Gecko removal

[pj123]

We now have three geckos living around our house. They appear to be living under the eaves of the roof. They don't bother me but make my wife very uncomfortable. Are there pest control companies that would humanely remove the geckos and release them safely.

[umbanda]

I had the same problem in a house I rented. The landlord told me to try spraying mosquito insecticide. It is harmless to them but they do not like it Works.

If you get lucky they will move away....

[masuk]

Do you mean Geckos - i.e. the little tiny guys who eat mosquitoes non-stop?

Then there is the bigger "Tokay" as it's called in Malaysia, Indonesia. It's an ugly and sometimes noisy fella, but does no harm at all, apart from eating various bugs.

Both part of the scene living in Asia.

[samsensam]

gekos are cool. leave them alone! they eat other insects around the place.

gekos come and go in my apartment and i notice when i have a geko staying i never see cockroaches.

[Senechal]

Gecko's (Or "jinjok" as they're known here) are awesome. They eat mosquitos and bugs, and they're very clean. Leave them be, and learn to love your new neighbors!

Edited October 21, 2014 by Senechal

[rgs2001uk]

I had the same problem in a house I rented. The landlord told me to try spraying mosquito insecticide. It is harmless to them but they do not like it Works.

If you get lucky they will move away....

Why would you want them to move away?

[rgs2001uk]

Do you mean Geckos - i.e. the little tiny guys who eat mosquitoes non-stop?

Then there is the bigger "Tokay" as it's called in Malaysia, Indonesia. It's an ugly and sometimes noisy fella, but does no harm at all, apart from eating various bugs.

Both part of the scene living in Asia.

Where I live in Bkk, having a tokay in you area is considered good luck.

Love the call they do, a few years ago they were being rounded up and exported, someone mentioned about them curing AIDS or natural viagra or something like that, all BS of course, great creatures.

[sean in udon]

To the best of my knowledge they are benefit to any household.

As previously mentioned, they eat insects (including mosquitoes) and I've noticed they particularly like termites (when they do their flying/swarming thing).

The only negatives I can think of are a bit of noise (which isn't excessive IMO) and gecko droppings in random places.

The chances of permanent removal are slim. Get rid of your current gecko tenants and you'll have new gecko tenants within days (possibly hours). Usually, where there's artificial light at night in Thailand, you'll attract insects. Where there's insects, you'll find geckos.

If you try the mosquito insecticide as a gecko repellant, please give some feedback on results. Would like to know if it works.

[WhizBang]

Why would you want to get rid of them? They eat a lot of bugs. I would much rather have the geckos around than the bugs. And the tokay I love. Educate the wife.

[umbanda]

I had the same problem in a house I rented. The landlord told me to try spraying mosquito insecticide. It is harmless to them but they do not like it Works.

If you get lucky they will move away....

By the way..I love all kind of animals and enjoy the ocasionally views of snakes on my trees, but this paticular guy makes his home exactly under my bedroom's window and had a Pavarotti voice.....I believe that he was also an English speaker..

He understood my feelings repeting "F....you..F......you" all night.

Edited October 22, 2014 by umbanda

[robin33]

3!!! Atyour house If i look up. I see already. 5 and it s daytime now, at the Evening. They are countless... Don,t bother me..

[wayned]

The small ones in the house are okay.

I usually don't turn the light on at night when I go in the bathroom but for some reason I did and there was one of these actually sitting in the bowl of the toilet

I removed it by picking it up with a towel and actually threw the towel along with the Gecko into the yard as he would let go. I can imagine the surprise that I might have had if I had not turned the light on and sat down. This is a picture from Google but the one in the john was just as big.

[pj123]

Yes Thais call them jinjok. I dont have a problem with them but they creep my Thai wife out which she assures me is normal for Thai people.

[Crossy]

The one in the picture (the F-you lizard) is a tukgae, jinjok are the little yellow coloured chaps.

Yes, many Thai's are nervous of them, Wifey welcomes the beasts.

[mraitchison]

I inadvertently wiped out the Tookay population of our house in BKK after putting out glue traps to catch rats.

Greedy Tokay fancied a cheap meal, got caught in the trap. two other greedy tookay's fancied a meal of a greedy Tookay and joined the first stuck in the traps...

[Jip99]

Why would you want to get rid of them? They eat a lot of bugs. I would much rather have the geckos around than the bugs. And the tokay I love. Educate the wife.

'The wife', like mine, will be well aware of the amount of gecko sh!t all around the house.

Beyond that they are no problem.

[55Jay]

Yes Thais call them jinjok. I dont have a problem with them but they creep my Thai wife out which she assures me is normal for Thai people.

My wife gets creeped out by them as well but only asks me to move them along if she sees one in our bedroom at night.

We have many of the big and small varieties inside and outside our house. Never tried to force one to relocate. Perhaps the suggestion about misting some mozzie spray up there might irritate enough to encourage them to move along, but not harm them. Maybe burn some dry coconut husks and get the heavy smoke up into where they are nesting. Reckon if you irritate them enough, they'll want to find a new spot.

[wpcoe]

To get rid of the geckos, but not harm them, the only way I can think of is to remove their food source. But, how to get rid of all the mosquitoes, cockroaches, etc. is a whole different problem. Of course, he could introduce a jinjok predator into the equation, but suspect his wife would not want the snakes, either.

[Prbkk]

Homepro ( and similar stores) sell a 'natural' gecko repellant called Gecko Out. I have no idea of the contents or just how "natural" it is, but it does seem to work ( at least in the short term). Around B200.

[bankruatsteve]

Homepro ( and similar stores) sell a 'natural' gecko repellant called Gecko Out. I have no idea of the contents or just how "natural" it is, but it does seem to work ( at least in the short term). Around B200.

I've never seen that, but will look for it. The OP's 3 jing-jokes would be no problem and probably beneficial. It's when you get 100's of the little bastards crapping all over everything that changes your mind. My sling-shot will take out a few (well, at least until 1/2 way through happy hour), but the wife's fast hand will capture sometimes 20 of the beasts which go directly to our chickens.

Summary:

A few geckos good.

A lot of geckos very very not good.

[steveromagnino]

try leaving a light on at the other side of the house (or have a night light somewhere in the garden).

They will live where the food is, they live by your bedroom because you have your light on, and so they come in and eat bugs, then hang around eating them after the light is off and annoying you.

Mosquito or lizard, I take lizard everytime.

If you really want to get rid of them, get a cat. My cat hunts them down all the time. I am sure they are not good for her, but she seems to eat them all except a trophy foot or tail which is lovingly left somewhere as a nice surprise for me.

[AhFarangJa]

The small ones in the house are okay.

I usually don't turn the light on at night when I go in the bathroom but for some reason I did and there was one of these actually sitting in the bowl of the toilet

I removed it by picking it up with a towel and actually threw the towel along with the Gecko into the yard as he would let go. I can imagine the surprise that I might have had if I had not turned the light on and sat down. This is a picture from Google but the one in the john was just as big.

Wayned,

There he was having a quiet dump in your toilet and he gets uprooted and chucked out. Maybe he was house trained and did not want to leave droppings everywhere