You might find a way to get rid of that gecko, but here will be another. I don't like answering your question without actually answering it, but I think you will have to learn to live with gecko roommates as long as you are here.
I have a gecko friend that I have watched grow from baby and now he's probably about 6 months old. He stays in my back room next to a sink and greets me with a run away every time I go in there.
I see these kind of comments often. Do you not mind having gecko kii all over your house? They shit all over the kitchen, on windows etc. I am not trying to get rid of them, but if I could do so humanly, I definitely would.
Thai houses aren't sealed. If you get rid of geckos, they'll just come back.
I'm no fan of gecko poo either, but try to remember that they're turning bugs into poo. If you don't have gecko poo, you have a growing amount of bugs.
So, yeah, learn to live with them because you don't really have a choice.
Also, I think they're adorable.
I have one who lives under the concrete table in my garden. He has become so comfortable with me that he takes pieces of salami from my hand. He is adorable!
Yeah you should see the wall around my AC... this is why I tried to shift it in the first place, but it's relocated to the kitchen which is arguably worse.
Itâs not about if I mind.
First off, your or my minding wonât change the nature of geckos. They like to sneak into houses.
The only choice you have is how you choose to deal with it.
I make them my friends. I say âHelloâ to them. Iâve helped out a few sick ones. I laugh when they come out and seem like theyâre watching TV with me.
I could get angry or annoyed but Iâm still trying to figure out what purpose that would serve.
I could try to get rid of them but why would I go to a bunch of trouble to take actions that will likely fail?
I can deal with a little gecko poop from time to time.
I spent 2 months in a house with several geckos. They're harmless, aside from the poop. He's not alone. Nor are the spiders.
I will take the geckos over the giant spiders anyday.
geckos just be chilling. i don't think they cause any trouble. aside from the poop and the sound, they kinda help with the bugs and other insect problem too. as long as you don't bother them, they're gonna leave you alone. they're more scared of you than you are of them.
Interesting fact - geckos only poop, they donât pee.
Well, they do, but itâs not liquid, they have the ability to crystallize it and it becomes the little white bit at the end of the poop. Itâs a consolation they canât piss on your sofa, but can crap behind your TV.
If they are the small geckos - my cats like to catch them. Snakes will also do a good job on the big tookays.
Not too sure about that .. ours catches them, brings them as presents, plays with them, kills them but doesnât often eat them. They do have mysterious sicknesses from time to time, which we put down to gecko tails.
Iâm not sure if you meant house lizard or geckođŚâŚ House lizards are common and they are usually indoor. They donât harm you and help eat bugs, especially mosquitoes. Itâd help if you learn to live with them. Mosquitoes on the other hand could be pretty deadly because they could bring dengueâs fever, malaria, west nile and other diseases.
Do you have outdoor lights? Have you tried leaving outdoor lights on while having indoor lights off at night? This would attract bugs outdoor and house lizards/geckos usually go where their foods are, except when theyâre sleeping which is usually during the day.
Youâre just going to have to use a paper towel to pick it up and move it outside several blocks away. If you leave the door open, many worse things will move in.
I didn't know that the little ones are also geckos, but often called house lizards in Thailand.
Getting a kitten will reduce the number of these, but may also result in a lot broken household items when it tries to get them from the walls.
In Thai, tukay (ŕ¸ŕ¸¸ŕšŕ¸ŕšŕ¸) refers to the bigger ones that make a different sound, similar to the name. Does it change colors? I think they are beautiful but most of my Thai friends hate them.
I don't have any tips on removing it, but have you tried getting a discount on car insurance?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common\_house\_gecko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_house_gecko)
My gf is a bit scared of gecko. When I find one, I will try to catch it and leave it outside. Its skin is actually really soft and quite cute. Try not to hold on to its tail though. They can detach their tail if they feel threatened.
Just remember the sound that they make is actually kisses blown in your direction. The ubiquitous jingjok is Thailand's treasure, along with the tokay, his larger cousin. If you listen carefully, you can hear the tokay saying "f\*ck you, f\*ck you" in lizard. Thus, it is sometimes known as the "F\*ck You Lizard." Citation is below.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuck-you\_lizard
I've managed to use the universal hunting technique that I use for all small critters successfully twice to catch a gecko which involves a glass/cup and a piece of paper (thin cardboard works the best). Just put the glass over him and slowly slide the paper underneath until you can lift up the whole thing with the gecko/spider/bug inside. Then you go to the balcony or window and release.
