I like the little geckos, I really do. But we don't like their droppings everywhere. The house is pretty well sealed, with fly screens on all windows and a rubber strip on the bottom of the back door. We have manually caught and evicted quite a few, but I think they breed inside and our workshop, which is not sealed so well must have a whole colony.

 

So is there a way to get rid of them inside?

When you get Malaria,Dengue fever or any of the the diseases that mosquitoes carry,

you will regret having evicted the little beggars,I am sure the "droppings everywhere" is a bit

of an exaggeration .

regards worgeordie

 

You'd have to completely eliminate their food source (smaller bugs). The problem with reptiles is when they are determined to be somewhere, they will find a way in no matter what. 

No, I'm not exaggerating about the droppings.

 

On Shopee I see a lot of repellent advertised. Has anybody tried them, found them to work or not?

Impossible almost. 

The downside is droppings the upside is that you might have less mozzies ?

They are a problem. I have had them drop off the ceiling on me in bed and I would hate to have that happen when my mouth is wide open snoring...

A quick internet search I found this statement - see if that works?

 

"Lizards despise the smell of Eucalyptus and Peppermint Essential Oil – so use them to make a spray that you can spray around the baseboards of the house and on the outside of the house near the foundation. ... Then add 15 drops of each Eucalyptus or Peppermint and spray away."

 

Just now, beddhist said:

No, I'm not exaggerating about the droppings.

 

On Shopee I see a lot of repellent advertised. Has anybody tried them, found them to work or not?

They are not particularly effective, no. You'd have to get the entire place professionally fumigated. Might be worth speaking to Rentokill about your problem. 

https://www.rentokil.co.th/

28 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

When you get Malaria,Dengue fever or any of the the diseases that mosquitoes carry,

you will regret having evicted the little beggars,I am sure the "droppings everywhere" is a bit

of an exaggeration .

regards worgeordie

 

Sorry bro! I like your txt almost always , now you are wrong ! Small ones not eat moscito! Only sht every place! I kill that <deleted> one day 60+ still breed like Trump supporter! Same lvl of brain!

Edited September 18, 20205 yr by 2 is 1

It seems they don't touch mozzies, spiders and roaches. That makes them pretty useless bug hunters for me. But I don't want to kill them.

1 hour ago, beddhist said:

So is there a way to get rid of them inside?

Yes, there is. Find a bigger lizard or two snakes.

High powered torch dazzle em then grab them is my method of choice then out the window ???? 

6 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, there is. Find a bigger lizard or two snakes.

Bigger one shout ! Wife brother sell that one! Chinese pay much if big one (they tail) can get 10 k! We have hunt that big one many time, wife brother catch whit hand. I kill!

36 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Sorry bro! I like your txt almost always , now you are wrong ! Small ones not eat moscito! Only sht every place! I kill that <deleted> one day 60+ still breed like Trump supporter! Same lvl of brain!

Well some of us spent a lot of time in Takhli at the bars 69/70 watching them zap the insects as they crossed the ceilings as we drank our Mekhong.

Your post made me laugh a lot, and it was a little reminder of an older foreign woman who'd checked into a hotel in Chonburi where we lived. 

 

On the first day, she ran to us at the hotel pool like the devil himself was chasing her, screaming that she'd have a little crocodile in her room.

 

  The little crocodile then turned out to be a gecko. If I were you, I'd make peace with these creatures because they eat insects and spiders that could do you more harm.

 

Pretty soon, when it's getting colder, they are going in a state of brumation to withstand the cold. You could get some snakes; they love to eat them. 

 

  I'm so used to them, and I don't even look at them anymore when they crawl by looking for food. 

 

BTW, it's a good sign when these lovely animals have decided to give you companionship, regarding some other cultural beliefs. Please see: 

 

  https://www.thainationalparks.com/species/common-house-gecko#:~:text=A tropical gecko%2C Hemidactylus frenatus,and spiders%2C displacing other reptiles.

 

   

 

   

 

         

27 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Bigger one shout ! Wife brother sell that one! Chinese pay much if big one (they tail) can get 10 k! We have hunt that big one many time, wife brother catch whit hand. I kill!

Please don't be upset when you develop Malaria, or Dengue. Killing animals that are partly useful is not what I want to see, sorry. 

46 minutes ago, beddhist said:

It seems they don't touch mozzies, spiders and roaches. That makes them pretty useless bug hunters for me. But I don't want to kill them.

Do you live in Alaska? What else do they chase right in front of me on the window?

 

  They eat mosquitoes spiders and other insects. And if you try to grab one by its tail, it bites it off and runs away. 

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

When you get Malaria,Dengue fever or any of the the diseases that mosquitoes carry,

you will regret having evicted the little beggars,I am sure the "droppings everywhere" is a bit

of an exaggeration .

regards worgeordie

 

Thank you, sir@! It's so nice to read posts that make sense. 

Edited September 18, 20205 yr by teacherclaire
Don't Kill. Enjoy.

Tokay will solve problem. But turns be bigger.

????❤????????

Why not just invite the little critter round for a coffee:

 

Get a cat

1 minute ago, teacherclaire said:

What else do they chase right in front of me on the window?

I will send you a photo. Just ask in an PM.

But,  geckos don't eat mosquitos!

No. - Stop telling fairy tales. Please.

 

Back to the OP.

First step might be to catch those tiny insects in your aerea via some glue tape.

In Thailand every small and big shop has it: 'RANGER. Strong power fly glue board.'

When there is no food, the geckos will not reproduce so much.

Then you should search for the little white eggs, placed somewhere.

Fish will love it...

Good Luck!

 

Some more info not to difficult to get...

Anopheles mosquito is our malaria enemy, malaria a bit seldom.

Aedes aegypti is responsible for other events (Dengue etc.), very bad!

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Years ago in my BKK apartment, I got bit on the nutsack by an ant that wandered through and apparently got lost in my sheets.  Swelled up and burned for hours.

 

After that, I welcomed the gecko's.  Sure, there were little smudges of gecko poop on the walls.  But careful inspection showed them to be mostly dead ants and mosquitoes parts.

 

I even welcomed the tokays, but they did scare the beejeezus out of me late at night when they made that noise they make.

 

Edit:  I'd add that my apartment building was well managed and often fumigated.  The ants didn't actually live there.  But every once in awhile, they'd troop through while migrating from one end of the complex to the other.

 

Edited September 18, 20205 yr by impulse

16 minutes ago, Phuketshrew said:

Why not just invite the little critter round for a coffee:

 

Great photos. Thanks.

But, but, but ...

You must have a very easy stress free life to feel the need to start a thread over something as trivial as this?

a cat will clear your house of them in about 24 hours - they absolutely love them

 

and anyone who says humans are the only animals who kill for fun has never seen a cat get to work ????

 

 

They're welcome in our home.  They are voracious bug eaters and those little dropping are nothing but insect body-counts.  Dusting up jingjoe poo is a small price for the service they provide. 

17 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

a cat will clear your house of them in about 24 hours - they absolutely love them

 

and anyone who says humans are the only animals who kill for fun has never seen a cat get to work ????

 

 

But?  If you want to get rid of them cats will do the job in spades!  <meow>

Move to Iceland . No gekko's there .

1 hour ago, beddhist said:

It seems they don't touch mozzies, spiders and roaches. That makes them pretty useless bug hunters for me. But I don't want to kill them.

So what do they eat ?, I see them all the time at night where there is some light shining on the wall

eating mozzies,moths,and termites if the are swarming.

regards worgeordie

Bring in a Tokay or 2 , they like them but droppings are huge.  Here is one I feed with cat food on a stick.