maybe the hole in the cabinet is pretty deep so maybe a harmless trap could work and the reason why i dont want to take out the cabinet is bc its near my sink so it might go into plumbing issues and would cost alot to fix srry
I need more help with my nile monitor. . .
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Things you could do to "bait" the lizard out. Food- of coarse this doesnt always work with reptiles as they are stubborn. Heat is a good lure. Set up a basking spot that is a trap. It will have to be warmer then where she is. Maybe you can drop the temp in the house by say 10 degrees. This can also fail as the lizard gets colder it could just decide to not move at all. This is the problem with reptiles. They dont think like us and it's hard to motivate them to do what you want. I had a Timor monitor that always wanted to bite. She tore a strip off my finger and ate it one time. So to train her not to bite I wore rubber gloves, she would bite the gloves and they must have tasted terrible because she stopped biting. I then would just wear one glove Jackson style. She was still not biting. I alternated picking her up with the gloved hand and not gloved hand and it was good. After months of doing this and her not biting or freaking out I took the glove off. Do you know what I got for all that hard work and "training"? Yup you guessed it bit and a new strip of flesh missing. I had a 3.5' Savannah that I could feed live food to and then pick up and cuddle on the couch with. The Argus and Timor monitors were jerks. The black rough neck was also friendly.
But they all had one thing in common..... reptile brain.
But they all had one thing in common..... reptile brain.
Any way you can post a picture of the cabinet? We might be able to help a bit better seeing what you are dealing with.
I think a lot of sink/counter/cabinets are open backed, but that’s just the ones I’ve had I guess.
Taking the whole thing away from the wall shouldn’t be necessary though.
For example: the place my chipmunk crawled into was at the bottom of the cabinet. There was a board across the front under the overhang were the bottom shelf sat. For some reason the board had a 3/4 gap at the top. Now, if the chipmunk didn’t come out on its own we were going to remove that board. It would just need to be done carefully so it wouldn’t get damaged and could be replaced.
No need to remove the entire 6’ long cabinet with the sink and all. That would have been a nightmare.
I do think
twentyleagues
idea of using heat is worth trying before anything more drastic.
I had to break the wall 3 feet up to get my 6 foot nile out one I time so I feel your pain lol but anyways one if my savannas he was 3 foot got his arm stuck to his side and stuck in a glue trap and I had to use vegetable oil to get him off you just let it soak a few second and it comes right off do not try to pull him off. You could try a small glue trap just while your up and can check on it every 15 - 30 mins do not just leave it out.
Oh and one more thing take a hole punch and tie the glue trap off so he can't drag it back under the cabinet.
I imagine it's been dealt with by now since it's been 2 months. Be curious to know though.
