connda Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) The only way I can live here is with earplugs, Thai Loudness... I bought at Watsons or I bring from States. Criminy. What's worse? The high-strung, toy-yip-yip-dog next door that barks non-stop any time he's outside, the 3 Huskey's across the soi from the toy-yip-yip-dog that take up the chorus, the Muay Thai truck that blares out adverts for Muay Thai in English which in turns gets all the dogs on the soi howling......or geckos (big or small)? I'll take the geckos. At least the geckos do something productive like eat their body-weight in bugs every night. Edited April 26, 2014 by connda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 The only way I can live here is with earplugs, Thai Loudness... I bought at Watsons or I bring from States. Criminy. What's worse? The high-strung, toy-yip-yip-dog next door that barks non-stop any time he's outside, the 3 Huskey's across the soi from the toy-yip-yip-dog that take up the chorus, the Muay Thai truck that blares out adverts for Muay Thai in English which in turns gets all the dogs on the soi howling......or geckos (big or small)? I'll take the geckos. At least the geckos do something productive like eat their body-weight in bugs every night. Yair, there should be a law here insisting on all dog owners getting a handling licence. So many haven't got a b....y clue. People behind me have 10 dogs, and you wouldn't know it apart from a group howl where every dog in the street joins the chorus. It's amazing to hear, and then all shut up, apart from the one in front of my house. He wages a non-stop war scaring off pick-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 What? With an avatar like yours Pfff Should be ashamed! Why so many JaBa pills and a gun? Hmmmmmmmm- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Geckos or Tokays? Tokays are the big noisy ones. Tokay is cheap wine for down-and-out drunks. Jingjoo (jing-jôo) is the name for the small ones, and Dukgay's (dtúk gɛɛ) is the name for the big ones. Sorry, but the word for the "big ones" is Quality Tourist from Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Is there nothing that our fellow man will complain about? Be thankful that the geckos ( I presume you mean Tokays') are still around in your area. They fetch a high price now from the Chinese who consider anything that looks disagreeable must be good medicine. I think Tokays' are quit beautiful and very courageous. Try catching one, but don't get bitten. They can give you a nasty suck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Rock, sling-shot, bb gun, pellet-gun, 22 (if you can get one), arrow. Up to you. Must be an American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I don't mind their sounds, but I hate cleaning up all the shit they leave all over my kitchen bench and floor. I make a bit of a sport out of catching them, but I don't kill them, but throw them out the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Personally I like the sound. It is almost comforting. A large 10 inch gecko got in the house and ran amuck. That was interesting. My Thai wife said some Thais like them in their house. kinds keep them as pets. Eat the insects. My wife considers geckos in the house are good luck. She warns me not to kill any. I don't - just toss them out the window if I can catch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The roaches in this country are way bigger so maybe they're getting the little insects but they're not ridding my room of roaches (who are harmless). I find their poop all over my window sill every morning. Are roaches harmless? The only place I see roaches at my house are in the basement sewer tanks - 1000's of them, so if I see one crawling around the house I know exactly where it has been. Unfortunately the little house geckos don't eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Count the times they call.......if over 8 buy lottery ticket the next morning having won the lottery several times i have found that six calls are good luck but the gekkos must be on your property Correction: "Inside your property" better yet, inside your house/apartment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degobuy Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Noisey gecko's the only one I ever heard was the one that sold Gieco Insurance in the states and yes he spoke.are they inside or on your roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 You can have 5 of my soi dogs and you send me 10 of your gekkos , gekkos works as a sleeping medicine for me. Sent from my SM-P601 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobrabiker Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 my wife buys stuff like buble gum stick it on wall or ceiling bingo all dead 2days only 5bht but pack in thai writting ask her if you can speak thai cheers Yes. that is for trapping mouse, it may work, but if it doesn't, then you will need plan B, which is get a few mouse to eat up the geckos, and now no gecko but you still canot sleep because you have mice running around, so now come to plan C, get some cats to eat up the mice, but you still cannot sleep because the cats are playing and not eating the mice, so you now move on to plan D..... get a big phyton to eat up all the mice and cats, but you still cannot sleep, why? Well, once the foods are gone, you will be the next meal... and now do you want plan E? Ha ha no offence, just to humour myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Bear in mind geckos eat insects (and sometimes even small rodents). They don't stay around if there's nothing to eat. therefore if you have them and get rid of them (not easily achieved)...expect a rise in other pest population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman77 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 We have a lot of them living in our home free! In south panghan and Tao many gekkos here in se Little bit sometime not hear over weeks For me is romantic the gekko call But a soi dog makes alarm of every little mic men espasaly when it's Full moon and more people drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardog Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Only 4 viable options for you (1) Get some Valium to sleep at night (2) see if you can get some ambien to sleep (3) Get a sound noise generator & listen to a fan noice or waves to drown out the chit chit (4) Move to a cooler non tropical location on earth. You could shoot them as another poster suggested, but that might do a number on your walls & create blood splats everywhere & they would still hone in on you anyway. I lived in tropical locations for at least 30 years now. You get used to it . Tokays different story for me . They shit in my tool shed & it smells rank so I waste any of them that come around. Now they have figured it out why there are no family members & go stealth & don't make noise so I can't find them. Down to one now & he can't get in my new tool shed. Happy Happy! But you will get used to the chit chits in time or wind up moving to a colder climate. Sleepers would get old & dreary after a short amount of time & probably a bad idea for a long term solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyOliver Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Feed them to the Thai girlfriend, there nutritious and with the rising price of food it can save money bring down monthly outgoings Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeykong Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 In Thailand those geckos are reincarnated people! Make sure you wear enough lucky amulets to be sure, to be sure, you don't get bad luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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