foto: Instagram/@rumah.awjourney
Brilio.net - Lizards are often a problem in the kitchen because they can disrupt cleanliness and comfort. These small animals often appear around the kitchen, especially at night to look for leftover food and small insects. The presence of lizards is not only annoying, but can also be a source of dirt because lizards often leave their droppings on walls, tables, and kitchen utensils.
In addition, geckos can also carry bacteria and pathogens that are harmful to health. They can spoil properly stored food, especially if left exposed.
Gecko droppings that fall on food or kitchen surfaces can cause contamination, increasing the risk of disease. Therefore, it is important to take steps to repel geckos from the kitchen and prevent them from returning.
In some cases, some people usually use traps. So they will set traps in some corners of the kitchen to trap lizards. Although effective, this method has its own drawbacks because you have to routinely throw away the carcasses of trapped and dead lizards.
To be safer, you can repel lizards using a method like that used by Instagram user @rumah.awjourney. Through one of the videos uploaded, she admitted to only using a few simple ingredients in the kitchen to repel lizards. Well, these ingredients will make the lizards go away and stay away from the kitchen.
photo: Instagram/@rumah.awjourney
As reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @rumah.awjourney on Sunday (8/12), the kitchen ingredients in question are pepper, vinegar, and dishwashing soap. So, these three ingredients only need to be put into a spray bottle. You can use 1 tsp of pepper, 1 tsp of dishwashing soap, and 1 tsp of vinegar.
photo: Instagram/@rumah.awjourney
Next, pour 300-400 ml of warm water into the bottle. Once done, close the bottle and shake until all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Then spray this liquid on all kitchen surfaces that are often visited by geckos. In addition to spraying directly, you can also pour the liquid onto cotton to then wipe all surfaces of items in the kitchen.
photo: Instagram/@rumah.awjourney
In addition to the kitchen, a number of other electronic devices such as meters, rice cookers, or the outside of the refrigerator can also be wiped with this liquid. The reason is, these electronic devices are often visited by lizards. Well, by spraying or applying this liquid, lizards will not come again because the aroma of the liquid is very strong and is not liked by lizards.
Having been viewed more than 170 thousand times, this video about the trick to chase away geckos immediately attracted attention. Many other Instagram users then gave direct responses in the comments column. Most expressed gratitude for getting new, useful knowledge.
" Nice tips, sis. I'll try it tomorrow. There are geckos in my house again. I've bought poison before but it doesn't work ," said Instagram @ceirabox.
" Thanks for the tips, sis ," said Instagram @ovieekaoru.
" You can use it to clean up at the same time, k ," wrote the Instagram account @dwis_istiqomah.
" When a gecko dies, the smell is unbearable. Thanks for the info, Sis ," wrote the Instagram account @rumah_juang927.
" Just right, I want to try it, thanks for the tips, sis ," commented the Instagram account @efghi.house.
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