I saw one guy on youtube that has a monitor lizard. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Serious question: as someone who really, really hates bugs, are there any lizards I can just let roam my apartment? I feel like it’d be really chill to have a big scaly friend who could snack on the occasional spider or fly in my apt between meals.
Fortatech@gregtech.eu 3 weeks ago
BlueLineBae@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but the real trick to managing pests in your home, is to allow the right predator pests to exist. The best ones are spiders and centipedes. Centipedes are especially the best because they won’t ever hurt you, they mostly stay out of sight, and they don’t leave webs hanging around. But when you do see one you will probably freak the fuck out. You just have to remember that they eat earwigs and mites and such and try not to kill them. Spiders are also great to keep around, but there should be a big asterisk about how I live in Illinois and most spiders are harmless here.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The real trick to managing pests in your home is to use caulking to seal the entry points between the interior and the walls, and between the walls and the exterior.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
hah, imagine owning a home
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You don’t have to own a home to use caulking, you just need to own caulking and a caulking gun.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That reduces entry pointa but you will never ever perfectly seal every nook and cranny. All it takes is one insect to get in to be able to replicate.
People regularly live in homes without.insect infestations despite leaving windows wide open without screens. They keep the house tidy so they aren’t feeding anything that gets in, they close the windows when it is dark out to avoid light drawing things in, and they make sure to get rid of waste. If there is nothing for scavaging bugs to eat there won’t be anything for the predators to eat and so on.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah I know about the centipedes, I’ve had roommates that used some in the past.
The big issue is that I have really bad arachnophobia, so the bug I care the most about getting rid of is spiders. just seeing one causes me to freeze and start panicking. The spiders here are harmless, but try telling that to my dumb brain. It’s not even like I see them that frequently, but seeing just one ruins my week because I get paranoid that there are more I’m not seeing.