Sorry to barge in this way (spanking new registrant), but I've an uninvited anole lurking somewhere in my house and was hoping someone could suggest humane method of locating & returning it to the backyard from whence he sprang. Impossible?
He (she?) slipped in through the door a week or so ago and though I've not seen him since, judging from attitude of my small & ordinarily non-predatory housecat... anole has housed himself in my clothes closet. Discovered anole's detached tail two days ago.
Been around these tiny creatures all my life, holding great fondness for them, and do not mind presence in slightest... but darned if I want him to expire in clothes closet for fear of clothing absorbing odor of deceased lizard. Besides... I've an confirmed habit of rescuing rather than exterminating most outdoor interlopers, excepting flies & roaches.
Would anyone have suggestions on how I might locate/trap/rescue or otherwise lure this uninvited houseguest back to his proper homestead in my back yard? Over-due for quarterly home pest-control spritzing of interior to baseboards, etc... which I'm assured will kill the little bugger. Am delaying in hope of salvaging this lost wayfarer. They say a 'weed' is no more than a plant in the wrong place. Unfortunately, this poor anole has unwittingly become a weed. Any suggestions?
