I have issues with small animals.
I was just updating some of my Ravelry projects when I heard a commotion behind me. I turned around to see what the cat was playing with. With a shock, I saw something dark scuttling along the edge of the carpet. I ran to the phone.
Me: AHHH! There’s a CREATURE in here!
Snookums: (on the bus, by the sound of it) There’s a what now?
Me: A skink! I think it’s a SKINK! She’s chasing it around and she’s going to EAT IT! WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Him: Well, get her off it! Then pick it up–
Me: WHAT?!
Him: Okay, cover it with a jar and then use a piece of paper to take it outside.
Me: Okay.
So I got a jar and went back to the office… and the skink was gone. There sat the stupid cat, mewing and sniffing around the base of my office chair.
Me: What– DID YOU LOSE IT? HOW COULD YOU LOSE IT? You’re a cat, damn you! Where did it go?! DID YOU EAT IT?
I can’t find any trace of it. Either she ate it… or it crawled into some part of my office chair for safety, and it’s going to wait until I’m sitting here late one night surfing before it crawls out and gives me a heart attack.
gemma
January 23, 2008 — 9:07 pm
The good/bad news is if she ate it she will vomit, and if she didn’t its still in the house somewhere.
Kris
January 23, 2008 — 9:20 pm
Rodd found it. It had crawled into one of the wheel wells on my office chair. It was dead. We’re not sure whether she killed it (it was conspicuously missing its tail) or whether I ran over it when I moved the chair.
eileen
January 24, 2008 — 4:46 am
skink? some sort of Australian ROUS?
aim
January 24, 2008 — 4:55 am
my last comment in the convo with rodd wouldn’t have been “okay,” it would’ve still been, “WHAT?!” and i would’ve been standing on a table. and i would’ve remained there until he got home. ICK!
Kris
January 24, 2008 — 11:26 am
They’re itty bitty little lizards, like two inches long. I’ve seen them scuttling along in the garden before, and OUTSIDE I think they’re kinda cute. INSIDE is a whole different story.
Anna
January 24, 2008 — 1:15 pm
My cat always seems to bring those in. You’ll either find a seperated tail or she’ll have eaten it. It’s all good.
jp
January 24, 2008 — 2:04 pm
It’s a little tiny lizard. I was expecting a mouse or rat.
Our cat when she was younger loved hunting lizards – they would often loose there tails.
She took on a blue tongue once and came off a little worse for wear..but she does love those little ones.
They are cute and harmless (and teeny-tiny)
Shan
January 26, 2008 — 7:56 am
I was thinking a skink was going to be some kind of scary insect.. so I googled it and they’re CUTE! Aw.. how could you be afraid of that?