Where have all the geckos gone?

[3STTW]

We've always had a healthy population of geckos outside the house, usually a dozen or so in the patio area and many more around the house. Tonight I counted two - one juvenile in the patio area and an adult near an outside porch light. We also had two 'Tukows' which have disappeared.

 

Is this a seasonal thing or sign of a predator?

 

 

[Bday Prang]

well all the geckos at my house have long since disappeared but I know exactly where they have gone and so does my cat.

He got rid of the tuk-kaes  within a couple of weeks of taking up residence here, one was nearly as big as him !

Edited May 24, 2023 by Bday Prang

[BenStark]

Send me a PM if you want them back, as i'm tired of cleaning up their <deleted> in my rooms

[rwill]

I saw a skink eating a jing joke at my house.  Do you have skinks around?

[bluejets]

Covid.........????

[Tazmo]

I use a Gecko spray repellent from HomePro. No problem since.

[jacko45k]

They have moved round my place.......

I suspect the long dry season has reduced their food sources, they will be back. One clicking away in my lounge right now. 

[JimTripper]

6 minutes ago, Tazmo said:

I use a Gecko spray repellent from HomePro. No problem since.

Do they have that for pigeons?

[tandor]

9 hours ago, BenStark said:

Send me a PM if you want them back, as i'm tired of cleaning up their <deleted> in my rooms

..with all this prolonged intense heat there has been very little insect life..maybe a contributing factor in some areas.

[Chongalulu]

They've all arrived in dinghies at my place! ????

[1FinickyOne]

39 minutes ago, Tazmo said:

I use a Gecko spray repellent from HomePro. No problem since.

where do you spray? in my house they hang around high on the walls.. 

[NotEinstein]

34 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Do they have that for pigeons?

Apparently MEG (anti-freeze) soaked food permanently removes pigeons.....

[fredwiggy]

My house as many as always, with the exception of a time when I had cats. There wasn't as many lizards around for that time. Local dogs killed all of my cats and the lizards are here as always. My girlfriends house I can count one gecko that comes out at night. Reason for no more being she has 10 cats that live around her home.I've seen them weekly catching lizards of all sizes. The insect population is always too high in this country, and we need lizards. They're friends that serve a purpose.

[JimTripper]

12 minutes ago, NotEinstein said:

Apparently MEG (anti-freeze) soaked food permanently removes pigeons.....

When there are flocks around the building killing them off does not work (there’s always more). They land, hang out, then die later on somewhere.

 

What I need is a repellant so they don’t land or come around in the first place.

[newnative]

Well, a good many of them have decamped to my house on the Darkside.  

[Bday Prang]

35 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

When there are flocks around the building killing them off does not work (there’s always more). They land, hang out, then die later on somewhere.

 

What I need is a repellant so they don’t land or come around in the first place.

very rarely see dead pigeons same with rats, amazing considering how many there are

[jacko45k]

38 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

What I need is a repellant so they don’t land or come around in the first place.

I believe I saw some of the landing deterrents at Homepro.... my cat seems to deter them too, but not the Mynah birds.

Edited May 25, 2023 by jacko45k

[Ombra]

Mosquitoes have disappeared from my house. There was a time when the first thing I did each morning was to zap a few dozen in the kitchen, and mosquito repellant was often on the shopping list, but I haven't bought any in at least six months. Insects are endangered. I saw a solitary butterfly (or moth) a few days ago.

[Peterphuket]

11 hours ago, BenStark said:

Send me a PM if you want them back, as i'm tired of cleaning up their <deleted> in my rooms

Yeh, here another one.

[huangnon]

Stray (feral) cats might be the culprit.. Some ditzy neighbour of ours decided to start feeding a few strays, and in a few months the geckos, birds and squirrels etc had disappeared. (She didn't bother getting them spayed / vaccinated, etc, obviously).

Anyway, she moved on and the cats disappeared thankfully.

[JimTripper]

1 hour ago, Ombra said:

Mosquitoes have disappeared from my house. There was a time when the first thing I did each morning was to zap a few dozen in the kitchen, and mosquito repellant was often on the shopping list, but I haven't bought any in at least six months. Insects are endangered. I saw a solitary butterfly (or moth) a few days ago.

I used to live in a place where there were so many mosquito's I kept a zap racket in each room. Before that, I carried the racket with me around the house when I went to the kitchen or bathroom.

[Stevemercer]

We still have plenty of geckoes around, but the insect population is still down. Normally, we get swarms of flying ants/termites attracted to the lights after the first few wet season storms, but nothing so far this year. So, yes, I think it is the hot and dry weather we have been having.

 

Cats will certainly keep the lizard population down, together with native birds and any other wildlife.

[Tazmo]

I spray parts of the walls, behind beds; behind settee and spray some on to a small mop and wipe down my porch area. No more excrement to clean daily!

[chilly07]

Yes not so many.

My dog ignores them and 1 gecko comes out to feed when I  feed the dog looking at me expectantly until I give him some dog food

[Bundooman]

8 hours ago, NotEinstein said:

Apparently MEG (anti-freeze) soaked food permanently removes pigeons.....

And every other bird around, I suspect.

Bird traps available on Lazada - then you have a choice.

 

Eat them or just wring their necks.

[tandor]

22 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

where do you spray? in my house they hang around high on the walls.. 

give em a squirt ..Dettol or Bleach works well too.

[brewsterbudgen]

4 hours ago, tandor said:

give em a squirt ..Dettol or Bleach works well too.

As does bashing them with a broom!

[fredwiggy]

7 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

As does bashing them with a broom!

Might want to think twice, considering how many insects lizards eat daily.

[3STTW]

Interesting replies! I've always regarded geckos as useful friends outside the house. Yeah, they're a pest inside but they're not as bad a mice.

 

We had one feral cat which used to sh!t all over the yard but we haven't seen the arrogant f***er for a while now, but he had a taste for snails and birds, never bothered the geckos.

 

I was worried that we might have a pit viper or suchlike in the vicinity.

 

 

[brewsterbudgen]

23 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Might want to think twice, considering how many insects lizards eat daily.

Maybe, and I'm fine with them outside, but inside they sh*t everywhere and are a nuisance.