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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2005Gecko on the window
Last night I was on the couch and Vino was lounging around on the other couch. Suddenly, I noticed him getting all tense and going into stalking mode. He was staring at the window above the couch I was sitting on. I looked and there was the big (1 foot) gecko from the back of the house (not to be confused with the other gecko from the front of the house). Jill, it was a toquay. Vino attacked the window, using me as a springboard and almost winding me. Within a split second, he was attached to the window screen, looking like some sort of spider cat! Extreme frustration ensued when he realized the gecko was on the outside of the glass and therefore unattainable. He threw himself at the window repeatedly until the gecko had had enough and left. I was giggling uncontrollably and Vino stalked off to lick his wounds ;-) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Last night I was on the couch and Vino was lounging around on the other > couch. Suddenly, I noticed him getting all tense and going into stalking [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album I hope the glass is good and strong. MLB >Last night I was on the couch and Vino was lounging around on the >other couch. Suddenly, I noticed him getting all tense and going into [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >I was giggling uncontrollably and Vino stalked off to lick his wounds >;-) Poor Vino! You grow them big there! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > sitting on. I looked and there was the big (1 foot) gecko from the Holy crap! That's a big gecko! The ones we have here (and that the cats *adore*) are no more than 2-3 inches long. > Extreme frustration ensued when he realized the gecko was on the > outside of the glass and therefore unattainable. He threw himself at > the window repeatedly until the gecko had had enough and left. Ours do the same thing, I'm afraid they'll break the glass one of these days!  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> sitting on. I looked and there was the big (1 foot) gecko from the > > Holy crap! That's a big gecko! The ones we have here (and that the > cats *adore*) are no more than 2-3 inches long. Oh, we've got those little lizards too. They are everywhere, even inside. Vino hunts, kills and eats them quite efficiently! But this was a gecko, a whole different thing altogether. We have 2 living under the roof tiles, one in the back by the laundry room and one in the front by the kitchen. They can call their own name, they go "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, ge-cko, ge-cko, ge-cko". The more times they can say gecko before running out of breath, the better. 5 times is really good. >> Extreme frustration ensued when he realized the gecko was on the >> outside of the glass and therefore unattainable. He threw himself at >> the window repeatedly until the gecko had had enough and left. > > Ours do the same thing, I'm afraid they'll break the glass one of > these days! Hee hee! -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Oh, we've got those little lizards too. They are everywhere, even > inside. Vino hunts, kills and eats them quite efficiently! Every so often one will have a death wish and walk into their enclosure. I've managed to save a few from the jaws of death. > But this was a gecko, a whole different thing altogether. We have 2 These are geckos too, an introduced species from the mediterranean. I just read they get to be 4-5 inches long. > living under the roof tiles, one in the back by the laundry room and > one in the front by the kitchen. They can call their own name, they > go "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, ge-cko, ge-cko, ge-cko". The more times they Hmmm... I'll have to pay attention to see if our geckos say "gecko". SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Oh, we've got those little lizards too. They are everywhere, even >> inside. Vino hunts, kills and eats them quite efficiently! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Hmmm... I'll have to pay attention to see if our geckos say "gecko". I'm not sure the type you have will do that, Victor. The kind she's talking about (toquay or tokay) do this sort of audible wind-up before they start calling out very loudly! I was told they were poisonous but have been corrected about that. I think the maids just didn't want me bothering the lizard - something about good luck :) Jill > Last night I was on the couch and Vino was lounging around on the > other couch. Suddenly, I noticed him getting all tense and going into [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album There's a chameleon who lives behind our shutter in the kitchen window. It comes out every day about 7:00 am. When I open the blinds in the morning, my cats are *on* it. Tails thrashing the window pane, they sit, waiting for that little head to pop out. It's downright hysterical. kili > > Last night I was on the couch and Vino was lounging around on the > > other couch. Suddenly, I noticed him getting all tense and going into [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > kili we've got heaps of little skin coloured geckos all over our house and garden shed. they're very quick, so jasmin doesn't bother them, she mostly harrasses skinks. I've got a special 'hospital basket' in the kitchen for them. they don't call gecko, but they scream- it's really eerie noise in the middle of the night. [[Last night I was on the couch and Vino was lounging around on the other couch. Suddenly, I noticed him getting all tense and going into stalking mode. He was staring at the window above the couch I was sitting on. I looked and there was the big (1 foot) gecko from the back of the house (not to be confused with the other gecko from the front of the house). Jill, it was a toquay. Vino attacked the window, using me as a springboard and almost winding me. Within a split second, he was attached to the window screen, looking like some sort of spider cat! Extreme frustration ensued when he realized the gecko was on the outside of the glass and therefore unattainable. He threw himself at the window repeatedly until the gecko had had enough and left. I was giggling uncontrollably and Vino stalked off to lick his wounds ;-) ]] WOW -- geckos get that big? I can imagine Captain and Stanley if they ever saw a critter that large clinging to the window. They'd be bouncing off the window, and probably the walls and the ceiling too, with excitement. Heck, we had a flying ant between the outer pane (aka "storm window") and inner pane of glass a few weeks ago. I don't know how it got in, but until it figured out how to get back OUT, it was flying around in there and the Units of Felinity were going nuts bapping on the glass. If they went bananas for an inch-long bug, I can only imagine what they'd do if a lizard nearly as long as they are was sitting in their line of sight. It's probably better for the lizards, the cats, and my house that we don't get lizards this far north. ;o) Donna, Captain, and Stanley |
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