How to catch skinks?

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Well, I feel like a newb right now When my family left to go to the Georgia milestone tests on Wednesday, I left his cage unlocked by accident. And he got out. I believe that he is in the vents now, because there is nowhere else he could be (we looked everywhere for him) so I am going to be trying to find a way to purge him from the vents

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Does anyone know how to get him out of the vents​ safely?

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Nobody?

[monster]

Hello, I don't know what Skinks eat but if you think he is in the vents maybe if you take something they eat that has some odour to it you could place a container of this food by an intake vent so it will suck the smell in. Maybe he will smell it and come looking for it. You could probably place a few containers or bowls by a couple different intake vents so he doesn't have to find that specific bowl or container.

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Well we almost caught him, but it was very fast and intelligent, like a jurassic park raptor, but we have a basking/feeding/watering station for him. Any suggestions on how to get the little guy?

[monster]

Do you have an idea were the little bugger is hideing now. If you know were he is I might be able to come up with some ideas. Isn't fun when one of our pet friends escape into the house, adds some excitement to the household. L.O.L

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Last I checked, he was in the pet room where we keep all of the animals, (for now ) and I have a basking spot for him so he will reveal himself. The room is technically a guest room, and was a toy room, so it has doll houses, and a bed and various places he can hide. As of the third time trying to catch him, he was behind my sister's cooking sets and we almost had him, (he waited for us to lift it a tad to put paper underneath to put him back in his tank and bolted away) and we are going to come home and set some meal worms (the only thing that he ate so far) to bait him to an easier spot to catch him. Is my plan wrong? Do you have any other ideas I could use? BTW, the species he is is an American Five Lined Skink, so we could see if there is a survival exploit we could use to our advantage