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 #1796007


Dragonflame
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 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

I really want to catch a a baby Fence lizard does any body have any useful tips i can use PLEASE
07/15/08  09:23am

 #1796340


Geckos1218
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1796007


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

ok if you see one keep this a secret my secret lizard catching technique first get your non dominent hand and wiggle your fingers to distract the lizard then watch the eyes of the lizard see if its watching the hand then get your other hand and slowly move in if he sees the other hand dont move it instead wiggle your fingers again to get its attention away remember keep your destracting hand about 5 inches away from the lizard

and if you need help finding one look for a stump or rotting log and search there also if you carefully dig there you could find several eggs
follow step by step

also if the lizard get to high for you to reach get a water gun a painless way to get him down squirt towards his head cause then he starts to have to come down but remember they hurt when fencies bit
07/15/08  02:22pm

 #1797543


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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1796340


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

ok but i got bitten by one a adult and it didn’t hurt me
07/16/08  09:47am

 #1797674


Geckos1218
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1797543


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

man u r lucky i got bit by one and in order to get it off i had to almost pry its mouth open I blead for a while then when i stopped bleeding i had a outline of its mouth on my finger

oh guys i remember when i was younger my dad had a huge brush pile in the back and there was a blue tailed skink that was very big
it was from this sign [ ]
to this one it was huge but strangely calm when i caught it are some blue tailed skinks pets this one seemed almost taimed
07/16/08  11:33am

 #1799339


Dragonflame
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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1797674


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

well i did have to pry ifsmouth open but i didn’t bleed



07/17/08  01:51pm

 #1799692


Geckos1218
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1799339


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

dude i blead for about a good 20 to 30 minutes but he was a spunky one

ok i have a weird story i caught a small blue tailed skink the other day and it bit me i ignored it kept it on there so i can look at him or her not sure then it started to death role me like a little crocodile i was like freakin out cause it kept doing it so i finnaly pulled it off didnt hurt much but weird huh
07/17/08  06:54pm

 #1800364


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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1799692


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

lol that is weird



07/18/08  09:13am

 #1800422


Geckos1218
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1800364


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

yes evil lizard but man did he taist good ummmm i mean he put up a fight ummm never mind lol
07/18/08  10:16am

 #1805455


NSNlgirls
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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1800422


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

Well we (my friends and i) caught two!!! Well, you cup your hand and corner it.... and put ur hand on top of it... then pick it up with your other hand



07/22/08  06:47pm

 #1805689


C.curtio
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1796007


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

I caught mine by throwing a small towel on it, picked it up.
07/22/08  10:10pm

 #1807215


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   Message To: C.curtio   In reference to Message Id: 1805689


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

lol thats what i try a long time ago with a full grown alli it was HUGE



07/24/08  10:38am

 #1807217


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   Message To: C.curtio   In reference to Message Id: 1805689


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

hey good news i caught two of them i caught the second one and my dad caught the first but he made the lizards tail brake off i think i have a male and a female i dont know for shure



07/24/08  10:41am

 #1811326


Geckos1218
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1807217


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

bad news got bit my new female eastern i did not bleed but he didnt want o let go i keep getting bit because i like handfeeding my lizards so they can get used to me’
07/28/08  08:30am

 #1812524


Slove1106
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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1796007


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

There’s a lot of ways to catch them and they usually take time and patience. Usually two things I never have. lol. I personally got one of my lizards by cornering him and leading him into a box... The other my boyfriend’s daughter caught (probably not in the most safest and nicest way...) with a net. I actually would prefer she didn’t do it that way as it can hurt the lizard, but hey, she’s 9.

My boyfriend caught me a 3-4 inch baby the other week which I released after showing my kids. He said he caught it by hand.

The "method" I’ve tried and succeeded at a few times (didn’t actually keep those ones) is the lasso/noose method. I’ve actually only done this on the bigger lizards so I don’t know how well it will work with juvies. They’re a little more skittish. You take one of those long pieces of grass that you see in dry fields and make a lasso at the end. The kind of knot that allows the knot to slide back and forth to tighten or loosen the hole. Anyway, you just basically slowly creep up on the lizard and get the noose around its head. It won’t move because the lizard is used to grass, trees and all that blowing around, so it won’t think it’s a danger. If you made the noose correctly, it will tighten when you slowly pull and you’ve got yourself a lizard. I’ve actually had a time or two where I was in such a hurry that my knot sucked and didn’t close right. The lizard got away after constant tugging trying to tighten the noose. lol. but they actually don’t move for quite a while... I’m thinking the only reason they really move is because they’re annoyed. Make sure it’s at least 3 feet long so you won’t have to get too close to the lizard and scare it away.

I’ve also heard of another way which I haven’t tried. You can dig a hole in the ground and put a bucket in the hole and create kind of a "path" to the hole using whatever you prefer. By blocking off those paths on both sides you can lead the lizard to the hole and voila... they’ll drop in the bucket. I personally think that’s way too much work for a lizard.



07/29/08  11:12am

 #1812544


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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1796007


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

I have caught 5 in the last month (1 adult male, two baby-jv males, and one jv female) but i only kept the jv male and the jv female. They are alot of fun to watch and you can keep them with green, brown anoles, longtailed grass lizards, and house geckos.Mine are kept in a 20gal long with a green anole,and a long tail grass lizard.But good luck catching one they are really fast you just have to keep chacing one if you want to get one.
07/29/08  11:41am

 #1817361


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   Message To: T-rex07   In reference to Message Id: 1812544


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

ya but i have a wood pile and the run right into it and they escape and i can’t get them i think there are two big ones in there because i’ve seen a big fence lizard getting some rays and when i sneek up on it it runs right into the wood pile again and again and it gets me mad
08/02/08  07:03pm

 #1817436


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   Message To: Dragonflame   In reference to Message Id: 1817361


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

Go out in the morning when it is still cool; this means like at dawn! They don’t move too fast when the temperature is in the low 60’s Fahrenheit. Carefully dismantle the wood pile and you should be able to find and pick them up easily. If they are hiding out in a too big to dismantle wood pile, build a smaller pile nearby, wait a couple weeks until someone decides to make it their territory, and dismantle that once you see new occupants. Works for me!
You can lay pieces of plywood around where you see lizards. Lift up the plywood at dawn and you stand a good chance of finding a lizard. The key is cool temperatures. No point trying to catch them once they’ve warmed up.
08/02/08  08:35pm

 #1823246


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1817436


 I WANT TO CATCH ONE HLELP!!!

ya but then i have to move ALL THAT WOOD and theres a lot of it long stripes of wood and there heavy



08/07/08  07:10pm


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