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Hi, we just moved to our new house in Dubai, after a few months in an apartment, and have discovered lizards "living" in the house and using the curtains as their bathroom and also as their place to put their eggs....aghhhhhh!! gross!!!
How can I keep them out, or get rid of the ones inside (other than pushing them towards the door; I mean, I am asking for something more "definitive")? I would also use poisons, if necessary (against my husband's opinion). Please, help.

Eva wrote:Hi, we just moved to our new house in Dubai, after a few months in an apartment, and have discovered lizards "living" in the house and using the curtains as their bathroom and also as their place to put their eggs....aghhhhhh!! gross!!!
How can I keep them out, or get rid of the ones inside (other than pushing them towards the door; I mean, I am asking for something more "definitive")? I would also use poisons, if necessary (against my husband's opinion). Please, help.

Ask the Dubai knight to sleep at your bed room for one night

Eva wrote:Hi, we just moved to our new house in Dubai, after a few months in an apartment, and have discovered lizards "living" in the house and using the curtains as their bathroom and also as their place to put their eggs....aghhhhhh!! gross!!!
How can I keep them out, or get rid of the ones inside (other than pushing them towards the door; I mean, I am asking for something more "definitive")? I would also use poisons, if necessary (against my husband's opinion). Please, help.

You can get lizard traps. Or you can get an air rifle and shoot them!

lizards/ gecko's are reptiles, they are attracted to the home for a number of reasons. warmth, protection and a food source; the last being the most important.

you will normally find that if you have a lot of insects such as flies, mosquitos or even termites around your home they attract gecko's. in the evening insects are attracted to light sources and the gecko's simply sit around and pick them off.

you could poison them, however this may ultimately lead to an increase in insects or spiders around your home. an indirect way and more effective in the long term would be to control the insects, removing the food source for the gecko's. don't keep unnecessery lights on in the evening that would otherwise attract insects etc...

many people dislike them because of their reptilian charactaristics, they do however play an important roll around the house if this fact can be overlooked.

the species of gecko that you get locally are not poisonous and are pretty reclusive, they will rather run away when confronted by a preditor larger than themselves (or a human).

Those little guys are cute. (And too tiny to be shot with an air rifle ). I would wash your curtains and collect and remove the lizards from your house. How many are you talking about? I've only ever had one or two appear every few months outside the house. In the Greens we had two lizards appear in the apartment on separate occasions - they seemed to hitch a ride on the maintenance and cleaning crew's trolley.

Lizards are good.... Especially when you deep fry them.

Take a chinese girl or Dubai knight , i bet both of them can eat all of them without even cooking

HP wrote:Take a chinese girl or Dubai knight , i bet both of them can eat all of them without even cooking

and i am sure that she will find ur "wise" advice the best to follow
HP, man u r always there "helping" ppl ...

BBQ Lizard is a specialty dish in Dubai. When you go to one of the restaurants serving "local" food (you'll see them in the guide books), you should ask for "BBQ Lizard" it won't be on the menu but when you ask the wait staff they'll know you are "in the know" in Dubai and will be treated accordingly.

These little guys are completely harmless and are actually very good at gobbling up all the nasty insects that come into the house.

They won't hurt you.

Just wash your curtains, use humane traps to catch them and put the little guys outside. They're doing you a favour.

OMG Lizards & geckos


SUCKS & CREEPY

What do you mean OMG!!!!

They're tiny, and very very cute. They won't hurt you, they'll run away at the sight of you.

You probably have loads of them living in your place and don't realise it as you'll rarely see them.

We have a couple in our villa and we only see them every now and again running up the wall.

But they eat all those nasty mosqitos, flies and other nuisance bugs.

Lizards and G's are the good guys, not the bad guys.

These things are commonly found in most parts of SE Asia. They're harmless and as others have pointed out they act as a natural form of 'insecticide'.

Just don't whatever you do, try and catch them by their tails. As an escape mechanism to get away from predators, the ends of their tails will fall off if caught by it.

They do grow back over time however.

You should feel lucky your lizards are not Nile Monitor Lizards!

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.as ... 2003_pg9_3


Those beasts invaded Florida a couple years ago...

HP have you hugged your lizard today???

Chocoholic wrote:What do you mean OMG!!!!

They're tiny, and very very cute. They won't hurt you, they'll run away at the sight of you.

You probably have loads of them living in your place and don't realise it as you'll rarely see them.

We have a couple in our villa and we only see them every now and again running up the wall.

But they eat all those nasty mosqitos, flies and other nuisance bugs.

Lizards and G's are the good guys, not the bad guys.

lol alrighty coOL

OMG, she was talkin like she've got loads
and yeah those things are ing =- /

dbxsoul wrote:HP have you hugged your lizard today???

I'm sure he enjoys 'huggin' it firmly every night.

I enjoy squashing the lizards I see outside.... It makes an interesting noise when it dies...

Also like to run over squirrels (but thats in Canada) and see if I can crush the stray cats in Dubai (sometimes its a hit)...

Is that what the target on your hood is for Liban?

GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

kanelli wrote:GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

Now the avatar makes sense... the little girl is pleading for more... carnage.

"Please sir, can I have more"

Did I tell you what I do to hamsters? I play darts with them. The more blood they splatter, the more points I give myself.

I pluck out the eyes of little chicks and rabbits.

I also like to anally electrocute dogs and sheep....

Liban wrote:I also like to anally electrocute dogs and sheep....

Still less gratifying than what Kiwis and Scots do to them.

Actually, I thought his avatar made him look like a pedophile

Liban wrote:Lizards are good.... Especially when you deep fry them.

Liban what did we say about eating lizards ?!!?





Always add some MAYO !!

No, I have not hugged them, and I still think they are not that cute, considering they use the curtains as their bathroom and as the place to put their eggs (big families of these creatures!!)....it is disgusting!!

kanelli wrote:Actually, I thought his avatar made him look like a pedophile

So we have categorized Liban as a pedophalistic, anti animal activist. I feel a whole new thread emerging here...

Eva wrote:No, I have not hugged them, and I still think they are not that cute, considering they use the curtains as their bathroom and as the place to put their eggs (big families of these creatures!!)....it is ing!!

Simply call any of the PEST control guys and ask them to do it for u !

Palkid7 wrote:

Eva wrote:No, I have not hugged them, and I still think they are not that cute, considering they use the curtains as their bathroom and as the place to put their eggs (big families of these creatures!!)....it is ing!!

Simply call any of the PEST control guys and ask them to do it for u !

Wise Action!