To get a lizard to come out of hiding, start by remaining and sitting quietly in the room for around 30 minutes and place some food where the lizard may want to come and eat.
After around 30 minutes the lizard will often become comfortable enough to come out of hiding.
You can also use a long stick or a broom to gently coax the lizard out or even set a trap.
To chase a lizard out of your house, open a window or a door and then gently guide the lizard out toward the door or window using a broom or some cardboard.
You can also use onions, coffee grounds or garlic to help repel the lizards.
Most lizards are not harmful to humans and don't pose any threat to humans and pets and many lizards that are found in homes are geckos which can also be beneficial as they eat insects.
You can get rid of lizards in your house by sealing off entry points and by using garlic spray, used coffee grounds, moth balls, pepper spray, onion spray.
You can also get rid of lizards in your house by reducing any insect populations and eliminating food sources and sealing any entry points where the lizards can get into your house.
Vinegar is also a way to get rid of lizards in your house as lizards hate the smell of the vinegar and it will repel the lizard and encourage the lizards to leave your house.
You can also set out glue traps that will catch small lizards.
Lizards are often afraid of humans, cats, snakes, temperature changes and cold environments.
Lizards are also afraid of pepper and pepper spray, vinegar and lemon, garlic, essential oils like Citronella, lemongrass, peppermint and eucalyptus oils, coffee grounds, onions, Naphthalene balls, tobacco and even peacock feathers.
Snakes and birds often scare off lizards as well.
The colors that lizards hate are dark blue, red, light blue, gray and red as well as bright colors and loud patterns.
Lizards are more likely to flee at shorter distances when they see dark blue or notice people wearing dark blue color clothing.
Lizards are often captured twice as often when the observer is wearing dark blue when compared to red.
Lizards also tend to flee further away when they see red as well as light blue, gray and red.
Garlic spray will keep most lizards away as most lizards hate the garlic scent.
To make garlic spray for lizards, simply take some mashed garlic cloves and mix the mashed garlic cloves with water and then spray it in areas where you see or you've seen lizards.
The strong odor of the garlic is known to repel and deter lizards.
Prepare the garlic by mashing a few cloves of garlic into a paste, then combine the garlic paste with some water in a spray bottle.
Then spray it in targeted areas and focus on areas where you often see lizards such as near lights, windows and corners and you may need to reapply the garlic spray periodically, especially after rain.
Lizards are also scared of lavender and lizards find the scent of lavender to be unpleasant and may even try to avoid the areas where there's a scent of lavender.
The lavender has a strong and pungent aroma which is not liked by lizards and they are known to keep their distances from plants that are cultivated in areas with lavender.
Lavender oil that is diluted with some water can also be used as a lizard repellent by spraying it.
And lavender can also be used to deter some snakes which can also keep lizards away as lizards are also a food source for snakes.
You can also make a spray to deter lizards by using a mixture of water, black pepper or red chili pepper or even cayenne pepper.
Lizards find these ingredients irritating.
Other things that will deter lizards are vinegar, citronella essential oils and peppermint oil.
Bonide Snake stopper is also available to help to repel lizards.
To make cayenne pepper spray, mix some cayenne pepper with some water.
Then optionally add a bit of dish soap for better adhesion.
You can use a hot water infusion or a simple mix.
Strain the solids and pour it into a spray bottle for application to to areas you want to deter pests from or plants.
The ingredients for cayenne pepper spray are powder or fresh or minced cayenne pepper, water, hot or room temperature water and dish soap which is optional.
If using dish soap you only need a few drops.
If using the infusion method for making cayenne pepper spray, simmer the cayenne pepper in water for 10 minutes to 15 minutes to draw out the heat, then simmer it with additional water for 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
Then remove it from heat and allow it to cool down, and then infuse it for at least 24 hours to increase it's potency.
If using the simple mix and not the infusion method, you simply mix the cayenne pepper powder directly into the water.
If desired you can add some soap to help the spray adhere to plants.
Strain out any solids from the mixture and pour the strained mixture into a spray bottle.
Shake the bottle well before using it and apply it to plants or any areas you want to deter pests from.
To make lizard pepper spray take a spray bottle and put some black pepper or even red chili powder, hot sauce or red chili flakes in the bottle and add some water.
Then shake the bottle to mix the pepper and water together and you have a lizard pepper spray.