Look who was waiting in my shop this morning

[LCHIEN]

Green Anole. Relocated him to the garden

[capncarl]

A real Jesus lizard! That thing will run up your arm and try to hide in your hair… all the time you are saying all kind of biblical stuff!

Seriously, it looks like he is starving to death and dehydrated. It’s probably too cold for him outside. I have lots of them in the yard shrubbery and garden and have to look out for them when spraying anything! My father had a serious following of Green Anole lizards in his yard and greenhouse. He would feed them bits of raw hamburger and they would flock to greet him.
When they get into my screen room I have to catch them for relocation outside on the flowers where they can catch insects and get water. If they stay in the screen room too long they look like this one, before they turn into a petrified stick.

[LCHIEN]

It got up to about 80°F today 65°F in the morning. I hope he finds the garden more to his liking, shouldn't be too cold for him. They get dehydrated in the house and garage, like you say. I have a fondness for them.

[LCHIEN]

Not my shop but someone posted this in a tool forum online after their drill press wouldn't work one morning.
ugh.

What would you do next?



You wonder how that snake got in there? I looked at my two drill presses and they both have about a 3" hole in the belt housing, above the motor, presumably so that the motor can be removed pulleys and all. On one there is a 1/4" space between the motor and the belt housing, on the other a 1/2" space. So a small snake can slither into the housing through that hole.

[dbhost]

Those little guys are all over the bay area of TX right now... They are enjoying the feast of the love bugs...