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Rodneysblue 02-09-2022 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Chi-Town (Post 2058874)
The cat removes all of them from the lanai. Unfortunately, she moves them into the house.
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OhioBuckeye 02-09-2022 09:39 AM
Ohiobuckeye
 
Can’t believe the comments that think they don’t hurt anything so let them alone, seriously!

nhtexasrn 02-09-2022 09:45 AM
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JSR22 02-09-2022 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 2059406)
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.
Totally agree! I really like the anoles. There are a number of them in the bird cage and I enjoy observing them.

shortstack 02-09-2022 10:07 AM
Poo
 
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Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2058859)
Anole poop won't hurt you. Let them have their fun.
You do not mind lizard poop on a couch pillow, where you might lay your head??? ECK!!!

flflowers 02-09-2022 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by renpan (Post 2058838)
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.
When we built in the country in Texas we had a couple Tarantulas that got in our house. Thought it would be cool to have one on a board so I caught it. Since I cannot directly kill anything I put it in an ice cream bucket thinking it would just die. A MONTH later I felt bad for it so I gave it a cricket.....after that learned they can live for 6 weeks without food!!! The Anoles are fun to watch and at least are harmless.

JMintzer 02-09-2022 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 2059413)
Can’t believe the comments that think they don’t hurt anything so let them alone, seriously!
Other than insects, what do they hurt?

Golfer222 02-09-2022 10:25 AM
they carry salmonella

nevjudbaker 02-09-2022 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by renpan (Post 2058838)
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.
Spray wd40 along inside frame & outside. The screen door has a indention in the middle on the top & bottom. I plugged that so they can’t slide in there & slide into your alarm. WD40 is great for maintaining your keyholes & hinges & etc. They don’t get rusty. Also they say wiping your screens with WD40 help keep bugs & spiders away. I also recaulked all around the floor, ceiling & any cracks in the metal. Keep checking for small little holes. We were renting a villa before we made our final move & a snake got in and was crawling along the floor. We found the hole & caulked it. Those creatures can climb & do whatever outside of my home. Put that tape down with one side sticky. That will catch them.

jimjamuser 02-09-2022 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by renpan (Post 2058838)
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.
Encourage some black snakes to live in your yard. Or invite them inside. Maybe a pet ferret would like to eat them?

Curtisbwp 02-09-2022 02:50 PM
Those little lizards are great for bug control. They even eat crawley worms who enter the lani after rains.
Live with them.

Michael G. 02-09-2022 04:09 PM
Since living here among the anoles I'm over my head with insurance policies and they don't take no for a answer.

JMintzer 02-09-2022 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Golfer222 (Post 2059445)
they carry salmonella
Only a minor problem if you handle them (and primarily in the Green variety, not the Brown variety which are much more prevalent in FL)...

JMintzer 02-09-2022 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2059530)
Since living here among the anoles I'm over my head with insurance policies and they don't take no for a answer.
Wait till the "Lovebugs" start in with their "Extended Car Warranty" hard sell... :icon_wink:

Barborv 02-09-2022 05:07 PM
Tohcfa,
That comment really made me laugh. That was a good one!!

thevillages2013 02-09-2022 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GOLFER54 (Post 2059331)
Blast rap music, that will keep them out.
I would leave too

Spalmer 02-09-2022 09:56 PM
Put a couple of fake birds(Ibis, crane) and they may go away

MEbner2805 02-10-2022 05:19 PM
Lanai holes and geckos
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by renpan (Post 2058838)
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.
My lanai is windowed and there are big cracks both above the windows and in the sils on bottom of the windows where all kinds of critters get in! Wasps and Cuban roads are most shocking! You have to fill all those openings! I use bubble wrap and it doesn’t seem to affect the rain drainage at all but sure helps keep the critters out! Baby snakes will get in as well as tons of geckos coming through that rain drainage holes to the outside! Look too and bottom of each window and plug up the holes! The company is supposed to put rubber blocks in the holes on the top of the windows but many were not done on mine! The ones with the rubber stoppers don’t allow any bugs in!
The installers don’t seem to know or care about critter invasion! If you have a cat or dog do not let poisonous Cuban tree frogs get inside as they can be deadly but certainly will poison a pet. Happened to my cat and she survived the misery.

dinamcdonald 02-11-2022 05:21 AM
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dinamcdonald 02-11-2022 05:25 AM
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nn0wheremann 02-11-2022 08:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by renpan (Post 2058838)
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.
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