Gecko in bedroom

[sirineou]

ok So we got stuck in the US with the pandemic for over two years, Finally made it back a couple  weeks ago. Aside for a few issues the house is fine , but in the middle of the night I was awaken by a loud squeak. What the heck? I mentioned to my wife who sleeps like a baby. and she laughed at me, "normal for Thailand she said, it's a gecko.,  Easy for you to say I replied you sleep like the dead.

So how do I get the <deleted> out. he hides behind the alarm,/video com box. (see picture , tight top corner) and the moment I get anywhere near him he runs behind the box and mocks me. 

I am a man damn it. I will not be mocked by a gecko!! It's war. !!????

 

[CharlieH]

Use this and he wont stay around for long!

 

SARGENT Gecko Repellent Spray 600ml | https://s.lazada.co.th/s.WHcId

 

there are small versions of it too.

[BritManToo]

Bug spray kills them pretty quick.

[Meat Pie 47]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Bug spray kills them pretty quick.

why kill something who eats mosquitos? 

[greenmonkey]

is it a gecko or a jing jock?

[sirineou]

2 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Use this and he wont stay around for long!

 

SARGENT Gecko Repellent Spray 600ml | https://s.lazada.co.th/s.WHcId

 

there are small versions of it too.

I was kind of hopping for something more dramatic. This spray thing is a bit anticlimactic, but what the heck. 

I already order the spray, I will save my wrath for the neighbors chickens. 

[sirineou]

1 minute ago, greenmonkey said:

is it a gecko or a jing jock?

what's the difference and how can I tell? I would ask him but given his attitude, he probably squawk at me more.  

[tomazbodner]

1 minute ago, sirineou said:

I was kind of hopping for something more dramatic. This spray thing is a bit anticlimactic, but what the heck. 

I already order the spray, I will save my wrath for the neighbors chickens. 

On GeckoVisa there was one guy asking about how to get rid of these 2 big humans that invaded his room. It's war. He just ordered nuclear strike on your house.

[sirineou]

3 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

why kill something who eats mosquitos? 

because he keeps me up at night. and he has no respect. 

[ukrules]

You might be able to chase it out of the room but it will require an open door and plenty of patience.

 

I just ignore them but they don't wake me up. If they did wake me then I'd get them out one way or another.

 

They run for their lives when you go near them, so poke it with a stick and it will run out into the open then you need to 'herd it' towards an open window or door.

 

But if it thinks there's food in your room it will find its way back.

 

[CharlieH]

13 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I was kind of hopping for something more dramatic. This spray thing is a bit anticlimactic, but what the heck. 

I already order the spray, I will save my wrath for the neighbors chickens. 

You could always go all Egyptian on him, seal him in ! Run a bead of silicon around that box. Entomb him ! That dramatic enough ?...55555

 

Make sure you light a candle and chant whilst applying the seal. ????

[sirineou]

1 minute ago, tomazbodner said:

On GeckoVisa there was one guy asking about how to get rid of these 2 big humans that invaded his room. It's war. He just ordered nuclear strike on your house.

two can play that game, I happen to own a PND (Personal Nuclear Device) , i carry it around with me as a deterrent to would be muggers. He tries that. Boom. assured mutual destruction. I am not playing around. 

[Johnny Mac]

11 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Use this and he wont stay around for long!

 

SARGENT Gecko Repellent Spray 600ml | https://s.lazada.co.th/s.WHcId

 

there are small versions of it too.

 

Cheers Charlie. Can you close my thread on the same topic, as I'm being treated like Satan over there, with folk wheeling out the same old cliched nonsense about them eating insects etc. Cheers.

[Crossy]

I saw the title "Gecko in the bedroom" and my warped mind immediately went here:-

 

 

[Johnny Mac]

15 minutes ago, sirineou said:

because he keeps me up at night. and he has no respect. 

You mean to say you are more worried about sleeping at night than a few mossies?? What!?

[tomazbodner]

7 minutes ago, sirineou said:

what's the difference and how can I tell? I would ask him but given his attitude, he probably squawk at me more.  

On your picture it looks like jinjok. These are small, flat, with smooth skin, grow up to maybe good 10 cm of length including the tail. They sound like a canary bird. Usually on the wall near light at night waiting for mosquitoes to fly nearby. They are afraid of everything and run away from you. For some reason they believe they are invisible if they are still.

