How to get a Tokae out of the ceiling?

[CallumWK]

As the title says, I suspect I have a tokae in my recessed ceiling.

I can get up in the loft, but since the ceiling is covered with fibreglass wool I can't see the culprit, but I can hear it when sitting in my office I don't think it are rats, because it moves slowly, rats running fast I assume. There is a space between the fibreglass wool and the ceiling, so it can roam free.

I also have spread around rat poison on the ceiling, and it doesn't get eaten.

Probably the Tokae comes inside because it is cold outside, as I have several Tokae's outside on my property, so I want to prevent it lays eggs on the ceiling.

Is there some repellant, or even poison, that I can spread on the ceiling to make it move out?

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

CO2.

No living creature, such as one that breathes oxygen, can hang on the ceiling for long, in the face of high-concentrations of CO2 gas.

 

Just be careful when using CO2...that you...too....

Don't breathe in too much.

 

Otherwise, it might be curtains.

 

Note:  CO2 is heavier than air (mostly nitrogen 78-percent, and a bit of oxygen 21-percent)...and so...how to get the CO2 to stay up in the rafters, might be difficult.  If, for example, the lizard were inhabiting your basement, than use of CO2 might be far easier.

 

 

 

[riclag]

10 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

As the title says, I suspect I have a tokae in my recessed ceiling.

I can get up in the loft, but since the ceiling is covered with fibreglass wool I can't see the culprit, but I can hear it when sitting in my office I don't think it are rats, because it moves slowly, rats running fast I assume. There is a space between the fibreglass wool and the ceiling, so it can roam free.

I also have spread around rat poison on the ceiling, and it doesn't get eaten.

Probably the Tokae comes inside because it is cold outside, as I have several Tokae's outside on my property, so I want to prevent it lays eggs on the ceiling.

Is there some repellant, or even poison, that I can spread on the ceiling to make it move out?

 

 

 

What a racket they make ! My wife sprays them with ant spray, they fall off the ceiling or wall than she uses the broom handle and places it over the back of their head to pick it up by the by the neck so she can carry it off to another location!

 

Good luck

[GammaGlobulin]

7 minutes ago, riclag said:

What a racket they make ! My wife sprays them with ant spray, they fall off the ceiling or wall than she uses the broom handle and places it over the back of their head to pick it up by the by the neck so she can carry it off to another location!

 

Good luck

 

Ant spray?

But those are lizards!

 

Why not use lizard spray, instead?

Have you asked your wife?

 

 

[CallumWK]

7 hours ago, riclag said:

What a racket they make ! My wife sprays them with ant spray, they fall off the ceiling or wall than she uses the broom handle and places it over the back of their head to pick it up by the by the neck so she can carry it off to another location!

 

Good luck

 

We are talking about these.

 

[grain]

I love listening to them and counting the number of calls they make, I've lived in several houses that have one and I've never tried to get rid of it, they do eventually move away though. 

[CallumWK]

3 minutes ago, grain said:

I love listening to them and counting the number of calls they make, I've lived in several houses that have one and I've never tried to get rid of it, they do eventually move away though. 

 

Did they live above your ceiling, or did you hear their calls from somewhere outside?

 

[MalcolmB]

8 hours ago, riclag said:

What a racket they make ! My wife sprays them with ant spray, they fall off the ceiling or wall than she uses the broom handle and places it over the back of their head to pick it up by the by the neck so she can carry it off to another location!

 

Good luck

Shouldn’t the man of the house be doing those sorts of tasks?

Do you do the dishes?

[pomchop]

They eat a lot of skeeters so be careful what you wish for.

[newbee2022]

10 hours ago, CallumWK said:

As the title says, I suspect I have a tokae in my recessed ceiling.

I can get up in the loft, but since the ceiling is covered with fibreglass wool I can't see the culprit, but I can hear it when sitting in my office I don't think it are rats, because it moves slowly, rats running fast I assume. There is a space between the fibreglass wool and the ceiling, so it can roam free.

I also have spread around rat poison on the ceiling, and it doesn't get eaten.

Probably the Tokae comes inside because it is cold outside, as I have several Tokae's outside on my property, so I want to prevent it lays eggs on the ceiling.

Is there some repellant, or even poison, that I can spread on the ceiling to make it move out?

 

 

 

A "tokae" makes noise hardly tolerable. No noise=no tokae

[Yellowtail]

Get a cat 

[CallumWK]

6 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

A "tokae" makes noise hardly tolerable. No noise=no tokae

 

You mean it makes noise 24/7. WOW

[newbee2022]

1 minute ago, CallumWK said:

 

You mean it makes noise 24/7. WOW

Most at night, but also day time.

