Trained lizard?

beerftw · Apr 17, 2018

At work today I ran into a spiked lizard like none ever seen, we get those and whiptails day and night, some days in peak summer we can watch 10-20 whiptails russing circles around the concrete, but all the lizards at work are skiddish and hide when people approach and come out when they think it is safe. Today I had a spiked lizard run right up to me on the concrete, I reached down and it did not even flynch and let me pet it. Later someone else found the same lizard following it around and when he put out his hand the lizard jumped right on it.

I have never seen a wild lizard who followed humans and behaved so non agressive, heck I have not seen domesticated lizards act like that except bearded dragons. This led me to believe even though a native lizard in my area he was previously domesticated and either escaped or abandoned, but the real question is how can a lizard be trained like that, to be mellow and follow people around like a puppy dog, never ever seen it before.

PirateMk1 · Apr 17, 2018

beerftw said:
At work today I ran into a spiked lizard like none ever seen, we get those and whiptails day and night, some days in peak summer we can watch 10-20 whiptails russing circles around the concrete, but all the lizards at work are skiddish and hide when people approach and come out when they think it is safe. Today I had a spiked lizard run right up to me on the concrete, I reached down and it did not even flynch and let me pet it. Later someone else found the same lizard following it around and when he put out his hand the lizard jumped right on it.

I have never seen a wild lizard who followed humans and behaved so non agressive, heck I have not seen domesticated lizards act like that except bearded dragons. This led me to believe even though a native lizard in my area he was previously domesticated and either escaped or abandoned, but the real question is how can a lizard be trained like that, to be mellow and follow people around like a puppy dog, never ever seen it before.

It probably associates you with food shelter water and safety. Either that, or it is a reincarnated dog or human.

DiAnna · Apr 17, 2018

beerftw said:
At work today I ran into a spiked lizard like none ever seen, we get those and whiptails day and night, some days in peak summer we can watch 10-20 whiptails russing circles around the concrete, but all the lizards at work are skiddish and hide when people approach and come out when they think it is safe. Today I had a spiked lizard run right up to me on the concrete, I reached down and it did not even flynch and let me pet it. Later someone else found the same lizard following it around and when he put out his hand the lizard jumped right on it.

I have never seen a wild lizard who followed humans and behaved so non agressive, heck I have not seen domesticated lizards act like that except bearded dragons. This led me to believe even though a native lizard in my area he was previously domesticated and either escaped or abandoned, but the real question is how can a lizard be trained like that, to be mellow and follow people around like a puppy dog, never ever seen it before.

He sounds domesticated. I've had reptiles as pets, and any animal, once it looks to humans for its only source of food, will seek out other humans if it finds itself "in the wild". I'd have picked the little guy up and taken him home! He's probably scared and hungry.

beerftw · Apr 17, 2018

DiAnna said:
He sounds domesticated. I've had reptiles as pets, and any animal, once it looks to humans for its only source of food, will seek out other humans if it finds itself "in the wild". I'd have picked the little guy up and taken him home! He's probably scared and hungry.

An unspecified person did end up taking it home to be a pet for his grandson. I had a lizard when I was young, and when it got away it thought ot was a wild animal not domesticated, it still shocks me how they can be as such, again bearded dragons being the exception but they are lazy and running away takes effort when meal wporms fall from the sky.

Skeptic Bob · Apr 17, 2018

Could very well be domesticated. But it also could have had some sort of neurological damage or disease.

DiAnna · Apr 17, 2018

Skeptic Bob said:
Could very well be domesticated. But it also could have had some sort of neurological damage or disease.

Buzz kill!

I prefer to think it's a lost little lizard who will now go to a thrilled little boy who will feed and love it until the end of it's lizard days.

Oborosen · Apr 18, 2018

beerftw said:
At work today I ran into a spiked lizard like none ever seen, we get those and whiptails day and night, some days in peak summer we can watch 10-20 whiptails russing circles around the concrete, but all the lizards at work are skiddish and hide when people approach and come out when they think it is safe. Today I had a spiked lizard run right up to me on the concrete, I reached down and it did not even flynch and let me pet it. Later someone else found the same lizard following it around and when he put out his hand the lizard jumped right on it.

I have never seen a wild lizard who followed humans and behaved so non agressive, heck I have not seen domesticated lizards act like that except bearded dragons. This led me to believe even though a native lizard in my area he was previously domesticated and either escaped or abandoned, but the real question is how can a lizard be trained like that, to be mellow and follow people around like a puppy dog, never ever seen it before.

The lizard most likely has started associating humans with something that is good for it. Like food or something of that sort.

Trained lizard?

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