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BoatRatKat 09-16-2025 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bomarsh (Post 2461252)
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 09-16-2025 09:16 AM

Not True
 
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Originally Posted by Alarmed (Post 2461322)
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 09-16-2025 09:18 AM

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 09-16-2025 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2461214)
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 09-16-2025 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Bomarsh (Post 2461252)
Glue traps on each side of lanai screen door and on each side of sliding glass door.

Omg… so cruel.

jimmy o 09-16-2025 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Babbs1957 (Post 2461261)
Weird...when mine lose their tails, the tails grow a new body and the other body grows a new tail. So we get 2 for 1.

Yes, the body grows a new tail, but the tail does not grow a new body. The tail that was shed just dies.

msmr23@gmail.com 09-16-2025 09:50 AM

Fuzzy pipe cleaners in the cut marks in concrete, plastic scrubbing in drain exits, check for spaces where you think they may be getting in. Our lanai is anole free and our patio doors are open all fall and spring.

Danube 09-16-2025 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Alarmed (Post 2461322)
WD40 is made from fish oil...


Urban myth. Like the airplane in which Buddy Holly died was named American Pie.

DonH57 09-16-2025 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GreggC69 (Post 2461206)
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 cat.

PatMatt 09-16-2025 10:55 AM

They leave their droppings wherever they hang out, from small to large. Gross either way.

derkster 09-16-2025 12:42 PM

Suck them up in a vacuum. Then you can let them loose outside.

Lottoguy 09-16-2025 01:33 PM

Lizard Spray is available in a spray bottle on Amazon. Just spray on bottom of doors and other places they may get in. This has a peppermint smell and won't harm them. They just shy away from coming in because of the smell.


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