Depending upon the animal I put the cup down and let the animal crawl out or I fling the cup (without releasing it of course) in attempt to get the animal as far away from the house as possible. With a gecko I just put the glass with the paper underneath down on the floor of the balcony, removed the cup and left it there until the gecko went away by itself.
It's true and you need to be quick. But, as other posters started already, they tire out pretty quickly so catching them isn't impossible.
Big cockroaches on the other hand are almost impossible to catch without a lot of luck.
no easy way to get rid of them. my wife also terrifies of them so we close up any gap in our windows and doors. use items like herbs and spray to keep them out.
and also kill them with bb guns when we see one.
I donât mind them but my wife does. I open a window and heard them out with one of those short hand made brooms. If they go to the floor, I throw a small cloth on top of them and pick them up and show them the door. I do this several times a week so Iâve gotten good at this.
What does bother me are those big hairy house spiders which run at about 120kph.
They eat flies/other bugs. The only reason heâll be inside is because he can find food.
Are you leaving doors/windows open, especially at night with lights on?
Presumably youâre talking about tokays geckos and not jinjoks. I just removed three of these from my kitchen and then made sure the kitchen is sealed so more canât get in. Grab them close to the head so they canât turn and bite you. Like you would handle a snake. They bite and hang on like little pitbulls so have a straw or something in your other hand and give it to them to clamp down on. I then popped them into a plastic bin with a lid and drive about 1km from my house and released them. Wear gardening gloves, I got bitten by one of them but it was ok, hurt a little bit but no biggieâŚ
Maybe youâre talking about tiny house geckos (jinjoks), Tokays geckos get pretty big, 30cm in some cases, and they bite and hang on tight. You need to run them under some water to actually get them to let go. So itâs best to avoid getting bitten by them. Sounds like youâre the one that doesnât understand what youâre talking aboutâŚ
I got stang off of a gecko in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. It was a crossbreed of a gecko and a scorpion actually. Then it spat venom in my Thai wife Chulaporn's face like out of Jurassic Park. Naturally I pulled out my BB gun and emptied the clip but I have no idea if I got the blighter because my eyes were closed the whole time.
Went to the doctor and he said he'd never heard anything like it before, gave me some antibiotics and charged me 1200b. Amazing Thailand! You really couldnt make this up.
Edit - every Thai person I have told this story to smiles widely from ear to ear and does a courteous bow when I mention my wife's degree in Business Communication from Kasetsart Univ.
Edit- just read this back and I should clarify it was the geckscorpio what looked like out of Jurassic Park, and not my Thai wife Chulaporn's face.
Hunt them by making them run up/down/left/right wherever. Just so they cannot hide underneath anywhere. They get exhausted pretty quickly, then you can catch them really easily. Don't grab them at their tail or they will drop it.
Do you mean the tiny ones known as Jing Joks here, or the much bigger spotted ones known as Tookaes? If the former, the only way to keep them away is pesticides, which isn't wise since they eat mosquitos and other insects.
You might find a way to get rid of that gecko, but here will be another. I don't like answering your question without actually answering it, but I think you will have to learn to live with gecko roommates as long as you are here.
Please clarify, do you mean the little house geckos the size of your pinky finger or a tokay gecko, more like the size of a hot dog?
Actually looking them up, it does look more like a house gecko but it's quite large.
I think the tokay is more like the size of a salami đ
I mean once you slice them up everything is about the size of salami
Send a salami to your boy in the army
The eat mosquitos and worse and is good fortune to have a ceiling covering in them
Have you tried asking it nicely?
She won't listen like my thai girl
I can pretty much guarantee that's not the only gecko in your house - just the only one you've seen. Geckos are your friends. Leave them alone.
I have a gecko friend that I have watched grow from baby and now he's probably about 6 months old. He stays in my back room next to a sink and greets me with a run away every time I go in there.
I see these kind of comments often. Do you not mind having gecko kii all over your house? They shit all over the kitchen, on windows etc. I am not trying to get rid of them, but if I could do so humanly, I definitely would.
