Raining Geckos

[Saan]

For the past week we have been treated to a new phenomenon of geckos sky diving from our ceiling. At first slap I looked across and there on the floor was what seemed to be a stunned gecko. It took a minute or two before it regained composure and scuttled off. Shortly after there was a quitter slap as a gecko landed on the sofa. It did not seemed so stunned and quickly disappeared. Since then it has been a regular night time performance as geckos fall from the ceiling. Or maybe it is just one gecko who hasn't a very good grip. Has anyone else experienced falling geckos.

[hanno]

I did in Kenya. My parents home had a thatched roof and when the Geckos got chased by snakes, they would go for a dive if things got desperate. But I guess you do not have a thatch roof?

[Saan]

I did in Kenya. My parents home had a thatched roof and when the Geckos got chased by snakes, they would go for a dive if things got desperate. But I guess you do not have a thatch roof?

No thatched roof but it is quite a high ceiling which makes for a hard landing for the poor geckos.

[masuk]

slippery ceiling maybe - high humidity.

[Greenside]

We just noticed this phenomenon this evening. Slippery walls in the kitchen.

[jingjoke]

Could be another series of Gecko Love thwarted by ill-chosen construction materials and/or workmanship:

[Saan]

Could be another series of Gecko Love thwarted by ill-chosen construction materials and/or workmanship:

Love it. They certainly make a splat sound when they hit the floor but fortunately no blood.

As for slippery ceilings; they only fall from the living room ceiling, the most ventilated and coolest room in the house.

[bri1guy]

Well there not bad in the Stew if they are accidentally killed.. Don't waste the protein..

[realenglish1]

You can always get a Gecko Net . Its a mosquito net strung across underneath the ceiling to catch "Falling Geckos"

By morning you should have enough to make a Gecko Stew YUMMY

If you don't know how just follow the locals

[Buckaroo]

When we used to have this happen we just awarded points for style and execution of fall. Don't worry about the gecko hurting itself, they are so light it is unlikely that damage would occur.

[onflipflops]

Did it look different than other geckos? Thailand has a couple of Gliding Gecko species. Ptychozoon sp.

The tail looks rather unusual and they have webbed feet. They are a bit larger than the average house gecko, but smaller than the Tockays.

I've seen it 'raining' snakes in Thailand. Not in my house though. Golden Tree Snakes. A gliding species. A very common snake, not considered dangerous though mildly venomous.

'Normal' snakes don't just fall, they always seem to hold themselves. But the Golden tree snake (and there are 2 or 3 more species) don't mind to drop themselves from relatively great height.

And then there are gliding lizards (Draco sp.). Common in most national parks, but I think not very likely in peoples gardens, but I might be wrong.

But maybe your flying geckos are just thrill-seeking regular geckos...

[bluecheesefan]

I too experience the occasional falling gecko. The gecko always seem to make it out alive. Given the topic I feel like it is time to let the world know about my pet gecko, Larry. For the past several months Larry the Gecko has been visiting my desk in the evenings and into the night. Larry started out as the typical gecko that was afraid of anything I did or any of my movements. As is demonstrated by this video, he is quite comfortable now. I can continue working with my computer mouse and he can be an inch a way without becoming afraid of me. So I work/play games and he eats bugs and drinks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fri5i4OMjTg

[Ricardo]

The som-tam lady, fount of knowledge on all things Thai, tells me that these may well be ex-Thai-Special-Forces geckos, in-training for the next Cobra-Gold exercise ?

But personally I think they're bungee-jumping, with invisibly-thin rubber-bands !

[mascarakatze]

I'm sure it's the endless build up of grease on your ceiling from years of cooking schnitzel in fat that's causing the critters to loose there footing. I'll bet the floor has no less grease build up causing them to stay in place while their legs are going a 100 miles an hour.

[Saan]

I'm sure it's the endless build up of grease on your ceiling from years of cooking schnitzel in fat that's causing the critters to loose there footing. I'll bet the floor has no less grease build up causing them to stay in place while their legs are going a 100 miles an hour.

I will just accept your reply as another of your thoughtless, crass efforts.

[vijer]

They don't come in our house, the cat eats them. We put up a little sign in gecko of course telling the geckos of the dangerous cat. Seems too work.

[masuk]

They don't come in our house, the cat eats them. We put up a little sign in gecko of course telling the geckos of the dangerous cat. Seems too work.

I couldn't understand why the metal bug screens in the rented house I had, were partially shredded.

Then I realised that the previous owner's cat/s had been giving themselves a lift up to catch the geckos. Really makes a mess of the screens.

[nosatisfaction]

I did in Kenya. My parents home had a thatched roof and when the Geckos got chased by snakes, they would go for a dive if things got desperate. But I guess you do not have a thatch roof?

No thatched roof but it is quite a high ceiling which makes for a hard landing for the poor geckos.

Not a joke, this happens mainly when they mate, iow have intercourse