Don't Know How This Happened...

We're not sure how this happened, but our cat, Jenna, found a Western Fence Lizard that had incautiously ventured into the house.  Fortunately, Cindy saw the tail hanging out of Jenna's mouth and managed to get her away from the lizard before the cat could actually kill the lizard.

Then the hunt was on for us to try to find the lizard again before Jenna could get back to it.  We finally found it in a corner of the living room and managed to trap it.  The lizard played dead while I scooped it up in a plastic bag and deposited it under a bush in the front yard; it apparently took to its heels, minus its tail, shortly after that because it was gone when I went back a few minutes later.

Western Fence Lizard

I didn't get a picture of the lizard because I was intent on getting it OUTSIDE the house as quickly as possible.

This picture is of a different Western Fence Lizard from a few years ago; that lizard had lost both its tail and a back foot, but survived very well minus those appendages.  We're hoping the current lizard was relatively undamaged, and that it will be a little more wary about coming into the house where those creatures with sharp teeth and claws live.