If you live in warmer parts of the country, you're no doubt familar with these little geckos. They're only two-three inches long and change color to match whatever surface they're on. I first saw them outside of our daughter's Texas apartment, hanging out on the building walls and patio. They're really hard to see because they can quickly adapt their coloring -- right before your eyes!
Now that she's moved to a house with a yard, the geckos are even more abundant. And as it turns out, they easily attach themselves to doors and ride inside. In recent weeks, our daughter has found two -- TWO -- INSIDE THE HOUSE. Again, they're hard for us humans to spot because they can change color to match ANYTHING.
Good thing Rory is on the case! It's only through Rory's expert mousing -- er...LIZARDING -- skills that the two geckos were detected! On the first occasion, she had cornered a baby lizard on the carpet, thus drawing her Meomy's attention. Meowmy was able to trap it and take it outside.
Unfortunately -- and we don't know the exact situation here -- when Meowmy trapped the gecko, it was missing at least one of its feet. Let's not even speculate on this now.😳
On the second occasion, Rory actually CARRIED the gecko into the living room while making a certain and very specific meow, reserved for special occasions when a mama cat brings prey back to the nest. She plopped the gecko down for all to see, and her Meowmy again scooped it up and took it outside. This time, all gecko feet were present and accounted for.
Who knew that Rory was such an intrepid lizard hunter? 😸
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