Bringing home an unwanted passenger from FW

[disneytriplets]

We arrived home safely yesterday evening. No car troubles! Woo-Hoo! We started unloading the camper today and my daughters start yelling there is a gecko in the yard by the camper. Here in PA you don't see such critters so it must have come from the Fort. We don't want it to die but, it's just too cold here. Anyone else ever bring one home??

The kids want to mail it back to FW!! I said we need to drive it back! ;-)

 

[CDNCruiser]

We arrived home in Canada a few years ago after a trip to The Fort. As we pulled the lawn chairs out of the trunk of the car we tow behind the motor home we were surprised to see a palmetto bug scurry off into the grass.

So if you saw what looked like a giant cockroach scurrying southward in November 2012 - it originated in Canada and was heading back to The Fort!

 

[Boomer1]

I did find a "geckosicle" once when emptying out the TT after our Christmas/ New Years trip to FW.
Canada in January is not the best place for FW wildlife.

 

[North of Mouse]

Y'all are all too funny!!

Sorry for the critters, but afraid they just won't 'make' it there!! But they actually won't be missed as there are thousands more of 'each' down here, and they likely won't be extinct any time soon!!

(actually don't think their lifespans are very long anyway if that makes you feel better - as for the Palmetto Bug (roach) you could well have taken many, many more I exterminate 'any and all' that I see!!!

 

[disneytriplets]

Just pulled up a picture of the palmetto bug. I will happily bring home many geckos as long as I never see a palmetto bug! Right now the gecko is sitting in a container on my kitchen counter. DH gave him a few bugs. Maybe tomorrow we'll bid him farewell and send him off into the woods. I doubt he'll survive the night with 48' F temps.

 

[smadath]

You could always drop the Gecko off at the local pet store. Someone would be happy to give it a warm home!

 

[tina.tina]

A licensed wildlife rescuer lives in our town. Maybe you could find someone like that!

 

[JanL]

You can keep him in a terrarium until your next visit to the Fort. My neighbor kept one that way and fed him flies she had gently stunned with a fly swatter, then popped into the freezer for a long nap. When they defrosted, they started stirring and the lizard ate them.

A local elementary school might already have a terrarium and would be glad to have him....so would a lot of critters in your woods, LOL.

 

[lovin'fl]

We carried a huntsman spider in our minivan door from Disney's Vero Beach resort to Universal's Hard Rock Hotel where we hope it died or left our van in the parking lot there for 3 days. That thing was the size of my hand, no lie. We tried to get it out before we left Vero Beach but it disappeared on us...somewhere in the van door (or van ). Made for a long ride to Universal where nobody wanted to sit in the seat next to that door.

Looked like this:

 

[North of Mouse]

We carried a huntsman spider in our minivan door from Disney's Vero Beach resort to Universal's Hard Rock Hotel where we hope it died or left our van in the parking lot there for 3 days. That thing was the size of my hand, no lie. We tried to get it out before we left Vero Beach but it disappeared on us...somewhere in the van door (or van ). Made for a long ride to Universal where nobody wanted to sit in the seat next to that door.

Looked like this:

Yikes!! No matter how 'harmless' a spider or any other insect/reptile is, there is NO way I would touch it - sorry, but I hate them all - gives me chills even when I 'see' one, which I limit as much as possible.

 

[CDNCruiser]

We had a frog . . . a big green frog!

We were on our way home, eastbound on I-4 and about 40 miles out of Orlando when my wife wandered back to use the ladies room.

She screeched, "There's a frog! There's a frog!"

I pulled over on the shoulder and went to investigate . . . there he was on the French door leading to the bedroom.

He's now living somewhere along the side of I-4 near I-95.

 

[disneytriplets]

That spider is horrible looking!! Feeling very thankful for the cute, little gecko. I don't have the heart to send him into the cold. I priced a terrarium on Walmart and Amazon.

I tried to find a local wildlife rescue place to take an injured turtle. Surprisingly, there isn't much in my area.

We homeschool so he might become our classroom pet!

Guess we need to plan an emergency trip to Disney so we can return him!!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . We started unloading the camper today and my daughters start yelling there is a gecko . . .

1) Those darn insurance agents show up just EVERYWHERE !
2) Probably better than going with THE Flo.

 

[disneytriplets]

1) those darn insurance agents show up just everywhere !
2) probably better than going with the flo.

lol!!!

 

[smadath]

Dear lovin'fl,

I seriously need Spoiler Alerts for pictures like that.

 

[luckycharm19335]

We brought home a frozen gecko one year after Thanksgiving!
Found him when we unloaded the golf cart.
Poor little guy!

 

[Lisa Anne Colling]

You are all freaking me out!!! LOL! We are taking our 5th wheel for the first time in March. I hate bugs, especially spiders as big as my hand, lizards, snakes, etc...
My boys will be in thier glory, I will be hiding!!!!

 

[articfox676]

Geckos are good. You see them that means there aren't any snakes around.