This morning when I was logged on to get my email, I heard a sound from my CPU tower. As I glanced over toward the glass wall on the side, I saw a tiny lizard drop to the bottom of the case. WTF? I quickly shut down the PC, not wanting to lose anything if a certain little lizard decided to walk across the motherboard on my new PC. I do have to explain - I live in Florida, and these things are everywhere! There are probably ten for every square yard of lawn. They get into your house, no matter what you do. And they run so fast, you can't catch them. I know they eat insects, but I'd rather not have one debug my PC, thank you very much.

I thought up all kinds of ways to drive him out - like putting a small amt of bleach or ammonia on the bottom of the case, but I was afraid if I spilled it, what might it do to my PC? I finally just took the side off, and let him escape, and he must have done that, because I don't see him tonight at all. But just to be sure, I'll leave the side off till tomorrow morning.

Just don't be surprised when you find three lizards living in your CPU tomorrow.

"He" is still in there, but trying to hide from me. I still have the side off, just leaning on the tower. He isn't getting the message to leave. Harrumph!

I left you a couple of messages over at TAC. Look in the "Misc." forum.

TY for the messages, nice welcome. BTW, do you know if lizards are egg-layers or live bearers? You got me worried. I doubt if it is a problem, since they try to find a food source for their young, but...ya never know!

Are you sure he wasn't included in the price? Check with the computer place to see if they were giving away lizards that day.



No seriously - a lizard in your computer - I had never ever thought about that happening - but I do live in England - we get a few mice every now and then - I hope one of them doesn't get in my PC.

No actually, I had even seen the little bugger the night before, darting around my PC, but it never occurred to me that he might be able to get in, or that he'd even want to.

I'd see if I could dump him out. But that's just me.

Please keep us posted. I'm dying to know who/what finally wins this encounter.

Maybe you can get him a pair of very small "static free" slippers so he won't short anything himself and then he can keep the "bugs" out of your computer. Might develope into the ultimate in keeping computers "bug free". You'll make a fortune.

LOL, well this morning when I turned on the PC,and didn't see him, I thought he was gone, but NO, he was still there! So I took the advice of a friend, got a 1" paintbrush, and shooed him out. He startled me by jumping toward me instead of away, causing me to drop the paintbrush, but, what the heck, I got him out. I quickly closed up the PC tower, which is on a small table ( I keep it up so bugs don't get in, right?), and he jumped to the floor. Now, either my cat will get him, or if I can catch him, I'll toss him outside.

Jenny, I couldn't dump him out, this tower weighs a ton, and I can't pick it up.

Hooray!!!

Well, I suppose a lizard is a lot more interesting than an earwig or a spider!
//^oo^\\ ugh!

I've never seen that spider construction before. I like it. Here's my rendition of the lizard that took over Fairygodmother's tower.

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I have named him Spock.

lol, he wasn't much bigger than that, either -

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more like that in length

Spock, huh? he didn't have pointy ears, sorry.