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Hi, I'm new to this forum, but am looking for any advice to help me find my baby (an adult Argentine Red Tegu)! I live in Florida, so he has a large out door pen, which we had chicken wire affixed to. Well, somehow he managed to pull the staples out of the chicken wire and is now loose, hopefully in my backyard. It's privacy fenced and I don't see a way for him to get out, but I cannot find him anywhere! Just in case I've put calls out to all the local shelters in case someone happens to find him, but the only response I keep getting is "we don't do that". Any advice on luring one out? We're going to be getting a cat/raccoon trap from animal control today to see if we can trap him that way.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Jessica
yellowroomreptiles.com

Hopefully he is still in the yard. Maybe in the morning he'll come out to bask and you can catch him them. Try looking for a burrow maybe he made one or is in the craw space.

Look along the bottom of the fence. Maybe he'll try to dig his way out. Also open up his pen so he can get back in and place lots of his favotite food in it tomorrow at the feeding time he is used to. If he doesn't show up do it again the next day. Since he's been living outside he knows the sights and smells of the area and may return.

Look underneath anything.

Good luck!

Bill

Thank you guys so much for your posts!

I found him! Well, actually, the neighbors did. He found a spot in the fence and went like two houses down into my neighbors backyard where the maintenance worker found him! He didn't know what he was so he caught him. I was telling my other neighbor to be careful when he was mowing the lawn and he said to me "oh! That was your lizard?!" yay! I'm so happy. He's safe and sound now, with a newly repaired cage!

Jessica
www.yellowroomreptiles.com

That's great news! What a relief!

Yes, repaired cage. Make it like Fort Knox!

Bill

Good for you! Sometimes we have to learn from our experiances. Just remember next time Ill have to report you to lizard dyfus and animal cops LOL!

haha. Definately a learning experience. As soon as I put him back into his enclosure, he started poking around again trying to find an escape route! Thank you guys again, you have been great!

Jessica
www.yellowroomreptiles.com