How to Capture a Pet Lizard from the Wild
Pick out a lizard that lives wild in your area., Research care and local laws on the internet or in books., Create as large of a home as you can for your pet, making sure that you provide temperatures and hiding places., Catch one out in the wild...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Pick out a lizard that lives wild in your area.
Once you are sure you have the proper permits for capturing a wild reptile, you can focus on its habitat for now. , Remember some animals never adapt to captivity.
Ask around, many experienced animal keepers (usually not pet stores) can advise you on what is "easy" to care for. , for lizards.
Use the knowledge you have gained from researching to know where to look.
Catch it near home:
To catch a lizard that hangs out around your house, get a 10 gallon (37.9 L) aquarium, or some other rather large and clear box.
It is recommended you use a clear box, so the lizards (and yourself) can see into /through the box.
Make a lizard-friendly backyard.
If you don't know exactly what to look for, go in your backyard and lay out boards, plants, old mats, etc. in the dirt.
Wait about 5 months. , Tape this to the tank as if it were hinged on, with the 'hinges' at the bottom of the tank.
Take some string or thread, and tie or tape it to the top portion of the foam core. , Place a few live crickets into the tank, and place the tank on its side (long ways) so there is a big opening. , Never release it back into the wild.
You can disrupt social order, introduce at the wrong season, and even spread disease. -
Step 2: Research care and local laws on the internet or in books.
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Step 3: Create as large of a home as you can for your pet
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Step 4: making sure that you provide temperatures and hiding places.
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Step 5: Catch one out in the wild: Look in local forest areas
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Step 6: desert areas
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Step 7: fields etc.
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Step 8: Make an inviting trap for your lizard: Take some cardboard
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Step 9: poster board
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Step 10: or foam core and cut it at least as big as the opening of the tank or box.
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Step 11: Make a meal for your lizard: Get a food that is appropriate for the lizard's size
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Step 12: like a cricket or something to that effect.
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Step 13: When the lizard comes to get the food
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Step 14: drop the box or aquarium on it and you've got your pet.
Detailed Guide
Once you are sure you have the proper permits for capturing a wild reptile, you can focus on its habitat for now. , Remember some animals never adapt to captivity.
Ask around, many experienced animal keepers (usually not pet stores) can advise you on what is "easy" to care for. , for lizards.
Use the knowledge you have gained from researching to know where to look.
Catch it near home:
To catch a lizard that hangs out around your house, get a 10 gallon (37.9 L) aquarium, or some other rather large and clear box.
It is recommended you use a clear box, so the lizards (and yourself) can see into /through the box.
Make a lizard-friendly backyard.
If you don't know exactly what to look for, go in your backyard and lay out boards, plants, old mats, etc. in the dirt.
Wait about 5 months. , Tape this to the tank as if it were hinged on, with the 'hinges' at the bottom of the tank.
Take some string or thread, and tie or tape it to the top portion of the foam core. , Place a few live crickets into the tank, and place the tank on its side (long ways) so there is a big opening. , Never release it back into the wild.
You can disrupt social order, introduce at the wrong season, and even spread disease.
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Larry Rogers
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