What should I do?!?!

[Angi]

I am moving at the end of the month to La Mesa CA about half an hour from where I live now. I am renting my Ramona house to a family with three little boys. There is a three legged lizard that lives on my porch I call him Stumpy. I see him every day and have for about a month. I am afraid the little boys will catch it and try to make a pet of it. Should I leave it and hope they don't or catch it and release him at my new house?

 

[wellington]

If lizards like turtles, won't travel their life away to get back from where they were taken from, I say take him with. The three boys will probably do worse then just make a pet out of him

 

[Kristina]

I am usually a live and let live kind of person when it comes to wildlife, but in this situation, I think a catch, relocate and release would be a very viable option.

 

[Angi]

Then that is what I will do. Thank you for the advice. I sure hope the rest of my wild friends stay safe. T thought about making them sign a contract saying they would not hurt or capture any animal on my property, but decided it wouldn't do any good and they would think I was crazy. They have two dogs and two pet corn snakes so at least I know that like animals

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

If lizards like turtles, won't travel their life away to get back from where they were taken from, I say take him with. The three boys will probably do worse then just make a pet out of him

I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[StudentoftheReptile]

Yeah, lizards aren't like turtles in that respect. Unless the boys were old enough to understand things, and you were able to teach them how to co-habitate properly with their fellow "tenant," then I would simply relocate and release.