{"id":12158,"date":"2012-03-23T20:33:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T03:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2012-03-23T20:33:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T03:33:47","slug":"the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/23\/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call Is Coming From Inside The House!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, while I was outside weeding around the milkweeds again, my mom called for me\u00a0(see what I did there?)\u00a0from inside the house to let me know there was another alligator lizard, this time in the kitchen. It had scurried under the stove\/oven. I moved the appliance away from the wall but we couldn&#8217;t find it. After checking inside the oven and lower drawer I finally located it along one of the drawer channels. I was able to coax into a small, empty, plastic trash can and then took it outside to let it run free into the plants along the side of the house. It seemed grateful. Judging from a large bulge in her middle, I believe she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12159\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12158]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12159\" data-attachment-id=\"12159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/23\/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house\/alligator-lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1332518490&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alligator Lizard01 03-23-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Coiled and scared&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12159\" title=\"Alligator Lizard01 03-23-12 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Alligator Lizard\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Alligator-Lizard01-03-23-12-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coiled and scared<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, while I was outside weeding around the milkweeds again, my mom called for me\u00a0(see what I did there?)\u00a0from inside the house to let me know there was another alligator lizard, this time in the kitchen. It had scurried under the stove\/oven. I moved the appliance away from the wall but we couldn&#8217;t find &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/23\/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3a6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5445,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/03\/18\/an-unexpected-visitor\/","url_meta":{"origin":12158,"position":0},"title":"An Unexpected House Guest","date":"March 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I noticed (actually stepped in, barefoot) some unfamiliar poop in the entryway of our house this afternoon. I knew it wasn't mine and instantly recognized it as lizard scat from the white tip on one end. The size told me right away that this was no ordinary reptile. It was,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/House-Lizard01-03-18-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13338,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/29\/lost-a-baby-helped-a-baby\/","url_meta":{"origin":12158,"position":1},"title":"Lost A Baby, Helped A Baby","date":"June 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"After losing the Phoebe chick this morning my day was a bit of a downer. Later in the day we found a juvenile alligator lizard inside the house just resting on the kitchen floor. I didn't want anything to happen to this little fellow. 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