Comments on: How to Get Rid of Skinks Naturally (Ultimate Guide) https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/ DIY Pest Control Wed, 31 May 2023 21:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa Lofgren https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-31659 Wed, 31 May 2023 21:35:16 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-31659 Hi, I am in West Michigan woodlands. We have had these critters get into the house a few times in the 20 yrs we have been in this home. This year I have had at least 5 ( that I have seen) in the house. I can not find where they are coming in. Obviously bugs are coming in too but I’m not seeing many bugs other than having a big black ant problem. Probably moisture around my chimney. MY QUESTION…how can I catch these cute little guys and get them back out to safety before my cats get them? I DO NOT want to hurt them! Is it possible to make some kind of safe trap for them? Is there something I can put out that will attract them to where I can catch them? Is there a possibility that one got in, laid eggs and I have a population explosion IN the house? I don’t want to hurt these guys or see my cats kill them. Please help me help them <3

]]> By: Lou https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-15666 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 01:29:26 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-15666 I live in a basement apartment and I saw a skink in my kitchen 😭 thankfully I was able to chase it out into the yard with a broom. I’ve seen lots of dead pillbugs in my kitchen, so there’s probably live ones that are attracting the skink. I hope there’s not more 💀 I don’t mind them outside I just don’t want them in my home. I’m terrified of one crawling on me while I’m sleeping or in the shower or something. I’m going to try and keep the bugs out so hopefully the skinks stay out. I sprinkled chili powder along my doorways for now and I’m going to get a spray bottle to make a spray to better get doorways and underneath my cabinets in the kitchen.
There’s lots of brush and leaf litter in the yard but I’m renting so I feel like extra yardwork besides regular maintenance should not be my responsibility.

]]> By: carl https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-13612 Thu, 19 May 2022 18:06:53 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-13612 I have a skink in my basement and I am having a hard time capturing. Please inform me how to capturing it so I can take it outside.
Thanks
Carl
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]]> By: Erik https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-11063 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 08:41:09 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-11063 In reply to Chan Narula.

Yeah this is news to me, wow; what a problem, to have skinks. Depends on the property, of course, but they’re insect killers. I love them & have owned several species, from tiny blue-striped, to dopey, loveable blue-tongues. Of all lizards, skinks will (more or less) stand out for me as the cutest, most interactive & charming, of all the (beneficial INSECT-devouring) critters we have in the USA lol

]]> By: Chan Narula https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-8878 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:40:33 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-8878 I am trying to attract skinks, I find them quite cute (round bodies with small legs). So I will have to do the opposite of what this article has suggested.

]]> By: Jeremy Williams https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-4613 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:21:14 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-4613 Large black skink in the roof. Seems to like ceiling cornice areas free of insulation batts. Can hear him at diff points above diff rooms. Have seen him briefly but how do I catch him / get rid of him permanently? … and any others!!! Hard to block small roof entry gaps. Advice sought.

]]> By: Gail Huckabaa https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-3306 Fri, 21 May 2021 00:19:32 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-3306 Please help me I have a skink in my wash room I seen it and got the broom and it went behind my washing machine I have sticky traps out but this is the second day and I haven’t caught him I’m terrified of them. Please help me tell me what I can do to get it gone

]]> By: Anonymous https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-2619 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:24:07 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-2619 kinda like what you published actually. it just is not that easy to find even remotely good stuff to read (you know READ! and not just browsing through it like some uniterested and flesh eating zombie before moving on), so cheers man for not wasting my time!

]]> By: Kemi https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-skinks/#comment-838 Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:14:17 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=3561#comment-838 There is one that shows up at night in my closet, I don’t know how it got there, I don’t know how to get rid of it, I could not use my toilet for a week now ..

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