Geckos in Lanai
 

We enclosed our Lanai last year and now have a problem with Geckos. I don't mind the little critters, but they are getting on our new furniture and leaving droppings.
Anyone have a solution for keeping them out? They can get in the tiniest of openings. I have tried a spray called Toodaloo which they didn't like but now they seem to have gotten used to :it. I don't want to kill them but also don't want them to consider our Lanai their home.

Do you have a pest control service?

Anole poop won't hurt you. Let them have their fun.

The cat removes all of them from the lanai. Unfortunately, she moves them into the house.

yes but Massey doesn't treat for them

pretty sure it isn't that...
 

they're afraid of the droppings, but the fact that it looks like crap.

Leave the little things be, they cause no harm and eat the bugs that manage to get in. The only problem I have is that one of them keeps trying to sell me insurance?

Confession. When we first moved in, I thought we had trapped one on our linai through the door and was putting out water for it. Truly foolish. It was not one and they come and go. We've leaned to like them. They hunt insects. They are feeding on something. You will not be able to paper train them. Get them to speak. You can claim that you've trained them to walk up glass.

For what it's worth, we have Florida Pest Control since November 2020. We bought the house in October and put up with snails, roaches, ants and assorted reptiles for the first few weeks, not only in the lanai but garage and kitchen as well. Squirrels using our roof for a racetrack. In the month after Massey's first visit the visitors decreased drastically; a few dead and dying roaches in the garage, ants just about gone, etc. Beginning the month after that--nothing. No bugs of any kind. We still get about a lizard a month in the lanai (probably get in from the sidewalk as you can't treat a sidewalk) but they're harmless and usually leave after they find out there are no bugs to eat (if the cat doesn't get them first).

Florida Pest Control is pretty spendy but well worth it. They say what they say they're going to do and back it up. Example: I was out mowing the lawn one day in July and gradually discovered that I was not alone; there were several wasps hanging around. I called Florida Pest Control and a tech was out within two hours, located the nest in the hedge and took care of it, then checked all the other bushes in my yard for more. This is ordinarily (as I recall) a $100 service call, still well worth it but because I have a full-service contract with Florida Pest Control, it was free.

Great tech, too. She's a lifetime Floridian and as I'm a transplant from the Minnesota tundra I took the opportunity to engage her in conversation. We chatted for maybe 20 minutes and I learned a lot in that 20 minutes about various Florida flora and fauna.

If your lanai is enclosed you should not have holes for them to get in. The installer must of missed on some caulking. Just look around and fill in the holes to keep them out.

IF your home is vinyl sided, the anoles get under the siding and into the lanai area. You can put something under the siding near the frame/screen to block their path. Not perfect but it will help. Don't use that blow up insulation or anything that needs glued.

it can be easily swept away, then mopped. i always wash the mop head after each use, so no big deal really.

We have very few anoles that come into the lanai, they can come in at the top and bottom of the track. I blow lives ones out gently and vacuum the dead ones up. Spray for bugs outside. But what works most of the time is if they climb the screen I open the lanai sliding door and throw a glass of water at them. They can hear and I use sound, I shoo them off and clap at the same time. The guys are territorial so the same ones come back mostly, and after a week of training when they see me even just open the inside door, they take off.

anoles in lanai
 

they can come in if you have purchased any new flowers or plants and placed them in your lanai...sadly, come with the territory. A few years ago, my dog would catch and eat them, when I asked the vet about it, she said "just don't let them eat too many".
And as with so many things, they were here first and we have to learn to adapt.

Ewww ..... lovely. They eat bugs, dogs eat meat. Poop is poop and having it around ain't no good no how! ;)

your birdcage probably has drainage holes at the bottom rails. I plugged these with rubber stoppers. Also, the are small expansion joints in the concrete pad which connect to the outside as wall. I taped these over on the outside. No critters since

Anoles etc...
 

Sticky traps catch and hold many critters. Check daily because a stuck Anole can be freed outside by putting olive/coconut oil on them. They'll wiggle and tug to free themselves in short order, and, have beautiful skin.

Gaps
 

We were getting small ones in our enclosed lanai and figured out they were sneaking through the small gaps at the bottom where the sliders meet. Does not take much space.

I blocked the gap with a removable rubber piece and have not had any since.

moth balls around outside

Giggle, snort, only problem I have is my dachshund likes to mangle the little creatures which is worse than the poop.

Caulking will solve the problem

Great answer. I wondered how big wasps, anoles, crickets got in the lanai. I'll check on blocking the outside siding holes.

If you spray pesticide around your foundation and landscape pieces and from the inside out spray home defense on hour screens every few weeks they'll have nothing to eat and will mosey on over to the neighbors house. Our biggest problem are those baby frogs that come around a couple times a year climbing up and down our windows on the outside.

I love my little anole. He lives in the door threshold. I feed him 2-3 small crickets a day from PetSmart. I will shake the bag and he knows it’s lunch time. The males ( which I have) are territorial so you will only have one male there. When he wasn’t around for a few days I missed the little guy but then all of a sudden his head popped out! PLEASE do not use sticky traps, such a cruel way to die. They are a part of the fun of living in Florida!

They are Anoles. In our lanai, they do us a great service by keeping bugs down. Their poop is a minor inconvenience.

They are not hurting anything, especially your new furniture. Catch and release if you must but don't hurt the little criters

yeah, someone with common sense..

You may want to try an ultrasonic pest repeller. Google says: "They can be effective but must be used wisely. Place them in a room where there is lizard activity and make sure not to position them behind furniture, which can block the signal. Keep in mind that they will only work for one room, as the ultrasonic sound cannot penetrate walls."

OP stated “enclosed lanai “ not birdcage

I have read if you put Bounce dryer sheets under the cushions the smell keeps them off the furniture.

Anoles in the lanai
 

Use pipe insulation to stuff under the bottom of the vinyl siding. Works very well.

Blast rap music, that will keep them out.

Can rent you my dog. If they come in she quickly dispenses of them.

I use crushed eggshells, where they are coming into my Lanai. Sounds crazy but it works!

Great pets $7.99 at Pet Smart. Keep your pet's home at 70 F. They can live up to 5 years.

Less trouble than a California "unhoused" person in your Sunroom.

https://www.petsmart.com/reptile/liv...e-4151134.html

Anoles
 

If you have a vinyl sided place they get around the ends from under the vinyl siding. I cut Styrofoam blocks a pushed them up under the siding and problem solved.

No more anoles
 

We put duck tape at bottom of siding, caulked any crevices, fuzzy pipe cleaners in drain crevices, check doors to outside. No more anoles.

I've applied for a restraining order against them coming within 25 feet of our lanai.

Good grief, you moved to Florida. Anoles, snakes, fire ants, roaches and god knows what else are all part of the Florida experience. Leave the little guys alone, they eat bugs, they got in, they can get out.