Unwanted skinks in my house

A skink is an ugly lizard, native to Virgina. They are ugly uninvited, unwanted and their poop looks like a piece of wood with a white chip at the end. Some of them have a red blush on their faces and the ones I’ve seen are about 2 - 3 inches long. My understanding is that they can grow to 2 or 3 feet long. Apparently lizard lovers like them but I am NOT fond of reptiles and those skinks give me the heebee geebees, meaning the shudders. They are yucky!

what the f*ck is a skink?! lol

I live in Virginia, too, and I just saw one of those slimmy creatures run across my bedroom floor. I think it came in when my daughter forget to close the door this afternoon; it was open for about 3 hours. I’ve seen them outside the house quite a bit. I am totally sick and now can’t sleep…certainly not in that bedroom. I’m on the couch tonight. I just put out a huge piece of contact paper and am hoping that catches it until I can find another solution tomorrow. If I don’t catch it tomorrow, I’m not sure what I will do. I am truly scared-to-death of skinks (geckos are far cuter creatures). Skinks are like snakes with tiny legs. Yuck! Any advice would be very appreciated!

I know its alittle late to answer but…bribe them with food. They like bananans and watermelon, mine loves blueberrys to. So if in your house make a safe cage. Why not put wood under your doors or windows? They like to dig so make sure is on tight.