Tegu STUCK UNDER AIR CONDITIONER!!!

[Emma Townsend]

Help so we couldn’t find my tegu for a while in my backyard and we found she burrowed under the air conditioner!!! I’m really worried becauseI don’t know how to get her out!!!

 

[Walter1]

Easy. Fence it off. Either set a snare or trap, set bait and catch.

 

[Emma Townsend]

Easy. Fence it off. Either set a snare or trap, set bait and catch.

I would but the whole thing is surrounded by heavy bushes and there are other tiny lizards and other animals that live out there too do you have any recommendations as to what trap?

 

[Walter1]

I would but the whole thing is surrounded by heavy bushes and there are other tiny lizards and other animals that live out there too do you have any recommendations as to what trap?

A have-a-heart trap or a noose or net sock at burrow entrance.

 

[AlphaAlpha]

pics might help if you not rescued yet?

 

[Godzilla Earth]

maybe try coaxing her out with a soft voice

 

[Emma Townsend]

I GOT HER OUT!!! Turns out she had lifted up the air conditioner so much that she could not get out and had wedged herself and was stuck!!! I figured this out after an hour of being face down on the cement and dirt trying to get her out . I got my dad to lift it up and I pulled her out!!! Lots of dirt and stuff on her but she was grateful to be reduced!!! She’s a little lethargic so I’m keeping an eye on her because she was under there for 2 days. The reason I didn’t try to get her is because she was so aggressive when my dad and I were trying to get her inside and we figured she would come out! My parents were just like “oh no she will come out on her own” This just goes to show that PARENTS DO NOT ALWAYS KNOW BETTER!

 

[Walter1]

Great save. Your attention paid off.

 

[Godzilla Earth]

Man, I have to say that every time my parents told me how they overheated my tadpoles tank when I was little.

 

[Debita]

I'm sure they're doing their best..... take it easy on us parents. Tadpoles and lizards will come and go...

 

[Godzilla Earth]

my mom says she has 2 monkeys in her house

 

[bocacash]

GREAT ! I love HAPPY endings ! The question on my mind, maybe others, is: how did she get outside to the A/C in the first place ?

 

[Debita]

Great question!! Was that the parents fault?

 

[Godzilla Earth]

Always look before you leap!

 

[Guman]

This is what is great about the reptile community. It brings young and old together. Our younger people get to hear how important it is to take it in their parents, but elders learn that kids are also smart and are often underestimated.

 

[Debita]

Very diplomatically expressed Guman!! I like it.