Welcome to BYC! It sounds like you have a start of a great bunch of animals . When we were young my wife worked in a pet store and one morning I awoke and looked up and said honey there's a gecko on the wall . It must have crawled into her coat and hitched a ride to our house . We took her back to the store as we already had a zoo .
I'm originally from the Traverse City area in Michigan but have lived most of my life in Florida. You will find a lot of good information here Good luck and have fun...