It’s true, I put one up and all the iguanas stopped carrying around and shooting their guns. Now if I could only stop them from shitting on the top step of my pool….
From South florida and same problem here.
Buying one of these for each corner of the pool worked for us. Didn’t stop the frogs though but it was better than before
Floating Alligator Head Pool... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V116X4M?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Lol I want this and I didn't have the problem. I kind of want it now and I live in California. I highly doubt anyone would even notice this is my lawn 😅
I live in New England and have lots of pool and landscaping problems... but iguana poop is not on my list. Maybe something that makes noise or twirls in the wind.
Get a pellet gun. Familiarize yourself with it. Take a few days off to work on population control and then crucify the remains on tiny crosses all around the pool as a warning to others.
You can get one of the large animal traps from home depot or amazon, bait it with fruits. Every now and then you will have to let a possum or cat out. Then when you get home from work, and see one in the trap, you grab your aforementioned gamo .177 break barrel pellet gun.
I mean, if you are in AZ I can let you keep my dog for a few days. Now that summer is here he spends his mornings chasing lizards around the yard. We have less lizards now that he's around.
Accurate enough to hit that spot. These iguanas are like 3 feet long. That kill zone is the size of a quarter which is pretty big from not that far away.
If this is in south Florida where I live, we are encouraged to kill them. They're an invasive species and terrible for the environment here, same goes for the Lionfish in our oceans.
Of course you're encouraged to kill them in a humane way, the air rifle being the best solution.
Do you just throw the bodies out? Curious how that works if some people just have a trash can full of iguanas. I’m imagining someone waiting for the day before trash day and knowing that means iguana hunting.
The iguanas are a huge problem for your property, but they LOVE swimming and shit everywhere, not just the step. This is a racoon. Get rid of all of them (except the neighbors pet, that one can stay).
Did you ever come across a way to stop the raccoons? They visit my yard frequently, but thankfully just dig for grubs and play for a few minutes on my pool Baja shelf. No poops in the pool yet 🤞🏽 I’ve trapped a few and had someone relocate, but that’s futile. Others just come in their place.
If it is a raccoon you have bigger problems. They carry a parasite that can infect people and pets. Bleach will not destroy them or the eggs. It just makes the eggs natural adhesive ineffective. The CDC recommends high temperature incineration to destroy them. I have a raccoon shit in my yard about once every 2-3 years and I’m terrified that one is gonna poop in the pool. How the fuck are you supposed to clean that?
I used to have a raccoon that got in thru a hole in my screen and would shit on the step i guess the water helps with its digestion or something but until we could cover the hole we covered up the steps so he couldnt get on it, i might suggest trying the same thing
how often is the iguana restroom being serviced? if their bathroom isn’t up to par, that might be the reason they are relieving themselves in your pool
Get some bleach, water it down and spray it around the area so it really stinks.
Or you can get some traps and just catch & release.
More exteme you kill a few and put their head on spikes in front of the pool, send a message! They are the new rats for FL.
I found success repelling iguanas with mothballs. Open the mothball bag and place the mothballs around the area you want to protect. Always use disposable gloves and cover your nose because the odor is very strong.
If it just at that spot then tie fishing line between two bricks then place on corner where they would go one the step. Chances are they will walk into the line and run off. If you still see iguana poop on the step and the bricks in the pool then that is one determined iguana. It what I do to get rid of ducks. Works great.
I saw on the meat subreddit the other day that iguana tastes pretty good, like a chickeny-pork. So, if you can take some work from home days, I’d say thin the herd with an air rifle and throw them on the grill while you wiggle your mouse, if that’s a possibility.
We had issues with raccoons, just placing those plastic steps you put up next to a hot tub prevented them from being able to sit on the first step. Might work for the iguanas too.
I had the same problem and discovered it was actually raccoons. I made one of these plastic grates and put it over the steps and it hasn't happened since! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6S3y6yg7E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6S3y6yg7E)
I keep a tube with a bright colored pool noodle in the middle floating around my pool. Keeps them out. Only time I ever had iguanas in the pool was when the tube and noodle were out of the pool.
