Unwanted skinks in my house

I love animals but I am not fond of lizards. I live in virginia and those skinks keep getting in my house. I am they are harmless, but to me they are quite unattractive and unwanted! Besides, they leave their poop around and they are uninvited. So far I...

have caught about at least one per week on a sticky trap. I have a friend take it to a wooded area and pry it off with a plastic spoon to release away from my house, but how can I prevent them from coming in? Could I buy lime or boric acid or something to spread around the base of my house? Help! They are givibg me nightmares and they really frighten me. Seriously!

You know it's going to be really hard to get them not coming into your house. I get the little geckos sometimes and thats probably due to me hatching some eggs of there's lol. But I dont know of anyway to stop them coming in. You might have to make peace with them.

what the f*ck is a skink?! lol

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!

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.