We just recently moved in to our new home. The house is still a bit bare, with no ceiling at all but has aluminum insulation instead so that heat from the roof will not exude inside the house.
Since we moved in, i usually see a lot of house lizards everywhere. Lizards in all shapes and sizes.
I see some house lizards that are a bit enormous compared to others, perhaps they have endulged too much on bugs which is also very abundant in the house by the way. Sometimes, there's those lazy ones who seemed become catatonic for an hour. Some are very aggressive, they are attacking huge butterflies which is thrice their size. Some have cut tails, perhaps due to accidents in doors and windows. My favorite is Lizzy. She...or he (I think it is appropriate to use "IT", but i want to think of Lizzy as female even though i haven't checked it out yet) stands out from the rest because she is very mestiza. She's so pinkish all over even if she is already an adult. I think she's the prettiest in her "kalahi".
I usually just let them play around the house, in the ceiling most of the time. At times i talk to them to excuse if they're in the doors or windows that i'm closing so that they wont be crushed to death.
I dont really like lizards as pets, moreso to touch it. They are very cold, of course because they are reptiles. I remember when i was in gradeschool. I was in a rush to leave home for school, i slip on my shoes and my foot felt something inside. When i check, it was a lizard that ended its life when i had my foot inside my shoe. I couldn't forget the feeling of their its touching my skin...nakakakilabot.
But because they are not considered as pest. I respected their existence. They dont harm us so no point of getting rid of them. Law of Karma perhaps.
Everywhere, i see a lot of lizard poops as well. I sometimes wonder why their poop has that white cap everytime. Then i learned from researching that Lizards, just like birds do not urinate. Thus uric acid in their body are released at the same time when they poop. And usually, the white caps are released first before the black one. And this white caps are called URATE. Bright colored urate usually indicates that the lizard is well hydrated.
Isn't that amazing?
House lizard can also be a good pet though, they are very low maintenance. You dont need to feed them, bathe them and find a nest for them. If they die, they dont smell so much. As long as you have walls and ceilings, lizards can find a home already. Having bugs in the house may bring Lizzy and its kind to euphoria then.
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