Gecko in bedroom

[sirineou]

4 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

I have watched them devouring all manner of bugs that settle on my monitor, mozzies included.

I wish they will eat that pesky fly that has been annoying all day. I asked wife to het me a fly swatter, but we forgot. will look for one when we go out later today.  

[Johnny Mac]

Friday night in Thailand and a convo about geckos eating mozzies. Living the dream, eh! 'Thank god I left that dump the UK', etc, etc. LOL.

 

I'm off out for a beer. Enjoy your evenings.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

 

Like I said, I have never seen one eat a mozzie. Fact. It's that simple. Sorry if that offends you, pal.

No, didn't offend me at all but you did say that it was a complete myth and that those who believed it are sheep!  It isn't, it's that simple, pal.

Edited May 14, 2021 by Liverpool Lou

[Johnny Mac]

1 minute ago, sirineou said:

 I asked wife to get me a fly swatter, but we forgot. will look for one when we go out later today.  

 

Rock n roll, eh. You take it easy, fella.

[JetsetBkk]

8 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

The other thing I found works to my amazement, a bright LED focussed beam, Shine that on them and they freeze on the spot ! Just pick em up and deposit elsewhere.

 

That's exactly what I do. A bright "Cree" LED torch shone at them makes them freeze.

 

It's like a line from the movie World War Z:  "the thing that you thought was their most powerful weapon is, in fact, their weakness".

 

And with jin-jocks, it's their incredibly sensitive eyes. They are either blinded or confused by the bright light and stop moving.

 

[Johnny Mac]

Just now, Liverpool Lou said:

No, didn't offend me at all but you also said that it was a myth.  It isn't, it's that simple, pal.

 

Well it's a myth in my eyes. Simple as.

[gamb00ler]

33 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

I have never once seen a gecko eat a mosquito. Complete myth, but like sheep so many seem to claim they do. Mosquito's rarely stay on walls, for one.

I guess I have mutant/stupid mosquitos around my house.  They like to land on the wall just outside the most frequently used exterior door.  Almost every time I return home I get to smack one of them before entering the house.  The door is in a well sheltered area and they're probably attracted by the lingering scent of prey.

Edited May 14, 2021 by gamb00ler

[JetsetBkk]

17 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

19 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Well, if you've never seen one eat a mosquito it must be fact that they never eat mosquitos.   I've never seen a gecko eat anything so, using your "logic", geckos must never eat anything.   So how come they're still around?   Maybe they eat mosquitos when we're not looking?

 

Like I said, I have never seen one eat a mozzie. Fact. It's that simple. Sorry if that offends you, pal.

 

How about a flying termite?

 

[EricTh]

Ants, mosquitos, gecko, cockroach, fly are common in Thai houses

 

Killing them all is near to impossible.

Edited May 14, 2021 by EricTh

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

because he keeps me up at night. and he has no respect. 

Can of mossie spray worked for me.

[2 is 1]

31 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, didn't offend me at all but you did say that it was a complete myth and that those who believed it are sheep!  It isn't, it's that simple, pal.

Hmm... many argue that small lizard eat moscito! Have you notice where moscito normaly bite you! In legs, reason Thais lift they legs in dinner time and have that wooden "table" where to eat and sit! Lizard walk on walls and hang from roof normaly not on floors. Fan is to use for moscito also coz they cant fly when fan blowing. And dont know where 5 star hotel OP normaly live if gecko is new buddy lol. If that shout it is that big one which is horny lol

 

 

 

Bye the way Chinese pay up to 10000 bth from this a holes tale if really big one.

Edited May 14, 2021 by 2 is 1

[lopburi3]

29 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

 Don't doubt it. What about elsewhere? On the walls or floors?  I repeat, I've never seen a gecko eat/catch a mozzie.

Guess you did not spend as many hours watching them transverse the ceilings in Takhli Bars as I did back in the 60/70's.  They do indeed catch and eat all kinds of insects.  

[JetsetBkk]

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

You could always go all Egyptian on him, seal him in ! Run a bead of silicon around that box. Entomb him ! That dramatic enough ?...55555

 

Make sure you light a candle and chant whilst applying the seal. ????

 

I didn't chant anything when I boxed in these little devils about 6 years ago:

 

 

After boxing them in, I got a can of bug spray - one with a very thin metal tube - and did the dirty. Sorry, flies. 