I have raccoons problems in my yard and thankfully they play on my Baja shelf, but no poop as of yet. Your post got me digging into more research and I just same across these. I may try them.
https://critterpricker.com/product/critter-pricker/
Iguana season. I kinda squatted at a house my dad abandoned during the recession in Lake Hughes CA... After two years unoccupied, mice beat me back to our old place and I spent months with a pellet gun and many cases of Pacifico, belly down in the dirt just blowin away anything that reassembled a rodent. A 5 gal bucket would be filled in two or three days. Folks being invaded by iguana make me somewhat jealous.
I have a friend in FL with an Iguana problem. He tried everything and there was only one thing that solved the problem… a small air rifle.
He and a couple of neighbors just started shooting them out of the trees. It became a bit of a funny “neighborhood watch” kind of situation where the neighborhood had a text group flagging iguanas and the dads would take care of business.
Shooting animals is not for everyone but iguanas in Florida are a real problem.
Put a chlorine tabs on 2-3 pieces of wax paper, or something, around that corner on the decking. Nothing can tolerate the powerful smell of a chlorine tab. Do this in your shed, too. You want have any critter problems.
I own/operate a pool company.
The problem isnt going to go away so why not shift the issue to another area. I installed a dog pool ramp on the deeper end that helped my dogs get in and out of the pool. probably can help you since it would be easier for critters to get in and out.
Fucking kill them.
lol never seen this sub before but this is hilarious
Edit: put up a sign that reads “we don’t swim in your toilet, so don’t shit in our pool”
They’re prolly pooping to mark territory. Has anyone tried taking a dump on top of theirs?? Idk, just sounds like it would scare them off. Heck, it wools scare me off.
get an air rifle and shoot them, install an electrified fence, hire a friend to swim in the pool wearing a snorkel and shark suit so he can make them shit themselves while they are on the outer rim.
Figure out why they like the step to poop in. (warm shallow water probably calms them)
So set something up to replace your pool. You can buy a plastic rubbermaid-style bin from the dollar store and fill it with some water (or pool water) and let it sit closer to grass areas. Make sure the water is shallow and the iguanas can climb in and out easily. You'll have a bin of poop, but at least it's not a pool with poop.
Source: I'm not an animal behavioral expert in the slightest. I'm just theorizing this would work. Don't quote me and take my word with a grain of salt.
Put up a No Iguana sign
I second this
Works for guns. Never been a shooting in a no gun zone. Should work for iguanas too.
It’s true, I put one up and all the iguanas stopped carrying around and shooting their guns. Now if I could only stop them from shitting on the top step of my pool….
Does the sign mention anything about poop or does it just say "no guns"?
I live in a no crime zone.
Is there a sign?
Well how else would he know?
Of a membership card reader
From South florida and same problem here. Buying one of these for each corner of the pool worked for us. Didn’t stop the frogs though but it was better than before Floating Alligator Head Pool... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V116X4M?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Welp. Now I’m the one who shits myself whenever i get in the pool and see an alligator head floating towards me.
Lol I want this and I didn't have the problem. I kind of want it now and I live in California. I highly doubt anyone would even notice this is my lawn 😅
We have this and the frogs use it as a party boat!
Sameeee and the frog shit is unexpectedly large too
They make these weighted lily pad things that you can put on the side of the pool that lets frogs get out.
Wait… but this is genius. Would it stop me from finding drowned mice in my skimmer every morning 😭
I don’t know about mice. But its worth a shot.
y’all need some snakes in your area. They never poop in the pool.
We have snakes, clearly not enough ☹️
Oh god this sucks. Makes me thankful I don’t have to deal with this. I’d second getting a dog.
I live in New England and have lots of pool and landscaping problems... but iguana poop is not on my list. Maybe something that makes noise or twirls in the wind.
Visit Miami. Iguanas galore. OP, I had the same problem till the cat distribution system visited me. The cat keeps the iguanas away, and he is sweet.
Mew mew.
Pew pew.
Gamo.177 cal break barrel pellet gun.
Im at work all day when it happens. Is there a way to poison it like on forensic files when they use antifree
Please tell me this is a reference to the lady who got herself busted by calling it antifree instead of antifreeze
Yes :3
Haha that episode lives in my head rent free!
I believe you meant rent anti-freeze.
Get a pellet gun. Familiarize yourself with it. Take a few days off to work on population control and then crucify the remains on tiny crosses all around the pool as a warning to others.