 

 

Gecko is larger, much louder, and less afraid. Its body is more rounded and skin harder. They generally live on vegetation and can be really annoying if near your window at when you are trying to sleep.

 

Then there is Ginga, which is large reptile that you probably would not wish to be near.

 

Generally only jinjok would wander into your home and try to live there.

 

If you really want it out, open the door, window... then direct it towards the opening by swinging something towards it.

 

Final note - jinjoks stay where they have something to eat. For them, that would be small insects like moquitoes, ants, fruit flies, small roaches, spiders, etc. If you remove your jinjok, you may need to find a way to get rid of their lunch and dinner next. Which generally bites.

[nikmar]

Got a few in my house. Takes out a few mozzies and keeps my cat occupied so I leave em be.  I got used to jing jok squeeks and clicks but I can never get used to the high pitched mozzie whine in my ear when Im trying to sleep!

[Crossy]

We have a few in my office, the ones that live on my desk come out even when I'm working and chase the mouse pointer.

 

They feel really weird when they run across your skin, totally harmless of course.

 

Endless fun if you have a laser pointer for them to chase.

 

[Crossy]

7 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Final note - jinjoks stay where they have something to eat. For them, that would be small insects like moquitoes, ants, fruit flies, small roaches, spiders, etc. If you remove your jinjok, you may need to find a way to get rid of their lunch and dinner next. Which generally bites.

 

Indeed, eliminate their lunchbox and they will move on, none in our bedroom (just everywhere else).

 

And their bigger brothers, tukay, stay outside.

[Johnny Mac]

I have never once seen a gecko eat a mosquito. Complete myth, but like sheep so many seem to claim they do. Mosquito's rarely stay on walls, for one.

[sammieuk1]

Although they are very fast they are not as fast as me as they depart out of the window generally with the tail still intact ????

[CharlieH]

The other thing I found works to my amazement, a bright LED focussed beam, Shine that on them and they freeze on the spot ! Just pick em up and deposit elsewhere.

[Crossy]

15 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

I have never once seen a gecko eat a mosquito. Complete myth, but like sheep so many seem to claim they do. Mosquito's rarely stay on walls, for one.

 

I have watched them devouring all manner of bugs that settle on my monitor, mozzies included.

[tomazbodner]

Found this, which could be helpful. From Singapore but relevant, I think:

 

https://www.rentokil.com.sg/blog/attracts-lizards-home/

[Liverpool Lou]

13 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

I have never once seen a gecko eat a mosquito. Complete myth, but like sheep so many seem to claim they do. Mosquito's rarely stay on walls, for one.

Well, if you've never seen one eat a mosquito it must be fact that they never eat mosquitos.   I've never seen a gecko eat anything so, using your "logic", geckos must never eat anything.   So how come they're still around?   Maybe they eat mosquitos when we're not looking?

[Johnny Mac]

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

I have watched them devouring all manner of bugs that settle on my monitor, mozzies included.

 Don't doubt it. What about elsewhere? On the walls or floors?  I repeat, I've never seen a gecko eat/catch a mozzie.

[Johnny Mac]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Well, if you've never seen one eat a mosquito it must be fact that they never eat mosquitos.   I've never seen a gecko eat anything so, using your "logic", geckos must never eat anything.   So how come they're still around?   Maybe they eat mosquitos when we're not looking?

 

Like I said, I have never seen one eat a mozzie. Fact. It's that simple. Sorry if that offends you, pal.

[mfd101]

Here amongst the Khmer peasants they are considered symbols of good luck, so bad luck to kill them.

 

We live with half-a-dozen or more, of varying sizes. I get to sweep up the droppings off the floor downstairs each morning. Almost never seen u/s in the main bedroom & library, thank goodness.

 

Then there are the tokays outside, calling during the mating season. They get names like George or Edward or Henry ...

[northsouthdevide]

A very good tried and tested remedy is to chop up a small amount of tobacco into I fine pile, then mix it with some coffee grounds 50/50 ratio, and roll it into very small balls.

The chin chuks will be attracted to the coffee and eat it, but the tabaco will kill them.

Another is to put some coffee grounds in the middle of one of those sticky pads for catching mice, and place it on top of the wardrobe.

Another is to get a cat, and last but not least, you could learn to live with them.

That was my preferred choice, until they broke a couple of my air cons by shorting the mother board.

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Bug spray kills them pretty quick.

agree, I use the mosquito spray Baygon, it makes the, dizzy, fall on the floor and then easy to smash or throw away