Crock is a time-traveler. He was a free lizard at birth, but I found him when he was just a baby. He wasn't that easy to catch, because he could move faster than you can blink! But Crock did come to live with me for a "time" in the summer of 1999. Crock soon settled in and had my whole family in the palm of "his" hand! He was quite a character. He loved to ride around on our shoulders and jump up on top of our heads. When you rubbed his head he would fall asleep on your hand, and if you rubbed him backwards, his skin made a squeaky funny noise! My Mom liked Crock especially well. He was fun to play with and she taught him how to pose with his tail and his head up in the air. She would call him her "Show Lizard!" Crock loved attention. This is a picture we took when Crock was being a Show Lizard. Crock was pretty easy to keep fed. He would eat ants, moths, grasshoppers, spiders or just about anything. For water in his cage, he liked me to drip the water on rocks so he could lick it off, but he also liked to take a dip once in a while, so I'd give him a bowl. Crock had the opportunity to make some lizard friends while he lived with me. Here you see him with two Western Skinks that spent the summer at my house too! Jerky, my Leopard Swift was his friend too, but didn't make it into this picture. Or maybe I should say he made it "out" of this picture! Ha Ha! At the end of the summer, when the leaves started to turn color, I took Crock, who was a big healthy Eastern Fence Lizard by then, back out to the woods and let him go. He's back where he was born now, but my family and I will never forget him. He was a special lizard and we loved the "time" he spent with us. I hope you're doing good Crock!! Blue-Tailed Skinks Chinese Water Dragon Leopard Swift Photo Galleries Eastern Fence Spiny Tail Iguana Bearded Dragon Terrarium and Cage Construction and Care Eat This Bug: A Guide to Invertebrate Live Foods for Reptiles and Amphibians Scott Petersen The Washington Serpentarium Website Home of The Reptile Man - Scott Petersen The Washington Serpentarium is one of the most comprehensive collections of reptiles on the West coast. From Black Mambas to large anacondas, you'll see reptiles seldom found in other zoos. Open 365 days a year! Leopard Swift | Skinks | Water Dragon | Bearded Dragon | Iguana | Photo Galleries | HOME All Lizard photographs on this website are © ZACH ~ALL RIGHTS RESERVED~ Website Graphics, Design, and Photography by Toni McLaughlin, email: webmaster@soultones.com Online Nov. 17, 1999 FastCounter by LinkExchange