[Wildc4ga]

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.

Put a copy of realistic rubber snakes near the doors. Lizards don’t like snakes.

[MrFlorida]

Plug up all small gaps around the lanai . If they are already in, capture them with a small butterfly net and move them outside.

[DonnaNi4os]

I put a weather strip on my screen door and that has greatly reduced the number of anoles on my lanai. Those little lizards are harmless. If they get in your house they will hide and either you will be able to catch them or they will die somewhere in the house. They really are no big deal. I pick them up with my hands and put them outside. They do not bite and they don’t scratch, not slimy either.

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by Bomarsh

Glue traps on each side of lanai screen door and on each side of sliding glass door.

Don’t do that. They will suffer!!!

[Stu from NYC]

open garage doors and they march in. too fast for me to trap and remove so unfortunately they ususally die.

[TeresaE]

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.

Get a little net in the fishtank isle. Catch and release. It just barehand them like we did as kids and relocate them outside. They’re harmless and can’t even bite.

[Mailmom86]

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.

If you have vinyl siding they come in under that. My cat loves playing with them and brings them in the house. When he gets tired of them, I just pick them up and bring them outside.

[Gettingoutofdodge]

A definite no on the glue traps. I got a screen door for my sliders and front door and that solved the problem.

[SunShanGirl]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Our cats use the anoles as play toys, I can usually catch them with a tupperware or similar clear container and some thin cardboard, then a quick trip to the closest door.

Same!

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by Bomarsh

Glue traps on each side of lanai screen door and on each side of sliding glass door.

Glue traps are an abomination. It makes me sad that something that cruel is even sold, the idea of an animal starving to death makes me want to cry.

[BoatRatKat]

Originally Posted by Bomarsh

Glue traps on each side of lanai screen door and on each side of sliding glass door.

Noooo! That is a horrible, long and torturous death for them to endure.

[Accidental1]

Originally Posted by 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.

WD40 is a petroleum based product so it’s likely not safe.

[Road-Runner]

Several here have said they don't bite, maybe mine are meat eaters because I've had them clamp down on my finger twice when catching them to put outside. Didn't hurt but I could definitely feel the pressure. Will never use glue strips, never.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Our home watch always said, Anoles own your property, you are just the renter.

We never see them inside until we do spring cleaning and move furniture around. Find one or two petrified under beds, back of closet, under the couch.

We found a petrified baby one in our garage last week when we moved a storage container off of a shelf. We never see them alive in our garage, which if we did I’d rescue them if possible, but somehow despite keeping the garage doors closed except when entering and exiting because of the AC out there, they still manage to sneak in. The lanai isn’t an issue because it’s glass enclosed.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by Bomarsh

Glue traps on each side of lanai screen door and on each side of sliding glass door.

Omg… so cruel.