How to get anoles out of the lanai and house

[carrib]

My question is not about snakes. Its about the little lizards( dont know what they are called)
How do you get them to stay out of lanai and house? Ty Carrib

[buggyone]

My question is not about snakes. Its about the little lizards( dont know what they are called)
How do you get them to stay out of lanai and house? Ty Carrib


The little lizards are called anoles. Lots of people call them geckoes but incorrect.

They get through the smallest openings you can imagine. Probably no matter how well sealed you have everything, they will still get in. You could invest in a snake for your lanai to keep the anoles away.

[villagetinker]

We have cats that LOVE to play with them......

[Patty55]

I usually smack them with a broom and then throw them in the neighbors yard.

[TVMayor]

I use a flyswatter.

[Uptown Girl]

They do enter the lanai through the smallest of openings, but do no harm so I don't mind them there. They do startle me when they occasionally get in the house, though. I came face to face with one on the foyer wall as I answered the door the other day. Both he and I were startled!!

I do keep an eye out for them now... when we have an open door.

If they are on the floor and you're fast enough to throw a dishtowel over them, they will freeze long enough for you to scoop them up and shake them outside where they will go on their merry way.

I think they are sweet little critters. :)

[Bonny]

Aw, I can't even imagine killing them with a fly swatter or broom. :sad:

[Xavier]

Spray them with hairspray. They sort of freeze and you'll then pick them up and put them outside. In a couple of minutes they just disappear. HONEST!

We sort of just gave up on putting them out. We keep the double sliding doors open to the lanai all of the time (weather permitting). They really don't do any harm and, in 5 years, we've never found even one in the house.

Xavier

[tippyclubb]

I usually smack them with a broom and then throw them in the neighbors yard.

You are so bad and I love it. My good laugh for the day. Still laughing!

[graciegirl]

We don't see any on the lanai or in the house. I am suspicious that the kitties know more than they are saying.


I do have a couple on the front porch that after I refused to buy insurance from them get back at me by pooping on the porch railing. I think it is a nefarious plot.

[Madelaine Amee]

I usually smack them with a broom and then throw them in the neighbors yard.

I just love your sense of humor ............. :laugh:

So back to anoles in the house - nasty little things move so fast - but, they eat the tiny little bugs that hang around the doors and then die because they cannot live indoors for too long.

[jblum315]

Gracie, at least they don't ask you to join their church!

[borjo]

We have siding and have stuffed two things under the bottom panel of siding inside the lanai. One is a fine bubble wrap and the other steel wool. The steel wool rusts and makes a mess but both have been effective at keeping them out of the lanai, therefore out of our house when the sliders are open.

[Patty55]

I heard they taste a lot like chicken.

[DougB]

I heard they taste a lot like chicken.

They do, but then you are hungry again an hour later.

[Matzy]

:spoken:Cats can not do too much. One time we have had an anole in house, our cat caught it and try to eat it. That wasn't a good idea, the cat throw up several times and did not eat for two days. Now, seeing an anole, she's going to play with them but do not kill it. We never saw another anole in the house since (maybe the anoles talk to each other and give warnings). :lipsrsealed:

[Phanatic Luvr]

When I find one, I usually just place a broom behind it and continue to do so all the way to the exit door. Make sure you have the door open first though, as you will have to start back at the beginning if they turn around and run as you are opening the door.

[getdul981]

Aw, I can't even imagine killing them with a fly swatter or broom. :sad:

Which method do you imagine?

[travelguy]

I thought that you wanted to get a**holes out of your lanai and house, and I just figured that you need to get a new group of friends!
get a cat for the anoles.

[kittygilchrist]

Get rid of all the things they eat, and they will go away.
Diet
Wild diet includes grubs, crickets, cockroaches, spiders, moths, any arthropod which will fit in their mouths. In captivity, avoid 'sowbugs' (aka potato bugs, pill bugs) and beetles. Even though anoles will go for bigger prey, the size fed to them should be no bigger than 1/2 the size of the anoles head.

ps. I will rehome them if getting rid of their prey yourself doesn't work out for you. I'm thinking I'd rather have the anole.

[Barefoot]

If they are on the floor and you're fast enough to throw a dishtowel over them, they will freeze long enough for you to scoop them up and shake them outside where they will go on their merry way. I think they are sweet little critters. :)

I also use a dish towel to gently remove them.
I don't let the dogs play with them.
Like Uptown Girl, I like the little critters; I think they're cute.

[Carl in Tampa]

If they are in your house there is something for them to eat, little bugs etc., that you should be glad that they are getting rid of for you. Unfortunately for them they usually die when they can't get back outside.

When I was more agile I would also use the "throw a towel on them" method and toss them out.

Actually, I think they are cute and generally live with them in peaceful coexistence. Always see them in the front flower bed; never in the house.

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[Bonanza]

Aw, I can't even imagine killing them with a fly swatter or broom. :sad:

I can't imagine killing them period!

Those little critters do much good and no harm.

[TVMayor]

What is not to like about them dropping lizard logs around the house. Then when you change the sheets on your bed you find the dead body of one that you have been playing toes with thinking it was a fabric softener sheet from the dryer.

The one that runs in the house when I open the door did not do so because of food it will find, it ran inside because he was running from me.

[Happinow]

I've never had one in the house......yet. However, I do see them on our lanai. Just yesterday I spotted two. I kept my eye on them and waited for,them to crawl on the lanai screen. Then, I grabbed the pool net and put it over them. I coaxed them into the net and put them outside. It was easy. If I spot them on the lanai then I keep the sliders closed until I capture them.

[Bonny]

I have a bunch on my lanai around the pool. I have two small plastic tables that I stack. They like to get in between them when it's raining. They also like to hang on the inside of my screen of the sliding doors so I keep the screen cracked open so it's easy for them to get in and out. One has been in there all morning so he doesn't get wet. :laugh:

[Mike&Marilyn]

Welcome to Florida. They eat small insects and are harmless. There are many good ideas but killing them is not necessary.

[TunaFish]

I use a fish net and a thin cardboard cover to go over the fish net to take them outside. But they seem to always come back in.

[marianne237]

When I asked the Vet about our dog catching them and was it going to be a problem for the dog...she said "just don't let her eat too many".

[Barefoot]

When I asked the Vet about our dog catching them and was it going to be a problem for the dog...she said "just don't let her eat too many".

I can't imagine letting our dogs eat geckos/anoles. I think they are harmless and cute little critters. And it's easy to throw a dish towel over them and relocate them.

It's much easier than relocating a gator, and it doesn't require approval of the Florida Wildlife Commission. Oh, I'm getting confused, that's another thread.

[raynitsche]

They do enter the lanai through the smallest of openings, but do no harm so I don't mind them there. They do startle me when they occasionally get in the house, though. I came face to face with one on the foyer wall as I answered the door the other day. Both he and I were startled!!

I do keep an eye out for them now... when we have an open door.

If they are on the floor and you're fast enough to throw a dishtowel over them, they will freeze long enough for you to scoop them up and shake them outside where they will go on their merry way.

I think they are sweet little critters. :)


He knocked on your door? They must be big in your neighborhood.

[gamby]

Just don't sleep with your mouth open they like moist, warm places .