house geckos problems

[Pik]

small house gecko= จิ้งจก= jigjok
https://g.co/kgs/ztVEWB
Scientific name: Hemidactylus 

 

Any serious sugetions how to get rid of them

Would be Appreciated 

[kokesaat]

I've battled geckos for 40 years.....in Taiwan, Okinawa, Panama, and now Thailand.   I chase geckos that are along the ceiling with a Thai house broom, either batting them down to the ground or down the wall where I grab them and toss them out of the house.

 

There's not much sense in trying to remove geckos from inside the house unless you make a major effort in preventing them from entering in the first place.  It's entirely possible to do so.....but requires buttoning up all windows/doors/cracks etc where they enter.  

 

We live in the countryside......geckos abound.  But I can go a month or two without finding one inside the house.  

 

 

[Scott]

I have two cats.   They always get them.   They can hunt the poor little buggers for hours, but in the end the gecko will lose. 

[Crossy]

This comes up almost as often as the bum-gun.

 

You're never going to rid yourself of the little chaps totally without hermetically sealing your home, they get into IP65 enclosures.

 

Remove their food source, they eat mozzies and other insects.

 

My favourite "chemical of the day" naphthalene (moth balls) will discourage them from enclosed spaces like cupboards and electrical boxes.

 

All in all they do no harm and so long as you're not over-run with them their poo is easily cleaned up.

 

And, of course, they were here first.

[geronimo]

If you plan on living in Thailand, I'm afraid the geckos come with the property, and it is non negotiable!!!

[billd766]

15 hours ago, kokesaat said:

I've battled geckos for 40 years.....in Taiwan, Okinawa, Panama, and now Thailand.   I chase geckos that are along the ceiling with a Thai house broom, either batting them down to the ground or down the wall where I grab them and toss them out of the house.

 

There's not much sense in trying to remove geckos from inside the house unless you make a major effort in preventing them from entering in the first place.  It's entirely possible to do so.....but requires buttoning up all windows/doors/cracks etc where they enter.  

 

We live in the countryside......geckos abound.  But I can go a month or two without finding one inside the house.  

 

 

 

I have quite a few living in the house but very few bugs or mosquitoes, I have a couple of tookays  that live outside but I haven't heard from them for a while. Perhaps they went to the family for their holidays.

[Pdaz]

Cats are the answer. Neither Jing-jok, Jing-lay or Jing-len are safe at my place.

 

[chowny77]

It's best to leave them alone as they are not that bothersome plus they do help keep the bug population down. we even have a Tookay that is living in the kitchen and for me does not cause a problem but my wife gets the shits when she sees it and asks me to keep moving it but it always comes back. The tookay is fine but my wife is a pain in the backside.

[Scott]

I spent about a year trying to rid my house of the little critters.   I couldn't sleep in a room if I knew they were in there.   When I managed to get rid of them, I then couldn't sleep because of mosquitoes.  It only takes one nasty mosquito to mess up a nights sleep.  

 

They are pretty much harmless, they rid the house of bugs and they give the cats hours of entertainment.  

[wpcoe]

If only they could be litter box trained.

[1oldgit]

Of course. You could get a Rainbow Tree Snake. They live on Geckos 

 

[tutsiwarrior]

I find them to be non intrusive and they eat flying insects which is good...they give the observer a curious look then go about their business...the turds are a minor annoyance...

 

I've had a number of the little critters fall on me heid and now reckon that I'm goin' to a better world when the time comes...

[surangw]

for fun,  you can get them to chase a red laser dot

[wpcoe]

On 1/9/2017 at 11:00 PM, surangw said:

for fun,  you can get them to chase a red laser dot

 

Interesting.  Can that be used as a method to guide them out an open door?   If so, I'd be forever grateful for finding that tip!

[surangw]

ok,    found this out in  our barracks in sakon nakhon

 

put a bit of cooking oil on the  celling with a pan or basket under it,  direct them to the oily area when they lose traction and fall into the pan  you can    chuck them outside

[jak2002003]

Why do you want to get rid of them?

 

They are kind of cute, bit interesting to watch if you are bored, eat all the mosquitos, spiders and flies that get into your house.  They are not destructive, smelly or dirty.  They droppings are dry and easy to sweep up with the normal house cleaning.

 

What's the problem with these free biological and eco friendly pest control creatures?

 

 

[djayz]

On Wednesday, January 04, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Scott said:

I have two cats.   They always get them.   They can hunt the poor little buggers for hours, but in the end the gecko will lose. 

I have to agree with Scott. Get a cat or two. Don't over feed it/them and they'll keep the population under control.