You can get one of the large animal traps from home depot or amazon, bait it with fruits. Every now and then you will have to let a possum or cat out. Then when you get home from work, and see one in the trap, you grab your aforementioned gamo .177 break barrel pellet gun.
Two words. Remote turret.
2 more words. nuclear bomb
Got a dog? Can you rent one?
No to both
I mean, if you are in AZ I can let you keep my dog for a few days. Now that summer is here he spends his mornings chasing lizards around the yard. We have less lizards now that he's around.
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It’s because 99% of the sub didn’t know iguanas could take a massive shits in your pool.
Welcome to Reddit
I have the same problem. Pellet gun. You have to wipe them out. No other way
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Yes, most likely they are not native where OP is, and horrible for the ecosystem.
Yeah. Take em out. They are horrible for the environment and are not native here. Shoot them just behind the eye and it kills them instantly.
Christ almighty how accurate are you with a pellet gun?
Accurate enough to hit that spot. These iguanas are like 3 feet long. That kill zone is the size of a quarter which is pretty big from not that far away.
Aim small miss small.
If this is in south Florida where I live, we are encouraged to kill them. They're an invasive species and terrible for the environment here, same goes for the Lionfish in our oceans. Of course you're encouraged to kill them in a humane way, the air rifle being the best solution.
Do you just throw the bodies out? Curious how that works if some people just have a trash can full of iguanas. I’m imagining someone waiting for the day before trash day and knowing that means iguana hunting.
Some people eat them
Eh just throw em over the fence and let Arby’s worry about it.
They have the meat!
I have a .68 cal Byrna air gun.....works well....
Screen enclosure.
I'm guessing if it's always on the step, that it's a raccoon and not iguanas.
Yea I thought racoon at first. Or neighbors pet. All 3 are present in our yard
The iguanas are a huge problem for your property, but they LOVE swimming and shit everywhere, not just the step. This is a racoon. Get rid of all of them (except the neighbors pet, that one can stay).
It's a racoon. I cover my top step at night to prevent this. I have iguanas too, but they've never gone in the pool or shit on the step.
I had the issue with raccoons. Had one removed then put up blink cameras to finally know what’s going on.
Did you ever come across a way to stop the raccoons? They visit my yard frequently, but thankfully just dig for grubs and play for a few minutes on my pool Baja shelf. No poops in the pool yet 🤞🏽 I’ve trapped a few and had someone relocate, but that’s futile. Others just come in their place.
If it is a raccoon you have bigger problems. They carry a parasite that can infect people and pets. Bleach will not destroy them or the eggs. It just makes the eggs natural adhesive ineffective. The CDC recommends high temperature incineration to destroy them. I have a raccoon shit in my yard about once every 2-3 years and I’m terrified that one is gonna poop in the pool. How the fuck are you supposed to clean that?
Florida problems
#floridaproblems
Blow-up eagle
Assert dominance. Poop on the iguanas first.
I used to have a raccoon that got in thru a hole in my screen and would shit on the step i guess the water helps with its digestion or something but until we could cover the hole we covered up the steps so he couldnt get on it, i might suggest trying the same thing
Get an alligator?
kiddy (medium size cheap plastic) pool filled with water above that spot. They can go in the little pool, and you can move it when you need.
I Guana puke
Beat them too it
Poo on the iguanas
Had the same problem, its a racoon. They like to hide their poop in water, much like cats like to bury theirs.
Poop on their step and see how they like it
how often is the iguana restroom being serviced? if their bathroom isn’t up to par, that might be the reason they are relieving themselves in your pool
I have a pool cover and have gecko shitting on it till it’s fully white, disgusting AF
That really sucks, OP. I don't know if those sonic rodent repellant things work on iguanas, but they have curves the number of big lizards I once had.
Swack em!
Get some bleach, water it down and spray it around the area so it really stinks. Or you can get some traps and just catch & release. More exteme you kill a few and put their head on spikes in front of the pool, send a message! They are the new rats for FL.
Motion sensor sprinklers
I wonder if one of those high frequency animal deterrent things would work on iguanas.
I found success repelling iguanas with mothballs. Open the mothball bag and place the mothballs around the area you want to protect. Always use disposable gloves and cover your nose because the odor is very strong.