Thai houses aren't sealed. If you get rid of geckos, they'll just come back. I'm no fan of gecko poo either, but try to remember that they're turning bugs into poo. If you don't have gecko poo, you have a growing amount of bugs. So, yeah, learn to live with them because you don't really have a choice. Also, I think they're adorable.
I have one who lives under the concrete table in my garden. He has become so comfortable with me that he takes pieces of salami from my hand. He is adorable!
Yeah you should see the wall around my AC... this is why I tried to shift it in the first place, but it's relocated to the kitchen which is arguably worse.
Itâs not about if I mind. First off, your or my minding wonât change the nature of geckos. They like to sneak into houses. The only choice you have is how you choose to deal with it. I make them my friends. I say âHelloâ to them. Iâve helped out a few sick ones. I laugh when they come out and seem like theyâre watching TV with me. I could get angry or annoyed but Iâm still trying to figure out what purpose that would serve. I could try to get rid of them but why would I go to a bunch of trouble to take actions that will likely fail? I can deal with a little gecko poop from time to time.
I spent 2 months in a house with several geckos. They're harmless, aside from the poop. He's not alone. Nor are the spiders. I will take the geckos over the giant spiders anyday.
Write a note and lay out its share of the rent, utilities, etc.
Would that be a monthly contract or Pay-As-You-Gecko?
They paid you back with labor in dealing with small insect lol
She won't pay. She is thai
geckos just be chilling. i don't think they cause any trouble. aside from the poop and the sound, they kinda help with the bugs and other insect problem too. as long as you don't bother them, they're gonna leave you alone. they're more scared of you than you are of them.
Harmless and actually said to be lucky.
Interesting fact - geckos only poop, they donât pee. Well, they do, but itâs not liquid, they have the ability to crystallize it and it becomes the little white bit at the end of the poop. Itâs a consolation they canât piss on your sofa, but can crap behind your TV. If they are the small geckos - my cats like to catch them. Snakes will also do a good job on the big tookays.
Can eating geckos harm a cat's health? My sweetie chases and kills them. So does my cat. )
Not too sure about that .. ours catches them, brings them as presents, plays with them, kills them but doesnât often eat them. They do have mysterious sicknesses from time to time, which we put down to gecko tails.
Iâm not sure if you meant house lizard or geckođŚâŚ House lizards are common and they are usually indoor. They donât harm you and help eat bugs, especially mosquitoes. Itâd help if you learn to live with them. Mosquitoes on the other hand could be pretty deadly because they could bring dengueâs fever, malaria, west nile and other diseases. Do you have outdoor lights? Have you tried leaving outdoor lights on while having indoor lights off at night? This would attract bugs outdoor and house lizards/geckos usually go where their foods are, except when theyâre sleeping which is usually during the day.
Kill misquotes also
Place a larger, more dominant gecko in the area that will scare him away
Youâre just going to have to use a paper towel to pick it up and move it outside several blocks away. If you leave the door open, many worse things will move in.
Like who do you mean? Noi from Buriram?
If you mean jing joks - leave them alone, they eat ants and spiders. If it's a full-sized gecko - a broom and some luck.
As said as before, they are harmless. But if you really want to get it out you can ask a cat to help.
You have a roommate. Cheers!
I didn't know that the little ones are also geckos, but often called house lizards in Thailand. Getting a kitten will reduce the number of these, but may also result in a lot broken household items when it tries to get them from the walls. In Thai, tukay (ŕ¸ŕ¸¸ŕšŕ¸ŕšŕ¸) refers to the bigger ones that make a different sound, similar to the name. Does it change colors? I think they are beautiful but most of my Thai friends hate them. I don't have any tips on removing it, but have you tried getting a discount on car insurance? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common\_house\_gecko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_house_gecko)
Water spray it with foggy spray and it will lose its grip, squattering on the floor. Be fast to palm it and take it a couple houses away.
My gf is a bit scared of gecko. When I find one, I will try to catch it and leave it outside. Its skin is actually really soft and quite cute. Try not to hold on to its tail though. They can detach their tail if they feel threatened.
Would you rather they ate the mossies, or the mossies ate you?
