Stop Killing Snake Lizards, They Are Not Dangerous! ! See What They Can Do For You

When I was a child, one of the scariest creature to me was the ‘snake lizard. ‘ I always ran fast when I saw one in my backyard.

This was because I thought this creature was dangerous to human beings. I also too thought it carried poisonous substances. However, I was wrong.

I was wrong about everything!

First of all, the name of this creature is not “Snake Lizard. ” They are actually called Skinks.

#Skinks not Snake Lizards

 

Secondly, Skinks are not dangerous at very all. Although, they can bite but their bites can cause no harm at all.

I am sure that most of you(my readers) must have come across this creature. Well, if you were like the little me who was scared of this creature, then worry no more!

Another great fact about Skinks is that they are really great reptile pets. This is because they can help in killing household insects in the home.

Isn’t that great? !

Also, these reptiles do not possess any disease in their body, meaning that if you were to touch and play with them you would not contact any form of infection.

These things are just so harmless, yet most people take them to be dangerous.

Lastly, Did you know that Skinks are capable of killing baby snakes?

Am sure you didn’t know that. With these creatures in your environment, then there are low chances of snakes being in your environment.

Wouldn’t it be great if you had this great reptile in your home?

Below are more photos of skinks:

As you can see, this reptile is also very cute and you can use it as your home, or even, work pet. It would be a nice idea.

If you have them crawling around your living room, consider doing the following:

Set up glue traps around the perimeter of your indoor rooms

Keep furniture at least 8” from the walls

Turn off lights when possible

Don’t store any accessible food

Put garlic under furniture, appliances, or other hiding places

Block off any entry points

Keep doors and windows closed

Use essential oil sprays around the home (more on this later

Get a cat

Cats are excellent hunters of skinks.

They can stalk, pounce, and catch skinks all day. Any skink that makes its way into your home may end up being cat food.

Not to mention that the skinks will be scared of cats and naturally won’t enter your home.

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However, you should consider that your cat can get sick by eating skinks. And this can transfer over to you zoonotically.

So even though they make excellent hunters, you may be better off attracting stray cats to do the dirty work for you. That comes with its own can of worms because stray cats can also harbor diseases as well. Food for thought.

Have you ever had any experience with skinks?

Kindly drop your experience in the comment section.

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