Ching Chooks

[jonny48]

hi all

any idea how i can get rid of the little lizards from my kitchen , they crap over everything, for ever scraping it of the walls..

cheers

[FarangBuddha]

Should be interesting to see what ideal people come up with to get rid of these cute but pesky critters.

[Spaniel]

Probably impossible to get rid of, anyway they are good to have around as they eat those pesky misquitos and other bugs.

[kubota]

I can't see any harm with them, and like Spaniel said they eat alot of bugs. maybe you could get a tokkey (a bigger version of ching chooks) i think they eat ching chooks

[saraburioz]

Hopefully you don't pronounce the word like you spell it.

They are Jing Joks not Ching Chooks

[samran]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

[FarangBuddha]

I can't see any harm with them, and like Spaniel said they eat alot of bugs. maybe you could get a tokkey (a bigger version of ching chooks) i think they eat ching chooks

The problems are their droppings. They like high places and therefore they land on counters and desks, etc. This is especially unsanitary in kitchens.

[saraburioz]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

I thought they were a type of helicopter

One problem with being too lazy to learn how to read Thai scrip - you read the bad transliteration by dictionaries and offical Thai goverment transliteration.

I've heard people who have been in Thailand for years say, Chatuchak, Kalasin, Khon Kaen etc

when they mean to say Jatujak, Galasin, Khon Gaen etc

[deejah]

wow

hysterical and educational

i think the bigger guy eating the little ones would just make bigger poops

i love the little guys, and welcome them

maybe i was one in a past life

you are right the poo sucks but easy to clean up

when i first got here i thought the poo was from rodents

the thais hate the big guys,

as if they are poisonous or bite or something

both talk, kind of cool

tak tak tak tak tak tak tak (i think in sevens)

choo chooo (or twos)

(transliterate that!!!)

they are omnivores, like us, pretty cool too

(they eat bugs AND fruit!!!!)

perhaps you can EAT them yourself

they look appetizing enough

maybe that's why god (whoever she is) made them look so cute

so we would think twice before we ate them

i am sure someone somewhere does

there was a thread on the guys somewhere on TV a while back

i suppose another one will reappear in the future

[richardjm65]

We don't have that many jingchoks around our house and I put that down to also having two or three tokay geckos in residence. They're normally quiet and lead a secretive life and I have seen them hunt and take jingchoks. I watched a large tokay gecko take a good size rat yesterday - quite fascinating. Didn't see the actual kill, but saw the rat in its jaws and it did not look as though the rat was going anyplace. There have been no more scuttling rat noises from our kitchen ceiling since then. I always knew the tokay gecko was omniverous, but in 39 years of being in S.E.Asia, I've never seen one take down a rat!

[apetley]

Most of the hardware type shops will sell a poison which sends the little buggers to a better place.

[LennyW]

Very difficult to get rid of, eliminate their food source - but again getting rid of every mozzie & bug is not so easy. Cats are good at catching Jing Joks!

BTW, was it not somebody studying their hook and loop type of feet that invented Velcro?

[samran]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

I thought they were a type of helicopter

One problem with being too lazy to learn how to read Thai scrip - you read the bad transliteration by dictionaries and offical Thai goverment transliteration.

I've heard people who have been in Thailand for years say, Chatuchak, Kalasin, Khon Kaen etc

when they mean to say Jatujak, Galasin, Khon Gaen etc

My personal favorites:

Phuket (ie Puu Get) becomes "Foo Ket" or "Phuck it"

Pattaya (ie Pat Ta Ya) becomes "Pat-ey-ia"

[canuckamuck]

Ball peen hammer

[Thongkorn]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

I thought they had two roter blades. Sorry but you cannot stop them, a part from having a completly sealed house. with double doors. they are more good than bad , just leave some paper out for them.

[barrybankruad]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

I thought they had two roter blades. Sorry but you cannot stop them, a part from having a completly sealed house. with double doors. they are more good than bad , just leave some paper out for them.

