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OMG, so our a/c isn't on in the house yet and it's roasting so we have our door open. Well my Mom called me earlier and said that a lizzard had ran in the house!!! She called the animal control (I don't know why) but they told her to keep Rosie away from it becuase birds are their prey and that the lizzard is probably after Rosie. Of course I ran home with a friend of mine to try to find the lizard and we can't find it. My mom said it ran under the couch but we turned it upside down and moved it but NOTHING. I am so worried, the girl I bought rosie from said it wouldn't hurt Rosie but I am still scared.. is there any truth to what the girl told us at the animal control?? I am so scared for my baby!

If the door is open, then presumably Rosie is in her cage (or should be).

If the lizard can squeeze thru the bars, then it's probably too small to hurt your bird.

Or, if you are truly worried. you could take the bird and cage and put it in a room that you have determined to be lizard-free. Like the bathroom.

I think it is probably the other way around. Lizards are prey for birds. Except maybe really big lizards. But we have a bearded dragon, who is young right now - only about 7 inches from head to tip of tail - and everytime he sees Casper, he will crouch down as if to hide.

I would not worry about a small lizard. They are more scared of humans and birds than we are of them!! I really think that little lizard is scared to death!

What kind of lizard ran in the house?
You live in NM (?) so you get all kinds of desert reptiles. I would worry if it is gila monster (even a small one) or a tokay lizard. If is is just an anole then they are harmless.
A gila you would need to contact animal control because they are poisonous.Do not pick them up.

I have no idea what kind of lizard it is. I didn't even seen it. My Mom said it was 3-4 inches long little skinny and like a greyish color. She said it was cute haha. Well it's good to know that she won't harm my Rosie. I never had heard of birds being their prey like that one lady said. But good thing is that my Mom was vacuuming later on and the lizard ran out from under the couch and tried running out the door but couldn't get out (go figure it could come in but not out) so my Mom opened the screen and it ran out.. whew! That was scary, it's bad enough I'm very over protective and paranoid when it comes to my Baby. Thank you all

Being worried about your baby like that makes you a good Mom!!!

Glad the lizard ran out!!!

I'm glad the lizard escaped out the door.
Have you ever seen a gila monster? scorpions in NM? yucko! I've seen my fill of nasty critters in the Florida keys!

Coming from Massachusetts myself, I am not used to the creepy crawlies that we have here in Vegas.

We have scorpions, tarantulas, rattle snakes, black widows!!! Lions and tigers and bears....Oh my!!!

Oh Lord.......now I'm going to have night frights myself thinking about spiders!

I gave ya the eebie jeebies, did I??????

TOTALLY!! Now I'm going to have to put in my Steel Magnolias DVD and watch it before I go to bed to make sure I'm not thinking about tarantulas.

Thank you Lisa, it feels so much better to hear that than to hear that I am paranoid and over protective ..

No, I have never heard of or seen those lizards. Are they big?

Facts
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Helodermatidae
Genus Heloderma (1)
Size Length: 38 - 58 cm (2)


Status
Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1).

Description
The Gila monster is the largest lizard in the United States (3), and one of only two species of venomous lizard in the world (4). It has a stocky body with a large head and a short, fat tail (5). The skin consists of many round, bony scales, a feature that was common amongst the dinosaurs but is unusual in today's reptiles (3). Gila monsters have a striking bright pink and black colouration (5) and the two subspecies can be distinguished by their different patterns; the banded Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum cinctum) has a band of light markings along the back whilst in the reticulated Gila monster (H. s. suspectum) these light marks are joined in a network (3). With their venomous bite and elusive nature, these lizards have inspired many myths over the centuries (3).

Range
The majority of the Gila monster's range is in western and southern Arizona, south to southern Sonora in Mexico, although populations are also found in restricted areas of California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico (5). Of the subspecies, the banded Gila monster occupies the northern extent of the species' range (3). The name 'Gila monster' is derived from the Gila River Basin in Arizona, part of this species' range (4).

More info at:
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Heloderma_suspectum/more_info.html

Sherwin's mom, you crack me up
My best pal's boyfriend has a tarantula as a pet. It is digusting. I throw up just looking at it.
I would $%^& myself if I found one in my house or under a rock in my yard.
I would shake my dive gear out vigously if I had hanging outside to dry (when I dive the FLA keys) just in case any yucky creepy crawly camped out in my wetsuit.
We have earwigs up in MA that is gross enough....