You want to do your best to keep your plants looking nice in your yard. The problem is that there are many pests in the area that like to bother them.
Aside from bugs, you might have to worry about lizards eating your plants. Depending on where you live, lizard problems might be incredibly common.
It’s frustrating to go outside and find out that they’ve eaten significant chunks of your plants. Is there anything that can be done to stop them from doing this?
Keep reading to learn how to stop lizards from eating plants. This information should help you to get good results so that you can keep enjoying your plants without having to worry so much about the local lizard population.
1 – Get Rid of Cover
Getting rid of cover might help to make lizards feel unsafe in your yard. Lizards need to be able to have hiding spots so that they can stay safe.
If you don’t give them places where they can hide in your yard, they’ll be less likely to hang out there. Try to go around the yard cleaning up piles of wood, leaves, and other types of debris.
Cleaning up your yard and keeping cover to a minimum should have an impact. You might start noticing far fewer lizards in your yard once a bit of time has passed.
You’ll need to keep up on your yard work, too. Try to make it so that the yard is never going to be a convenient place for lizards to relax.
2 – Try to Control the Insect Population
Of course, many lizards are going to be looking for insects that they can eat. If you have lots of bugs in your yard, it makes sense that you’d also have lots of lizards.
This means that controlling the insect population is going to help with your lizard problem. Eliminate the food source for the lizards and they might not be as keen to stay in your yard.
There are many ways to try to get rid of bugs. Some people use ultrasonic repellents while others will use chemical sprays.
The easiest thing to do would be to call exterminators to have your yard sprayed. You might not wish to do this if you’re concerned about your garden, though.
3 – Try Using Hot Sauce Spray
Hot sauce spray is something that can scare lizards away pretty well. You can make a simple homemade pepper spray that lizards will absolutely abhor.
Take some cayenne pepper and mix it up with water. When you have your spray mixed up, you’ll be able to walk around your yard spraying it in areas where lizards are known to gather.
Try spraying it near the plants that you wish to protect. It should make it less likely that the plants will be bothered.
You can also use Tabasco sauce to make a lizard repellent spray. It’s going to be a simple way to keep lizard problems from becoming a huge deal.
The spray will wear off after a certain amount of time, though. This is especially true when it rains.
You’ll have to reapply the spray fairly often to keep things working properly. Luckily, it’s very easy to mix the spray up.
4 – Commercial Repellents
Commercial repellents might do an even better job of keeping lizards away. You can go out and buy sprays at department stores or online retailers.
These sprays utilize chemicals that lizards don’t like. When you spray the yard with these chemicals, it’ll keep them from wanting to stay in your yard.
This is a very easy way to solve problems with lizards. Sprays like this usually don’t cost that much money either.
The downside is that you might not wish to expose your plants to chemicals. It’s up to you to decide what is best, though.
5 – Cats Might Help
Cats might be able to make a huge difference in your garden if you want to go that route. You might not be aware of this, but cats are actually lizard hunters.
Many cats will hunt them down and kill them. This means that having an outdoor cat might be a good method of controlling your lizard problem.
The problem with this is that many people aren’t comfortable with letting their cats roam around outside. It can be dangerous for cats to be placed outside for many reasons.
Also, cats are harmful to the natural ecosystem. They’re predator animals that aren’t really meant to be there.
Some people are vehemently against allowing cats to roam outdoors. It’s up to you to decide which side of the fence you’re on.
Regardless, it’s true that cats will help to control lizard issues in your yard. It is an option if you’d like to get a cat or if you’d like to start letting your cat roam outdoors a bit.
Final Thoughts
You have many options available to you when you want to get rid of lizards in your yard. Keep them from eating your plants by taking the right steps to get them out of your yard.
Some people will simply let their cats outside so that they can hunt the lizards. This is an option that’ll work pretty well since cats are natural hunters.
You could also try to make the yard less convenient for the lizards. Get rid of cover spots where they can hide and sleep.
Controlling the insect population will ensure that the lizards don’t have as much food in your yard. Do your best to get rid of bugs so that the lizards won’t think your property is a smorgasbord.
Spraying the area with chemical lizard repellent sprays will work well. If you don’t wish to do that, you could try making a homemade spray using cayenne pepper and water.
So long as you’re using some of the advice above, it’ll be easy to keep your plants from being eaten by lizards. You just need to be proactive so that the problem can be taken care of in a timely fashion.
If you don’t have a lot of time to solve this issue yourself, you could call professionals. Exterminators should be able to help you with lizard control.
Ben has a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering. When not constructing or remodeling X-Ray Rooms, Cardiovascular Labs, and Pharmacies, you can find him at home with wife and two daughters. Outside of family, He loves grilling and barbequing on his Big Green Egg and Blackstone Griddle, as well as working on projects around the house.
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