How can I get rid of the pink lizzards off of porch ?

I can not hang anything on my front door because of the pink lizzards , they are all up on my porch and front door and if I don't watch how I open my front door they will run in my house . I know that they don't like "Pine Oil," but the pine oil is very hard to find . Is there anything else that I can use to keep them off of my porch at night ?

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  • Dawn Dawn on Jul 05, 2017

    Joycelyn, I think you're talking about house geckos? Do you have lots of bugs or a birdbath/water on your porch? That's probably what they are coming on to the porch for. Our porch light (when we lived in Hawaii) attracted bugs and the geckos would come to eat them. We had to start turning the light off when we went to bed at night. Also if you have bushes/hedges near the porch and front door they like to hide in there too. And we started really cleaning the porch/front door well with water/pine sol and a brush. That helped keeping the bugs and the geckos away.

  • Peppermint oil. But why can't you hang anything on the door? I have lizards all over my property, but does not stop my decorating.

  • I don't like the pink lizzards they works my nerves and they will get in my door hanging so I will not put one up For thenm to get in so they can have their babies , I thank not . I hate them and wish that they would not come up in my porch at night , not if they want to live anyway .

  • Barbara Baldwin Barbara Baldwin on Jul 06, 2017

    I would gladly trade places with you. Lizards, bats = no insects. I can't imagine hating something mother nature created.

  • Nadia Sammartino Sims Nadia Sammartino Sims on Jul 06, 2017

    Do you leave your outside light on at night? They are looking for food and they eat bugs. Maybe you could wash your door and area with pine sol. I'd do some research and find out what sends them running. 😊

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    • Yes and they are still up on my front doors, one big fast one got caught in door it got mashed with the tail on the inside of my house when my husband opened the door to go out to go to w and I was setting on the sofa and I seen a tail hanging through back part of the door where the conbects to the door post . I had to get it outing before morning because I did not want my grandson to see the tail and he mess with it .

  • Bob26722732 Bob26722732 on Jul 06, 2017

    they hate moth balls so do snakes

  • Sharon Sharon on Jul 06, 2017

    You might also buy a yellow insect light bulb that doesn't attract insects at night, therefore less geckos.

  • I know snakes don't like moth balls but I did not that the pink lizzards don't like them .