15 Natural Ways to Keep Lizards away from Home

How to Get Rid of Lizards at Home? 

15 Home Remedies to keep lizards away from home ...

How to Prevent Lizards & What will keep lizards out of your house?

 Lizards are a big nuisance for all of us. Though, lizards help us in reducing the population of nasty insects, but regardless this, we simply don’t want to see these uninvited guests in our house. Lizard repellents, available in the market, are toxic and may harm your pets and child. So, here are some best home remedies to get rid of lizard, in an Eco-friendly manner. Choose one of these superb home remedies from the following list and get rid of lizards from the house permanently!
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1) Egg Shells

You may have heard about the use of egg shells to get rid of lizards from your grandmother. It is one of the most effective ways to keep lizards away from your living areas. These creatures strongly hate the smell of eggs.

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So next time you eat an egg, don’t throw away its shell. Simply keep the egg shells in areas where lizards are likely to enter your house like near windows, doors, and balcony. For best results, replace the old egg shells with news ones after every week.

2) Onions

Lizards dislike the pungent smell of onions. If you want to keep lizards away from your living spaces, then hang onions near windows, doors, or place them in areas where lizards hide such as under the bed, behind sofa sets, or cupboards. Lizards will instantly leave your house because they can’t bear the strong unpleasant smell.

You can also prepare a homemade lizard repellent spray by mixing water and onion juice. Spray this liquid mixture in your house, to shock the lizards!


3) Chilli Pepper Spray

A pepper spray can be easily prepared by mixing water, chili powder, and ground black pepper. Store this liquid in a spray bottle, and Sprinkle it in your kitchen racks, tube light corners, under the stove, and fridge and around the house. The lizard will get irritated, The strong smell of the spicy pepper spray will force lizards to escape your house.

4) Naphthalene Balls

Naphthalene balls(MothBalls) are widely used to get rid of small bugs and pests, but you can also use them to drive away lizards. Place these balls in drawers, cupboards, and shelves to keep lizards away.

5) Garlic

Do you know that a garlic can also keep lizards away from your premises? Lizards strongly hate the smell of garlic, so you can simply hang garlic or keep its cloves near windows and doors. Another effective way that you can try is that, simply mix equal parts of garlic juice and water, and spray it around the house.

6) Peacock Feathers

A very easy and effective remedy to keep these creepy creatures away from your living spaces, is the use of peacock feathers. Birds are natural predators of lizards, and by hanging or keeping a few peacock feathers around your house, will make the lizards scared. One of the best ways is to stick peacock feathers on the walls, or places where lizards hide.

7) Coffee Powder

If there’s a cunning lizard in your house, then here’s a perfect solution to kill that lizard in a few days only! You need to make your own lizard death balls by mixing equal parts of tobacco powder and coffee powder, and roll them into small balls. Stick these balls on toothpicks and keep them in areas where lizards hide like behind cupboards and sofas. The lizard will die instantly after eating these balls.

8) Tabasco

Another great home remedy to get rid of lizards is mixing some Tabasco sauce with water and spraying the solution in areas where lizards are live or hide such as behind wardrobes, bed, or shelves. The Tabasco sauce will force the lizards to run away!

9) Get A Cat

Cats love to eat lizards just like they love the taste of mice! You can keep a cat in your house to get rid of lizards or keep their population manageable.

10) Ice-cold Water

Spray ice-cold water on the lizard. It will reduce its body temperature, making it difficult for the lizard to move. Trap it in a cardboard box, during that time, and throw it out from your house.

11) Flypaper

When discussing about “How to get rid of lizards from your house” how can we forget to mention the use of flypaper! Keep the flypapers near tube lights, bulbs, or places where lizards come to eat small bugs. When the lizard come to feed on the insects, it will get stuck on the flypaper kept there. You can then simply throw away the lizard, adhered to the flypaper, out of your house.

12) Block Small Openings.

To prevent lizards from getting through small openings, block these openings with the help of sealants.

13) Window Nets: Use metal Nets/screens to cover your windows.

14) Repair Fissures.

Lizards, generally, enter your home through the fissures in the corner of doors, and windows. Repair these cracks to prevent their entry.

15) Try The Anti Lizard Android App!

Besides using these home remedies, you can also try your luck with some amazing Android Apps to repel lizards around the home. There are plenty of Anti-Lizard apps on Google Play Store that are specially designed to keep lizards out of house. These applications won’t let lizards to settle down by emitting high frequency sounds. The frequency emitted is so much unbearable for these creepy creatures that they will immediately leave their peaceful abodes and run to protect their life! 

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