6 years later, I really should clean it up, it's looking a bit tatty:

 

 

[Damrongsak]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

Indeed, eliminate their lunchbox and they will move on, none in our bedroom (just everywhere else).

 

And their bigger brothers, tukay, stay outside.

At one time, my MIL had about 8 tookays in the house.  A house I rented way back had wooden shutters, no glass or screens.  One time I had a swarm of flying termites come in and land on the floor.  A big tookay came in and gobbled them all up.  I watched from inside my mosquito net. 

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Bug spray kills them pretty quick.

I use Chaindrite,  they will drop with a good spray, you might too. Stuff really gets in your throat.  A bamboo tape might work to get him out... I kept some from an old roll blind and have a stock for life. 

I am not a fan of killing them and usually catch and then chuck them next door. Tell the wife they will poo in her mouth while she sleeps and maybe she will help you!

Edited May 14, 2021 by jacko45k

[HighPriority]

2 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

why kill something who eats mosquitos? 

It may eat some mosquitoes, but it also <deleted>s like a Chang !!

????????

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

For some reason they believe they are invisible if they are still.

A ploy against snakes, who detect heat and as they are cold blooded cannot see them unless they move.

[SiamRead]

1 hour ago, Johnny Mac said:

 

Like I said, I have never seen one eat a mozzie. Fact. It's that simple. Sorry if that offends you, pal.

I may take on a new hobby......Gecko watching !????

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, greenmonkey said:

is it a gecko or a jing jock?

"Big" Tokay?

Absolutely unacceptable in the house.

But avoid to kill them.

 

"Small" Jing jok?
Harmless but annoying and pooping everywhere.

Hard to get rid of.

Edited May 14, 2021 by KhunBENQ

[sipi]

I lay a beer bottle cap full of beer on the floor, then a matchstick and a rock.

He drinks the beer, trips over the matchstick and hits his head on the rock and knocks himself out.

Then you take him outside.

[Saraburi121]

Our cats seem to like tokays.  I don't mind them unless they are in the house and they start the "tokay call".   Having cats, dogs and chickens are a necessity living out in the country side.  Gingjoks I can live with, some are almost tame but tokays have to be outside. Chickens killed a small Malaysian Krait last week outside the patio.  Try to capture tokays and relocate them, snakes around the house not so lucky.  Dogs have alerted me several times to cobras while out gardening. 

[foreverlomsak]

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Indeed, eliminate their lunchbox and they will move on, none in our bedroom (just everywhere else).

 

And their bigger brothers, tukay, stay outside.

don't you believe it, we have 3 in our kitchen currently, used to have 1 in the living room but he moved out.

[Solinvictus]

Catch it if you can!

[nightfox]

5 hours ago, sirineou said:

because he keeps me up at night. and he has no respect. 

A case of Dengue fever caused by a mosquito bite will keep you more then up. They kill the bugs before they kill you.

[tweedledee2]

8 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

 

I didn't chant anything when I boxed in these little devils about 6 years ago:

 

 

After boxing them in, I got a can of bug spray - one with a very thin metal tube - and did the dirty. Sorry, flies. 

6 years later, I really should clean it up, it's looking a bit tatty:

 

 

My eyesight isn't perfect but I don't see any flies. What I see is a species of bees. I have a swarm of these that has made a nest in a section of square tubing in my front gate mounting frame. They aren't aggressive, so I let them be. Been there going on 6 years.

[sirineou]

11 hours ago, Johnny Mac said:

 

Rock n roll, eh. You take it easy, fella.

Living the dream ????

[jacko45k]

7 hours ago, Saraburi121 said:

Try to capture tokays and relocate them,

I do exactly that and have relocated dozens over the years... and you have to take them a reasonable distance away as they seem to find their way back from a short one. 

[fusion58]

15 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

why kill something who eats mosquitos? 

 

This.

 

I like having Jing Joks around as they eat mosquitoes and other bugs.

 

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend," etc.

[Liverpool Lou]

18 hours ago, Johnny Mac said:

Friday night in Thailand and a convo about geckos eating mozzies. Living the dream, eh! 'Thank god I left that dump the UK', etc, etc. LOL.

 

I'm off out for a beer. Enjoy your evenings.

Funny, that.  You seem to be one of the main contributors to the thread!

[RichardColeman]

Got loads of them in our house, take care of them, they take care of us. Mind you it helps to have a wife that incessantly cleans the house.