Years ago we had one behind a wardrobe. A local came with gloves and a bag, grabbed him, problem solved. He said it's delicious.

[spidermike007]

All insects and crawling creatures hate insect spray. I used to have this problem when I lived on Samui and I used half a can of raid to tranquilizer a 1 M long gecko. It acts as a tranquilizer on their central nervous system and dulls them to the point where you can basically just pick them up and get rid of them. 

[CallumWK]

4 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Most at night, but also day time.

Years ago we had one behind a wardrobe. A local came with gloves and a bag, grabbed him, problem solved. He said it's delicious.

 

I have a whole family of tokay's living on my property for more than a decade already. They are housing in the garden shed and a pumphouse.

I often see them, but I rarely hear them

[Formaleins]

If it were my place (yes, I know it's not) but I really would leave it alone. These little beauties eat loads and loads of real pests! They will munch through any amount of flies and mozzies, not to mention real nasties like the Jakep - the Tok Taws at our place can eat live Jakeps that are bigger than  they are, and I would rather have a Tok Taw in my place than a Jakep!

 

The only downside to them is that when they get large, they can often take a dump the likes of which a small child would be proud to own - No real problem up in a loft, but if they come roomside, it can make a bit of a mess especially if it lands on your truck!

 

Also, it is best not to touch them - I grabbed a rather large one that had found its way into our wardrobe - (Beer Bravado) one night, bugger played dead for a minute or so then nearly took my thumb off - quite a bite they have too!

[giddyup]

24 minutes ago, Formaleins said:

If it were my place (yes, I know it's not) but I really would leave it alone. These little beauties eat loads and loads of real pests! They will munch through any amount of flies and mozzies, not to mention real nasties like the Jakep - the Tok Taws at our place can eat live Jakeps that are bigger than  they are, and I would rather have a Tok Taw in my place than a Jakep!

 

The only downside to them is that when they get large, they can often take a dump the likes of which a small child would be proud to own - No real problem up in a loft, but if they come roomside, it can make a bit of a mess especially if it lands on your truck!

 

Also, it is best not to touch them - I grabbed a rather large one that had found its way into our wardrobe - (Beer Bravado) one night, bugger played dead for a minute or so then nearly took my thumb off - quite a bite they have too!

What is a Jakep? Google doesn't know.

[novacova]

12 hours ago, CallumWK said:

Is there some repellant

Peppermint oil or this…

[ronster]

Can buy humane traps on Lazada.

They are clear boxes with open ends that shut as soon as something steps in the box. Think we're about 200bht or so .

[ColeBOzbourne]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

I used to have this problem when I lived on Samui and I used half a can of raid to tranquilizer a 1 M long gecko.

I'd also like to hear about the giant fish you caught that got away. Sorry, geckos don't get anywhere near a meter long. Monitor lizard maybe?

[Wullie Mercer]

I got rid of one by putting one of those small jump start batteries set to strobe up in the loft, hung on a wire dropper. Just left it up there for 2,3 days/nights, obviously took it down and charged it a couple of times. Never come back, as yet.

[riclag]

12 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Ant spray?

But those are lizards!

 

Why not use lizard spray, instead?

Have you asked your wife?

 

 

It makes them Mao , she says ! It takes a few minutes for them to get their senses . She a good at it . 

[pest]

Sprinkle any non corrosive powders up there

Garden fertilizers 

Mite dust

Flea powders

They hate it 

They thrive in a clean enviroment

Clear a kitchen just by spraying Baygon 

[riclag]

5 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

We are talking about these.

 

Yes ! 
 

[riclag]

5 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Shouldn’t the man of the house be doing those sorts of tasks?

Do you do the dishes?

You couldn’t resist, could you! More senseless nonsense! Off to the room of the ignored you go!

[Theforgotten1]

Glue trap with peanut butter on it 

[PETERTHEEATER]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

All insects and crawling creatures hate insect spray. I used to have this problem when I lived on Samui and I used half a can of raid to tranquilizer a 1 M long gecko. It acts as a tranquilizer on their central nervous system and dulls them to the point where you can basically just pick them up and get rid of them. 

Er....a 'i metre long gecko' is either a monitor lizard or a baby crocodile,😀

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Er....a 'i metre long gecko' is either a monitor lizard or a baby crocodile,😀

Dude does tell some whoppers...

[The Old Bull]

I prefer to have a gecko in my house than what he is eating. If he has no food he will go .

[G Rex]

29 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Er....a 'i metre long gecko' is either a monitor lizard or a baby crocodile,😀

 

or maybe a dragon?    breathing fire and all that       

SpiderMike aka St George