[Topspinmo]

I just catch them with gold fish net and let go out in yard by my pepper plants so they can catch insects attacking them.

[biggamefish1]

I honestly just don't get the concern at all. LTLO, they are not even a threat to anyone; we are a thousand times their size. What is really your issue?

[bowlingal]

Greg, I had a screen installed across my lanai doors. Can keep the doors open for a nice breeze, screens open to get into the lanai

[RoboVil]

Originally Posted by GreggC69

I have a screened in lanai and most often have lizards inside the lanai. I like that they help keep down other insects down, but don't like that I can't keep sliding glass doors to the house open (when the temperatures are right) as the lizards come inside. Any suggestions on how to control for that? Want to be able to keep the sliding doors open when entertaining and using the living room and the adjoining lanai space. Thanks in advance.

We did two things to get rid of lizards in our lanai. First, we used parts of a steel wool pad under the threshold holes, as we were told that is one way they get in. Secondly, we got a heavy flower pot and put it against the outside door to get a tight seal of the door. After a few months we could remove the flower pot and the door continued to have a good seal. Of course, if you have gaps elsewhere then you need to close them with caulking or whatever is appropriate for where the gaps are.

[MaryRose]

Originally Posted by GreggC69

I have a screened in lanai and most often have lizards inside the lanai. I like that they help keep down other insects down, but don't like that I can't keep sliding glass doors to the house open (when the temperatures are right) as the lizards come inside. Any suggestions on how to control for that? Want to be able to keep the sliding doors open when entertaining and using the living room and the adjoining lanai space. Thanks in advance.

Gregg, I had many newborn anoles in a plant on my lanai. I sprinkled cinnamon in my plants & no more anoles. I repeat every few months and they have never returned.

[Howdy]

Leave them alone is by far the best way.

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by biggamefish1

I honestly just don't get the concern at all. LTLO, they are not even a threat to anyone; we are a thousand times their size. What is really your issue?

For me just hearing them scurrying about in my bedroom while I'm trying to sleep gives me the creeps. They obviously leave a bunch of poop too.

[Sparky365]

The problem is they poop everywhere, our Lanai , Porch, and Patio. The larger curly tails are even worse.

[PKDAD1]

Lot's of good ideas here. I've had success with plugging the holes at the threshold with steel wool or even foil. You can gently puff them out the door with a leaf blower. In the extreme case, the glue boards will take care of the problem. They can be outside, but like you, don't want them in the house.

[revfiddle]

Originally Posted by GreggC69

I have a screened in lanai and most often have lizards inside the lanai. I like that they help keep down other insects down, but don't like that I can't keep sliding glass doors to the house open (when the temperatures are right) as the lizards come inside. Any suggestions on how to control for that? Want to be able to keep the sliding doors open when entertaining and using the living room and the adjoining lanai space. Thanks in advance.

My cat keeps them away. 😊

[Catvillage]

Cat

[Pfkowalski]

I found a gap in the weather stripping at the bottom of the access door. Shifting it to close the gap helped. Also on Amazon there are lizard repellents we placed at the threshold of the door. These do have a smell of moth balls but they are not overly offensive. Once we got rid of the lizards already in the lanai, there hasn’t been one since.

[Rickmartin]

If you keep a spray bottle of water in the refrigerator and spray them they will stop in their tracks, long enough for you to capture them and escort them back outside.

[Alarmed]

For those that use glue traps a quick spray of WD40 on the trap will instantly release the lizard or frog. WD40 is made from fish oil and is harmless to the critters.

[John Sarubbi]

Go on Amazon, they have a lizard repellant that is peppermint oil and they hate it. Works for us.