Methods of getting rid of iguanas

When a trapper comes to your home to help you in getting rid of one iguana, you will find that in a few days, new ones can come to take its place. You have to ensure that the place is not inviting to iguanas. You can find different steps which you may take so that you can ensure that the area has been iguana proofed.

Exclusion methods

You may try to do the exclusion through installing a caged screen enclosure so that you may protect the pool and the yard. You may also install electric fencing around the seawall, docks or yard. You have to use a metal sheet in order to guard a dock pilling and trees that iguanas can climb. You can put plastic bottles in a line in order to keep iguanas away, and you may also protect the pool deck if you use childproof fencing. You can use wire mesh screening if you want to protect plants in the garden.

Habitat modification

If you want to do habitat modification, then remove trees with fruits except for citrus trees because the iguanas don’t eat them. You may remove any dense thickets with piles of timber or rocks. You can trim trees and bushes away from the house and fill any burrow you find with cement and sand. You may also try out using neem and garlic oil spray to repel the iguanas, spraying it near the border of the property and the plants. Iguanas may not like the taste or the smell of biopesticides.

Trapping iguanas

Special permits may be unnecessary when it comes to trapping iguanas on private property, but keep in mind that wildlife should be trapped using humane methods. You have to use live traps or noose poles with nets. Traps have to be checked two times every 24 hours because if you leave wild animals longer than this in a trap, it is classified as animal abuse.

What to do with an iguana when you catch it

It is not easy to catch iguanas; however, if it is cold outside, they will slow down. If you catch iguanas, you should not take them to a nearby park since you may be jailed or have to pay a fine. You need to find a person who can euthanize it.

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