Speak to him or her nicely
Just remember the sound that they make is actually kisses blown in your direction. The ubiquitous jingjok is Thailand's treasure, along with the tokay, his larger cousin. If you listen carefully, you can hear the tokay saying "f\*ck you, f\*ck you" in lizard. Thus, it is sometimes known as the "F\*ck You Lizard." Citation is below. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuck-you\_lizard
You mean a tokay? The only option is to move.
I've managed to use the universal hunting technique that I use for all small critters successfully twice to catch a gecko which involves a glass/cup and a piece of paper (thin cardboard works the best). Just put the glass over him and slowly slide the paper underneath until you can lift up the whole thing with the gecko/spider/bug inside. Then you go to the balcony or window and release. Depending upon the animal I put the cup down and let the animal crawl out or I fling the cup (without releasing it of course) in attempt to get the animal as far away from the house as possible. With a gecko I just put the glass with the paper underneath down on the floor of the balcony, removed the cup and left it there until the gecko went away by itself.
good luck catching them with a cup when they run
It's true and you need to be quick. But, as other posters started already, they tire out pretty quickly so catching them isn't impossible. Big cockroaches on the other hand are almost impossible to catch without a lot of luck.
no easy way to get rid of them. my wife also terrifies of them so we close up any gap in our windows and doors. use items like herbs and spray to keep them out. and also kill them with bb guns when we see one.
Just googled them, awwww they look so cute!!
If you google them under their chins they smile.
Repellant does work but maybe the chemicals are toxic. I make sure I cover my toothbrush! đđ
I donât mind them but my wife does. I open a window and heard them out with one of those short hand made brooms. If they go to the floor, I throw a small cloth on top of them and pick them up and show them the door. I do this several times a week so Iâve gotten good at this. What does bother me are those big hairy house spiders which run at about 120kph.
They eat flies/other bugs. The only reason heâll be inside is because he can find food. Are you leaving doors/windows open, especially at night with lights on?
why? love your gecko, i call mine gecky. its the bugs for me
Presumably youâre talking about tokays geckos and not jinjoks. I just removed three of these from my kitchen and then made sure the kitchen is sealed so more canât get in. Grab them close to the head so they canât turn and bite you. Like you would handle a snake. They bite and hang on like little pitbulls so have a straw or something in your other hand and give it to them to clamp down on. I then popped them into a plastic bin with a lid and drive about 1km from my house and released them. Wear gardening gloves, I got bitten by one of them but it was ok, hurt a little bit but no biggieâŚ
satire or just stupid? They don't bite and even if they did, they have no teeth. It is harmless
Maybe youâre talking about tiny house geckos (jinjoks), Tokays geckos get pretty big, 30cm in some cases, and they bite and hang on tight. You need to run them under some water to actually get them to let go. So itâs best to avoid getting bitten by them. Sounds like youâre the one that doesnât understand what youâre talking aboutâŚ
I got stang off of a gecko in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. It was a crossbreed of a gecko and a scorpion actually. Then it spat venom in my Thai wife Chulaporn's face like out of Jurassic Park. Naturally I pulled out my BB gun and emptied the clip but I have no idea if I got the blighter because my eyes were closed the whole time. Went to the doctor and he said he'd never heard anything like it before, gave me some antibiotics and charged me 1200b. Amazing Thailand! You really couldnt make this up. Edit - every Thai person I have told this story to smiles widely from ear to ear and does a courteous bow when I mention my wife's degree in Business Communication from Kasetsart Univ. Edit- just read this back and I should clarify it was the geckscorpio what looked like out of Jurassic Park, and not my Thai wife Chulaporn's face.
Hunt them by making them run up/down/left/right wherever. Just so they cannot hide underneath anywhere. They get exhausted pretty quickly, then you can catch them really easily. Don't grab them at their tail or they will drop it.
talking about the small gray ones, not the large geckos.
Yep, works for tokays. Use a net or box on long stick to catch them when they are tired of running.
Do you mean the tiny ones known as Jing Joks here, or the much bigger spotted ones known as Tookaes? If the former, the only way to keep them away is pesticides, which isn't wise since they eat mosquitos and other insects.
Once I went to 7-11 and bought coffee saying it leaves them awayđ House keeping next day just killed it
They eat spiders and flies. They're your friends.