[thunderchildobs]

On Saturday afternoon when getting ready to observe, I was moving the scope around and heard a plasticy tapping sound coming from the Dec housing on my LX200. That cannot be a good sign.

I first thought and a small screw might have came loose.

I partly removed the Dec housing cover and saw a small white ball bearing.
Strange I thought, I do not ever remembering seeing that before.
I continued to remove the housing, but the housing cover split and I saw 4 ball bearings falling to the concrete. Where on earth did these things come from and what is broken.

I waited for the sound of ball bearings bouncing around on the observatory floor, but instead I heard "Splat, Splat, Splat, Splat".

I took a very close look at the ball bearing on the floor and saw a tiny eye starring back at me!! The ball bearings were actually small eggs of a lizard, I guess a geko that had made its home in the Dec housing.

Brendan