Cute they may be, useful they may be, but wait until they get into your computer monitor and cook themselves on the power board. They won't seem so cute then.

[MidoriApple]

Oh...Ching Chooks.... I thought OP said Chinese Word..

Just known it is จิ้งจก Jing Jok... a little cute pale crocodile actually..

Really want to hear my Westerner to say this word,

I bet it will have too much nasal sound until this word becomes tingtong..haha....

I have too many complaints for not able to speak English accent with nasal plus..

Jing Jok is sign that your place is safe, have not much chemical, safe for human, then also safe for insects and animals.

Should you be glad?

Anyways, Jing Jok is the animal I always scream with scared the most, don't know why...

more than cockroaches or any mickey mouses..

In my house, we usually have pest control-man comes take care in every months, so we (me and JingJok) hardly have the meeting together.

(Errr...but today I met JingJok-kid in the toilet...

is OK because it stayed not too close to my toilet's busy... so I just do it quick and run away)

To get rid of;

- many said to me, having cat can help, cat likes to chase JingJok.. (or cat also eats JingJok?)

- or you may put a small piece of cloth soaked in with paraffin oil + mixed with water and place it in room's corner, its smell can help chasing JingJoks to be away.

Well, dunno if this can work, I know these from google.. If you try, please come to tell how is the result..

[Chunky1]

We don't tolerate that kind of language here.

[TAWP]

The lizards are my friends.

[Beetlejuice]

I thought a Jing Jok was a Scottish dancer?

Leave the little fellas alone, they`re cute and I prefer them around more then most people I know.

As for their poop, as the OP heard of a vacuum cleaner?

[eefoo]

Learn to live with them. They're cute, mostly beneficial and they ain't going to go away.

[bermondburi]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

I thought they were a type of helicopter

One problem with being too lazy to learn how to read Thai scrip - you read the bad transliteration by dictionaries and offical Thai goverment transliteration.

I've heard people who have been in Thailand for years say, Chatuchak, Kalasin, Khon Kaen etc

when they mean to say Jatujak, Galasin, Khon Gaen etc

get your point but you're splitting hairs there with some bad examples that really aren't that different.

[sbk]

What are ching chooks? Chinese Chickens?!?

555555

I thought they were a type of helicopter

One problem with being too lazy to learn how to read Thai scrip - you read the bad transliteration by dictionaries and offical Thai goverment transliteration.

I've heard people who have been in Thailand for years say, Chatuchak, Kalasin, Khon Kaen etc

when they mean to say Jatujak, Galasin, Khon Gaen etc

get your point but you're splitting hairs there with some bad examples that really aren't that different.

well I am not one of these fanatics about transliteration and I thought it was a chinese chicken too

Anyway, back to the OP, I am not sure why you feel the need to get rid of these little guys but I have found they wouldn't come when I repainted my walls, guess they didnt' like the fresh paint. But, once the paint weathered a bit they were back. These little guys are ubiquitous and you are highly unlikely to be able to get rid of them, best you just learn to live with them and enjoy the benefits they offer.

[xv1100]

Jonny48,

I love them jing joks but anyway if you wish to get rid of them try throwing a some mothballs in the ceiling where they normally live/hide during the day.....and they'll never bother you no more.

[Crossy]

We have a fair few of these chaps I think they're cute too but we don't get large volumes of droppings, any we do get are readily removed with the vacuum cleaner.

To our OP are you sure it's gecko droppings you're seeing (they're usually attached to the wall) anything on horizontal surfaces could be rodents, much less nice to have around.

[astral]

I welcome them, as they eat the mosquitos.

If you really want to eliminate them, a cat may be the answer.

[Pacificperson]

I don't like it when they fall off of the ceiling and land on your back in the middle of the night. They are cold. Otherwise a few are nice to have around. If they get to be too much, I catch as many as possible and throw them outside. My wife is scared of them, so if I want to get into trouble, I chase her with one. Sealing the joints in the window screens with tape really helps to keep their numbers under control.