Litterlally

A huge bang this morning against the glass sliding front door. Got up to see what on earth happened, about a 1.5m lizard trying to get in and did not understand the concept of glass

Ran off to the side of the house, and slipped under the house. Hear from the home help it uses 2 exits

How to set a trap / snare to catch them. What do they eat ? Assume meat ?

Feel like Steve Irwin now

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Why would you want to trap it, and if you do,what will you do with it?

look at the other side,it will be keeping vermin under control,and is

no danger to you or your family.just let it be.

regards worgeordie

I agree with worgeordie. Do not trap it but make sure you keep all your doors closed. Once its food supply as gone it will just move on to greener pastures.

We also had one on my walled in land.
I was afraid it would get my cats. My wife chased it around the land and then got help from relatives who captured it and dragged it out and took it to their home and the family ate it


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You can snare it with a rope and stick apparently... Good luck with that. Don't forget to video the whole thing!

 

"A large Thai lizard". Like the ones that drive tuk-tuks you mean?

" Feel like Steve Irwin now "  I don't think Steve is feeling much at all right now.

Free protein! Not bad.

 

What would be the best economical way to cook it though?

Yes, they love cats.  To eat.  I stayed on an island in Malaysia that had lots of these things.   The lady who ran the bungalows told me about it.  A few of her larger cats had scars from fighting them off.  I saw them in action.  Once I saw one nab a kitten and the mama cat stayed back and watched, and when the thing walked off with it mama followed it from a distance, but the mama cat didn't have her back up for a fight.  (I tried to chase it off, throwing rocks etc but it didn't phase the beast.)  The cats didn't realize they were being preyed upon, and the mama cat followed it, I guessed to see where the lizard was taking her kitty.

 

Supposedly these things are starting to show up in Florida.

 

 

Depends on how much you value your limbs

 

Put some moth balls around where he tries to get in

He wont stay for long. fly spray works also

Both good for joe blakes as well

Found this 2 meter one in our swimming pool.

4 kittens went missing.

A lizard catcher came and caught it.

they are very good to eat. tastes like chicken.

Very easy, you call some Thais around, they will catch it and eat it.

i love them but chase them off when I see  them on our land, they run a mile if you go near them, they eat FISH also so if  you have  a pond you need to keep them out

3 hours ago, cheapskatesam said:

Free protein! Not bad.

 

What would be the best economical way to cook it though?

Just leave nature alone why do we have to cook and stuff things? Must be man's nature to attack and destroy. Mother nature is slowly becoming imbalanced thanks to our desire to devour it. My doctor after a urine exam said my body was producing tooo much protein. Eat more vegetables. 

You can snare it with a rope and stick apparently... Good luck with that. Don't forget to video the whole thing!

 

Pretty much the size of this one... thanks for the tips

Saw the one below on the road the other day.  I have a smaller one that lives in the foliage outside my shower window.  I love'em.  Doesn't hassle me and no doubt eliminates all sorts of undesirables.  I put a water dish out during dry spells for him.

In Koh Phangnan 30 years ago while in bungalow a young Thai was there and gave me the Shish sign. He pulled back his slingshot and went into the jungle as fast as a Gazelle. Came back with a huge lizard. Best part when my wife tried to touch he snapped it's neck. Will never forget the look on her face

49 minutes ago, gamini said:

they are very good to eat. tastes like chicken.

Lol.... So do crocodiles

I had iguanas in my back yard in Mexico, and boy were they fast.  I was surprised to see how close the guy was in the video to the lizard and how long the lizard stayed there.  Are they not fast like iguanas?

1 hour ago, gamini said:

they are very good to eat. tastes like chicken.

Funny that. Yesterday at Lotus KFC I had a chicken burger that tasted rather like Water Monitor .

They will also keep rats and snakes down so not a bad thing to have.

Aren't these protected species here in Thailand?

Grab it by the tail.....swing it around and around above your head 6 times....then smash it's brains out against a tree trunk....

4 hours ago, Borzandy said:

Very easy, you call some Thais around, they will catch it and eat it.

Light the barbie and chuck a case in the icebox first.

Rice or chips?

Just leave it alone for heaven's sake.

2 hours ago, weegee said:

Grab it by the tail.....swing it around and around above your head 6 times....then smash it's brains out against a tree trunk....

the man or the monitor?

3 hours ago, weegee said:

Grab it by the tail.....swing it around and around above your head 6 times....then smash it's brains out against a tree trunk....

  

• This is not the way to win an argument with your wife. 

 

if you get one of these monsters cornered, and it's spooked, and it comes at you...

 

which is very likely, as their natural reaction is to run up the nearest tree

 

You are going to be that tree!!!

 

Immediately throw yourself flat to the floor, and don't even attempt to run away

 

If it climbs you, the tree - your face will be ripped apart