Er, what to do? There's a lizard in my shower.

[Bill]

Presumably they hibernate and our (cool) bathroom isn't the best place for that, but I don't want to kill it.

Suggestions welcome

[Munter]

Pick it up and move it?

Use fire to make it consider moving to a more comfortable place?

[Butter Face]

What kind of lizard?

[Bill]

Munter said:

Pick it up and move it?

Use fire to make it consider moving to a more comfortable place?

That's what I'm asking, where to move it to. Not convinced the shower cubicle is fire retardant so I'll pass on the other suggestion

[897sma]

Picture?

[Bill]

Butter Face said:

What kind of lizard?

A small English one. I'll have a google...

[VinceFox]

make it a cup of tea.

[Steffan]

Bill said:

Munter said:

Pick it up and move it?

Use fire to make it consider moving to a more comfortable place?

That's what I'm asking, where to move it to. Not convinced the shower cubicle is fire retardant so I'll pass on the other suggestion

I suspect that the lizard is also distinctly flammable. A photo would assist identification. Possibly. And therefore best practice for the creature.

[Butter Face]

Bill said:

Butter Face said:

What kind of lizard?

A small English one. I'll have a google...

Just pick it up then

My cat used to eat them.

[Bill]

No pics as it's wedged itself in a crevice and I can only see its tail. It looks most like the common newt here: http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/identification.asp but is only 2" long.

Edited by Bill on Thursday 20th December 20:39

[Nightmare]

if its a newt - which is quite likely i would think - it's hard to know quite what to suggest

they hibernate out of the pond and dont need to be damp - but if you stick it outside now im fairly sure it'll just freeze to death - i imagine they need to be well tucked up by now to survive.

Dont suppose you could just leave it where it is? did it look like this?

[Munter]

Your profile suggests Dorset. So these guys might be able to suggest a good place for him/her to be.
http://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/contact_us.h...

Edit: From there I clicked a link to here.
http://www.arc-trust.org/advice/FAQs/newts/hiberna...

Edited by Munter on Friday 21st December 12:45

[Bill]

Cheers guys, it looks like the pic and we have a compost heap

[Nightmare]

Perfect! Shove a stick in to make a hole first then sort of post it in

[Bill]

Minding the grass snakes though, obviously.

However, it's vanished again so I assume it's quite happy ensconced in a hole in the bathroom. It does mean I'll have to wait until March to silicone it though