foto: Instagram/@melizah21
Brilio.net - Lizards are often considered as annoying pests, especially in homes and kitchens. Their presence crawling on walls and ceilings often leaves droppings in various corners of the room. For many people, lizards not only make the home environment feel uncomfortable, but can also raise concerns about cleanliness and health.
In the kitchen, lizards are a more serious problem. They are often seen crawling around food areas, and the droppings they leave behind can contaminate food. This is not only disgusting but also poses a potential health risk.
Gecko droppings can contain bacteria or parasites that are dangerous if they enter the food that will be consumed. Therefore, the presence of geckos in the kitchen must be handled immediately to maintain cleanliness and food safety.
Dealing with lizard problems in the home and kitchen requires the right approach. Keeping the house clean is an important first step, such as not leaving food out in the open and cleaning up leftover food that could attract lizards. In addition, closing cracks and holes in walls or windows that provide entrances for lizards can help prevent them from entering the house.
In addition, the use of lizard traps can be an effective solution. No need for special tools, you can make a simple lizard trap with only the materials and tools available at home. An Instagram user @melizah21 once proved it through one of the videos uploaded.
As reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @melizah21 on Monday (11/25), there is one kitchen ingredient that can be used as bait, namely coffee. But besides coffee, she also relies on cooking oil as a lizard trap. For the trap itself, the Instagram user @melizah21 only uses a bowl or open plastic container.
photo: Instagram/@melizah21
Well, how to make it is quite easy. Take a bowl or plastic container that is tall enough. After that, grease the inside edge of the container with cooking oil. Make sure the surface is slippery. This will prevent the gecko that has entered from crawling out again.
photo: Instagram/@melizah21
Next, brew a lot of black coffee (without sugar) or strong. Then pour the coffee into the bowl. After that, place this container in an area that is often visited by lizards, such as the kitchen, dining table, or food storage area.
photo: Instagram/@melizah21
Shortly after being left alone, Instagram user @melizah21 immediately showed the inside of the trap container. Who would have thought, there were many geckos trapped and immediately died because they were submerged in coffee water. This indicates that coffee is very effective as bait to attract geckos into the trap.
Viewed more than 991 thousand times, this video about the trick of making a gecko trap has immediately attracted the attention of netizens since it was uploaded on Saturday (11/23). Who would have thought, many netizens were surprised by the results of the trap that attracted many geckos. Most of these Instagram users then admitted that they wanted to try it directly.
" No wonder if you're drinking coffee and leave it uncovered, there will be lots of geckos coming back, it turns out geckos like coffee ," said Instagram user @shiintaanp.
" I will. I'll try it sis, thanks a lot, the lizard is amused ," explained Instagram @nengsepti.
" I automatically tried it, there are loads of them at my house ," wrote the Instagram account @rumahummii.
" Yes, that's right. I often see geckos in coffee cups at fishing spots. Why not provide something like this ?" said Instagram user @viviokey.
" I have a phobia of geckos, I really want to try this tutorial but I'm afraid that when I throw it away it will vomit and scream ," commented the Instagram account @lailsyafa022.
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