How to catch skinks?

[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

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Oh, and it's upstairs BTW

[monster]

I think your on the right track for sure. Just watch when you open the door to that room that he isn't waiting there to make a run for it, at least right now he is one room. I would try to make some kind of little trap he can get in but wont be able to get out. Have it see through so you can put some food and water in it for him to see so he will enter, im thinking like if you had something you could make a little swinging door on one end like a nice size thin Tupperware container or something. and have it so he could push through to get in but cant push it to get back out.

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

I am so happy! I recaught him after 4 days out of his tank! Thanks Krispy and Monster, you guys helped a ton!

[monster]

Glad to hear you caught the little bugger. I was starting to think if you didn't get him soon that the news when you found him wasn't going to be good, so again glad it was a happy ending.