Today I Got A Visit From Animal Control about my Tegu !!!!!!!!!!

Today I Got A Visit From Animal Control about my Tegu !!!!!!!!!! So today I had a visit from the city animal control. here is how the conversation went !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to funny read on


Knock on the Door!
Animal control Officer says: Do you own a VERY large black and white Lizard
Me: Uhm yes Why
Animal control Officer says: Its scaring the neighbors !
Me: How???
Animal control Officer says: Its trying to get in their back door.
Me: I say WTH????? I look and for sure she gotten out the back gate while cleaning
Me: I'm sorry which house
Animal control Officer says: all the next three houses next to you!!!
Me: Excuse me
Animal control Officer says: Yes we have had several calls today about a big black lizard trying to come in back doors as she starts to laugh.
Me: Do you know where its at now??
Animal control Officer says: Ah....... Yes follow me
Me: okay
Animal control Officer says: I'm not going near that thing it looks mean.
Me: I pick her up she licks my face and puts her head on my shoulder and relaxes.
Animal control Officer says: Well all be damn she is puppy dog tame
Me: I'm very sorry for the trouble.
Animal control Officer says: No problem can you tell me all about them??

Come on down to the house! So for an hour we talked about Tegus and reptiles as more officers came by to see all the animals!. I should have gotten a picture !!!!

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That's great, its good to see that these types of things can end well!

Been there except they took y monitor an it was in her cage and the neighbors had seen it. Then I had to go to the local animal shelter and explain that it is a legal non lethal lizard. When I saw her she ran up to me and begge for pets. We flipped off the officer and drive away. It was a pain in the butt. I'm glad it caused no problems for you!:)

Pretty awesome story but I'd be a bit more careful with her, the next officer might not be so curious and understanding.

Hahahahaha this was the female, not Zeus? Does she have a name? I don't think I ever knew it......

Awesome story!


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Glad it ended up OK. Could have resulted in much more serious consequences, including your animal being injured or killed. Looks great on the rest of the reptile community too, having a large reptile wandering around unattended :) So yes.. happy your tegu is safe and sound... not so happy with the story in general.

In Az in general all the Animal control agents call the Herp society whenever there is a reptile involved. They all want and are eager for knowledge. They were very kind and thankful for the education and a few are going to the reptile show in two weeks to learn more. There will always be someone on a board or in a crowd to point out the negative. I try to always look at the positive. The attention gained from negativity is just that!

But surely you can't be upset with someone for not liking the fact that one of your animals got out and ended up "scaring the neighbors," right? I, too, don't see the humor in this story. I am glad that you got her back and that you got to educate some folks, but what if the scared neighbors are now even more turned off than they were before to reptiles? Maybe instead of not voting on a ban in the future they will vote to support a ban now. I hope that in the future you take the necessary precautions to keep this from happening again.

So no response? I'm curious as to what you might have to say in response to my post.

Yeah, I too have to agree that the story is cute for a story, but better if it were a fiction tale. Not to speak down to the OP, but the reality is moments like these are what cause pandemonium within residential communities when it comes to reptiles, especially once of the larger nature. This could've ended up much worse for you as others have stated, fines, loss of animal rights, your animal being put down. Fortunately, your animal control was very willing to learn and understanding of exotics in general. I would suggest though that you apologize to your neighbors and let them know what was going on if they do not know already. However, don't try and force any information upon them, allow them to be the one who asks questions. Education only works when the other side wants to learn.

Again though, glad it had a happy ending

Agreed ^^^

I have to admit, I did laugh when I read the op. And I am very happy it had a happy ending - and that the animal control officer was so good about everything. It seems like he/she was one of those who was willing to learn. Hopefully, if you politely explain the situation to your neighbors and offer an apology, they won't be jerks in return. If someone seems interested, perhaps inviting them over to meet your Tegu in person would be nice and educational too. :gj: