Bill the lizard showed back up on the wall today. Just went over and fed him. I'm surprised he's being so scarce. Before it cooled off last fall and he went in hibernation, he would routinely come into the house all the way into the kitchen demanding to be fed in the morning. He does totally remember me though.
I just realized something that may indicate a problem: when all the lizards are out, I spend more time in any given day talking to them than I do to humans.
#BillTheLizard looks like he shed his skin recently. His right eye still has some old flaky scales hanging around the edge of it. I think that's why I thought it may be a different lizard because he looked a little darker but I think it's just because he has new scales and decided to hang out in a new spot. Up close, that's clearly Bill.
So I see "Bill" over on the wall. When I get up from the porch seat to go get some worms, he bolts away. I go get some food and walk back over there and I can't figure out why he's being so skittish until he comes up close and turns out it's… A different lizard!
This one is much lighter, a little thinner and has an original intact tail. It has tamed up extremely fast though! Already lets me stroke his chin a little bit.
I was doing my little whistle while I was feeding it in order to whistle train it and I guess Bill heard that and popped out from his hiding place at the other end of the wall.
He got fed too and now they are both facing each other about 30 feet apart. There is plenty of room for both, so I hope they don't start fighting.
OK, so I'm pretty sure the one in the picture in the post above and this one are the same and he has moved into the spot on the wall in the backyard. Not only does it look the same, but was immediately very tame when I approached with mealworms, even to the point of jumping off the wall onto my shoulder.
I get the impression that in the spring when they wake up, they won't necessarily stay in their old spot. This is the third year for Bill, but he has been moving around a bit and is nowhere to be seen today.
He's a handsome boy and he likes posing. Hopefully he'll stay around and I'll figure out a name for him.
