 04/20/06 11:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Edited by spacemonster (11/20/09 07:33 PM)
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539704 - 04/21/06 12:01 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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YOU SHOULD KILL IT AND THEN EAT IT.
Fill that gladware container with some nice pineapple marinade for a couple hours first though.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: TM]
#5539789 - 04/21/06 12:34 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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TM,thats a different lizard than the one he found.Yours looks like an Anole.They change color.
Even if yours isnt a common anole,it still is different than the ghecko that was posted.
To the poster,its a very cute lizard.I hope you can find out good information on taking care of it and proper habitat.
If you dont want the responsibility of the lizard,I would gladly take him off your hands and give him a good home.
but NY is very far.
Looks like you have a new pet.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5539794 - 04/21/06 12:36 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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that gecko looks familiar. my sister would probably know what type of gecko it is, but she's not around right now. it's cute, that's for sure.
to me it looks like Hemidactylus mabouia, but i can't say for certain.
Edited by Acidic_Sloth (04/21/06 12:43 AM)
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5539846 - 04/21/06 12:54 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
aNeway2sayHooray said: TM,thats a different lizard than the one he found.Yours looks like an Anole.They change color.
Even if yours isnt a common anole,it still is different than the ghecko that was posted.
Yes, I see the difference now... Thanks.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: TM]
#5539859 - 04/21/06 01:00 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I want a gecko.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5540143 - 04/21/06 05:55 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Does your lizard have tiny little claws? If so its not a gecko, if it has round stubby toes, with no claw, then it probably is a gecko. Don't feed that guy crickets, he's too little to eat them, unless they are pinhead crickets, but those may even be too big. Keep him warm too if you can.
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Re: URGENT - I'm in NY. I just found a lizard from Puerto Rico in my hallway. !!HELP!! [Re: ImOver18]
#5540192 - 04/21/06 06:34 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Theres a huge population explosions of "house" geckos (which looks exactly like the one you posted Mr sleep) as they call them here in Az. seriously in the evening around any front door you can usually spot 7 or 8 chillin waiting for bugs and stuff.
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