An adult skink has made it into the house somehow. How do we catch it?

An adult skink has made it into the house somehow. How do we catch it?

Set up a video camera then go after it with a pool net. :popcorn:

Crap... I read it as adult "skunk"... nevermind. :ohwell:

I find them all the time in the house but they have several little holes in their bodies. Look like kitty teef marks to me. :lol:

An adult skink has made it into the house somehow. How do we catch it?

You bwe vewy vewy qwiet and you skink up on it.

Turn up the AC, slows them down

I find them all the time in the house but they have several little holes in their bodies. Look like kitty teef marks to me. :lol:
Remington has given up on catching it. I don't know if Smudge has seen it yet. Mackenzie probably won't bother herself enough to give it any effort. She has boy cats around to do that for her.

An adult skink has made it into the house somehow. How do we catch it?

Be careful, they are dangerous when cornered and can leap a freakishly long distance.





Seriously, just find out where it is and grab it? I doubt you'll be able to lure it out. Unless you have a fly rod and some tiny gnats tied on a #1 hook.

Sticky rat trap.

The easiest way as someone else has said, is to just find it and grab it, and release it. If it's just a blue tail skink, or some other small variety then you don't have to worry about whether or not it bites you. Their teeth are so tiny that they cannot penetrate your skin.

On the other hand if it's a larger variety like a broadhead, their bites can be painful depending on the size of the skink. In that case use some type of glove and you will be fine.

-SZ

Seriously, just find out where it is and grab it? I doubt you'll be able to lure it out. Unless you have a fly rod and some tiny gnats tied on a #1 hook.
That was my thought when I heard about it. However, my arms aren't long enough to catch it from here in Silver Spring. Will give it a try when I get home. Hopefully it is not some sort of mutant skink from Calvert Cliffs nuke plant.

The easiest way as someone else has said, is to just find it and grab it, and release it. What is this release it you speak of? Boy needs a pet.

An adult skink has made it into the house somehow. How do we catch it?

Very carefully! :yay:

afterwards..... its gonna be a good place for a STICK-UP :killingme:killingme

Very carefully! :yay:
Fur real! We wouldn't want it to spray all over the place. I would not look good taking a bath in tomato soup.

afterwards..... its gonna be a good place for a STICK-UP :killingme:killingme
You do realize we are talking about a lizard, right?

You do realize we are talking about a lizard, right?
:killingme
I skimmed first line as I walked by ... oh thats funny... Im was thinking how odd .. a skunk in the house??? lol

What is this release it you speak of?

They taste like chicken

They taste like chicken
Sure would take a bunch of them to make a single serving of sweet & sour chicken.

:killingme
I skimmed first line as I walked by ... oh thats funny... Im was thinking how odd .. a skunk in the house??? lol

Heck I read it as 'skank' at first.

An adult skink has made it into the house somehow. How do we catch it?

You can catch part of it by grabbing the tail if you're fast enough. :lol: I wouldn't worry about it though. I've had several (blue or red ones) come in and they either find a way back out or I find them (dried up into hard petrified bodies) during the next spring cleaning.

I just get a small plastic trash can and my sandal or shoe and guide them into the can. They usually go right in it when their other escape routes are blocked. Then I just release them back in the yard...

Nah, you don't wanna keep that little thing, go down to corner critters and get him a real skink! :yay:

I just get a small plastic trash can and my sandal or shoe and guide them into the can. They usually go right in it when their other escape routes are blocked. Then I just release them back in the yard...

Jesus Christ. You're scared of a little lizard. :killingme

Jesus Christ. You're scared of a little lizard. :killingme
First off, I am not Jesus Christ.
Second, no, I'm not scared of them but I've had a larger one latch onto my finger before and I don't need a replay of it, TYVM.

Nah, you don't wanna keep that little thing, go down to corner critters and get him a bearded dragon or savanah monitor! :yay:Now that's what I'm talkin about!

What's a skink? I've heard of them but never seen one before.

What's a skink? I've heard of them but never seen one before.
Local common lizard. If you live in SoMD, you have them around your house. Either black w/ light stripes on main body and a blue tail (juvi) or brown with stripes (adult). Biggest I have seen was 6"-8" head to tail. Here's a pic of a juvi. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HPIM2548.JPG)

I've seen them out in the yard. I just didn't know that it was a skink. Thanks for the info!