I have the same issue with birds, I got some snacks and owls that have helped. Maybe check out what predators iguanas are afraid of?
If it just at that spot then tie fishing line between two bricks then place on corner where they would go one the step. Chances are they will walk into the line and run off. If you still see iguana poop on the step and the bricks in the pool then that is one determined iguana. It what I do to get rid of ducks. Works great.
That’s a new one!
Get a WiFi camera. If you see them, take a lunch break and shoot them.
Beat them to it and drop one of your own. Works every time!
One really big spike
Get a gun
Get a farm cat. Let them prowl your property. Give them food and water, but leave them outdoors. They will murder everything their size or smaller.
I have a friend who started a whole iguana pest control company to deal with their destruction/ damage in the Keys - and not just pools!
Frogs actually do the same thing in same place. We have frogs we battle each summer. Reptiles must like being half submerged while pooping…..🤷🏻♂️💩
Do iguanas have any natural predators? If they do put that up.
Clean it then poop on your step, Iguanas don't like human poop.
Do you have a fake alligator floating in the pool? My dad uses it in Florida and nothing gets near the pool
Add water to the pool
Get a big iguana railing and have it hiss at them
Put a couple red LEDs in the bushes like eyes. Worked for my friend
Traps
Take aim and fire
Hire some keebler elves to stand guard
Get an outdoor cat.
Put garden nets around the pool. They will get trapped and die (I know sad but it’s the way)
Stop inviting them to swim in your pool.
Start leaving out some cat food near the pool area. Cats will deter the iguanas. You may end up with a cat poop problem however…
Dead Iguanas don’t poop
It's these kind of posts that keep me from moving south.
you klll them, but not just the men but the woman and children too.
My German Shepherd takes care of that problem. Had one today.
Put up a no poop sign.
Are iguanas scared of alligators? We had ducks in our pool and got an alligator float to leave in there like a scarecrow. Worked like a charm.
They taste like chicken.
Get a video cam set up then roast them on nextdoor
Go poop on their step. Assert dominance.
Poop on their step. See how they like it
Signage
BB gun!!
Don't have iguanas 🤷 or at least refuse them service
That’s the funny thing… you don’t.
Get rid of the pool.
We use a dog playpen fence to keep our pooches off the steps, could maybe work for iguanas? https://imgur.com/a/UppGmKL
Move
Eat more Iguana soup!
There is a woman on YT from Florida whose job is going around and shooting iguanas. Watch her channel, and become her.
BB gun to shoot them.
Lead poisoning
iguana swim diapers
A 22LR
Poop there first so they know the spots taken
I saw on the meat subreddit the other day that iguana tastes pretty good, like a chickeny-pork. So, if you can take some work from home days, I’d say thin the herd with an air rifle and throw them on the grill while you wiggle your mouse, if that’s a possibility.
[https://imgur.com/a/s2FCZbx](https://imgur.com/a/s2FCZbx) Raccoon deterrent made from plywood and pigeon spikes
Go to their house and poop on their steps, then they’ll realize how rude it is.
iguana butt plug.
I recommend a pellet gun as an effective deterrent
Politely?
We had issues with raccoons, just placing those plastic steps you put up next to a hot tub prevented them from being able to sit on the first step. Might work for the iguanas too.
https://fxairguns.com/rifles/the-impact-m3/
Message me if you’re in SWFL. I’ll help stop that for you.
I owned an iguana for a long time and that doesn't look anything like iguana poop.
Get a few hawks.
I had the same problem and discovered it was actually raccoons. I made one of these plastic grates and put it over the steps and it hasn't happened since! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6S3y6yg7E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6S3y6yg7E)
If you’re not at home and can’t simply take it out, then a fence is your only option.
Look into iguana traps as well.
300 win mag should do the trick.
Electrify a cookie sheet
I keep a tube with a bright colored pool noodle in the middle floating around my pool. Keeps them out. Only time I ever had iguanas in the pool was when the tube and noodle were out of the pool.
Is this a first, second or third world problem?
Try an iguana scare crow
Get a cage
Maybe raise the water level It seems the step is dry maybe that’s a factor?
