If a lizard (of which we have many) found its way into our house, The Kid would be excited (he loves lizards). The dog would be excited too, but in a much less productive way. To the dog, lizards are just the most recent incarnation of the squirrels that have tormented him since we got him. (Actual tree squirrels in Illinois, gophers in Oceanside and now lizards)
In the early 1980's, my parents turned what had been the back porch into a greenhouse. One of the features is a garden bed that was created by leaving a hole in the extended slab that makes up the floor.
A year or two later, we found a tortoise living in that garden. He stayed there for about a hear before disappearing again. Given the rate at which a tortoise can move, we were (are) pretty sure that he didn't follow one of us through the greenhouse doors. So we concluded that he must have tunneled his way under the foundation of the outer wall and found the greenhouse a comfortable place to live for a while, but eventually tunneled his way back out.
As I recall, my younger sister has also adopted a tortoise that found its way into her house - or at least her yard. (I wouldn't put it past her son to have brought it in and encouraged the adoption)
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Date: 2012-06-18 03:08 pm (UTC)In the early 1980's, my parents turned what had been the back porch into a greenhouse. One of the features is a garden bed that was created by leaving a hole in the extended slab that makes up the floor.
A year or two later, we found a tortoise living in that garden. He stayed there for about a hear before disappearing again. Given the rate at which a tortoise can move, we were (are) pretty sure that he didn't follow one of us through the greenhouse doors. So we concluded that he must have tunneled his way under the foundation of the outer wall and found the greenhouse a comfortable place to live for a while, but eventually tunneled his way back out.
As I recall, my younger sister has also adopted a tortoise that found its way into her house - or at least her yard. (I wouldn't put it past her son to have brought it in and encouraged the adoption)