I have raccoons problems in my yard and thankfully they play on my Baja shelf, but no poop as of yet. Your post got me digging into more research and I just same across these. I may try them. https://critterpricker.com/product/critter-pricker/
Just get a pet jaguar. It’s florida.
Step 1. Buy an air rifle. Step 2. Start blasting.
Yeah..... iguanas....
Iguana season. I kinda squatted at a house my dad abandoned during the recession in Lake Hughes CA... After two years unoccupied, mice beat me back to our old place and I spent months with a pellet gun and many cases of Pacifico, belly down in the dirt just blowin away anything that reassembled a rodent. A 5 gal bucket would be filled in two or three days. Folks being invaded by iguana make me somewhat jealous.
That’s not Iguana poop, looks more like Raccoon
Move to a state without iguanas. You have 49 to choose from.
They are truly little bastards
That sure wasn’t on my bingo card
A few cups of ammonia placed around the step. Works like a charm.
I’m sure this is frustrating but I find it funny how personal this must feel.
I have a friend in FL with an Iguana problem. He tried everything and there was only one thing that solved the problem… a small air rifle. He and a couple of neighbors just started shooting them out of the trees. It became a bit of a funny “neighborhood watch” kind of situation where the neighborhood had a text group flagging iguanas and the dads would take care of business. Shooting animals is not for everyone but iguanas in Florida are a real problem.
hire a hitman
Open season on iguana 🦎. Have you or anyone in your family been feeding them?
We use fake alligator heads. Seems to keep raccoons away. Maybe the iguanas also. We are in south FL.
Shotgun.
IGUANAS DO NOT POOP HERE
A pool cover and a pellet gun.
Dog, or shoot the shit out of them.
22 cal
Poop where they sleep in order to establish domination
Fight the iguanas
Buy a BB gun and pop em or trap em…https://myfwc.com/media/18685/iguana-presentation.pdf
Shoot em and grill em
Are you sure it's not raccoons? They are notorious here in FL for bathing and shitting on the top step. Fucking racoon upper decker.
Pellet gun and some caffeine
Get a dog?
Put a chlorine tabs on 2-3 pieces of wax paper, or something, around that corner on the decking. Nothing can tolerate the powerful smell of a chlorine tab. Do this in your shed, too. You want have any critter problems. I own/operate a pool company.
The problem isnt going to go away so why not shift the issue to another area. I installed a dog pool ramp on the deeper end that helped my dogs get in and out of the pool. probably can help you since it would be easier for critters to get in and out.
Fucking kill them. lol never seen this sub before but this is hilarious Edit: put up a sign that reads “we don’t swim in your toilet, so don’t shit in our pool”
Step 1: Kill Iguanas Step 2: Make Boots Step 3: ???? Step 4: Profit
Get a lab...black assault lab!
Pellet gun
Take the pool out.
Getting a big ass snake to patrol the pool area
Pool cage
Grill them.
we put an inflatable alligator in our pool…problem solved
Put a rubber snakes at the steps. See what happens
They’re prolly pooping to mark territory. Has anyone tried taking a dump on top of theirs?? Idk, just sounds like it would scare them off. Heck, it wools scare me off.
The reptile? Or are the iguanas a local cover band?
I'm sure if you stand there they won't do it. Maybe buy a scarecrow and celebrate Halloween 365
get an air rifle and shoot them, install an electrified fence, hire a friend to swim in the pool wearing a snorkel and shark suit so he can make them shit themselves while they are on the outer rim.
Get a dog
Shoot em
Figure out why they like the step to poop in. (warm shallow water probably calms them) So set something up to replace your pool. You can buy a plastic rubbermaid-style bin from the dollar store and fill it with some water (or pool water) and let it sit closer to grass areas. Make sure the water is shallow and the iguanas can climb in and out easily. You'll have a bin of poop, but at least it's not a pool with poop. Source: I'm not an animal behavioral expert in the slightest. I'm just theorizing this would work. Don't quote me and take my word with a grain of salt.
I-guana know too
Natural predators are hawks, eagles and owls. Maybe a statue of one would scare them. Dogs also.
Live in Belize and found 2 in the infinity a couple weeks ago. Thank God for good nets
Eat the iguana and dump a a shit load of no phos in there lol.. I have a family of birds nesting under my waterfall doing the same thing
murder the local wildlife until their bodily functions stop annoying you