Gecko on the wall pretending to be dead taken by peachpurple
Caught some dead geckos in the air conditioning
units, smashed between the hinges of the doors and
computer power supply units ?
Although these geckos are harmless, they
distinctively stubborn house pests that aren’t afraid
of humans.
Some of them may scamper away at the sight of
humans but some would just stay put, pretending
to be “dead”.
l Insects and humans’s food- Gecko loves flies
, moths, mosquitoes, bugs and rice!
l The ceiling lamps- Gecko laid eggs in the light
fittings in order to incubate the eggs.
l Lamps- Bees, flies, mosquitoes love to warm
lamps to keep themselves warm.
Hence, geckos are seen lingering around the lights,
waiting for their food served hot.
l When the weather is cold, geckos are found
hiding under the sofa, behind the cupboards, kitchen
cabinets which are dark and humid.
l Bits of food found around the house invites
geckos to hunt for food, especially in the kitchen and
dining table
Geckos could not stand the smell of egg shells.
The white peppery coat on the shells are dried
under the sun, crushed and sprinkled over the
corners where geckos frequently poops.
Geckos hate the smell of pungent garlic, especially
slices or chopped garlic.
Whole bulb of garlic doesn’t bother them unless you
peel off the dry skin layers.
Place slices of garlic on the dining table, you can
keep away those pest geckos for days.
However, once the garlic juice dried up, the geckos
return.
Try homemade hot pepper spray to get rid of
geckos.
Mix a bottle of water with 2 tbsp of hot pepper
( chilli powder) and slices of garlic.
Shake them well.
Spray along the locations where you can find geckos
poops.
Chop lemon grass into quarters, allow the juice to
ooze out.
Scatter them under the plates holder ( dispenser),
fridge, sinks and gas stove.
You can hinder the geckos from wandering around
these places.
This is the last resort which is considered cruel,
Mouse Trap!
Place bits of food such as rice, biscuits, dead flies on
the mouse trap.
You will definitely catch a gecko the next day.
However, if the mouse trap had caught its’ tail, the
geckos will “detach” it and escape.
So, there is a 50% chance of catching them red
handed and dead!
Keep your house clean from bits of food drop on the
floor or on the dining table.
Geckos hide under the table, behind the bookshelves
, waiting for a chance to grab the bits of food
anytime.
You can test this experiment yourself.
I had deliberately left a strand of noodle on the floor
, I sat cross legged on the sofa and waited.
In 10 min, a dark grey gecko crept out ( under the
sofa), made sure no one was around, quickly pulled
out its tongue to grab the noodle in a snap and
disappeared!
Do you leave the geckos alone since they helped you to eat up the bugs and insects?
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I think gecko is still useful at home. They do eat some insects that are harmful to us. For instance, the deadly bites of mosquitoes. They have strains that we cannot control the illnesses such as dengue or malaria. I would prefer to let them live in the resident.
We have them around and some are friendly too. They eat away pests as you have mentioned. But too many should not be allowed and so I will use your tip to sprinkle egg shell powder around. I will not trap them or kill them.
Every creature great and small on earth is useful for men and women but men could not understand small creatures found every where on earth and homes as lizards and geckos. They are also useful for us due to eating harmful creeping insects on the home or room walls.
Recently, Japan had finished all lizards and geckos from Japan but after sometimes mysterious diseases appeared in Japan and after too much research the Japanese scientists came to know that all these mysterious diseases are due to lizards and geckos unnatural deaths.
At last Japan imported lizards and geckos from other countries just to save his country from different diseases.
jhsayyar,
Where have you read this ?
Thanks
Good morning to you my friend, how was your are night,every created by God both great and small is very important to men and women useful to them also, every creature find at home everywhere and in the ward at large is lizard, they also useful to use because they eate other harmful insert in home or even on wall in the house, resently, japan had finished all lizard and gecko in that country a mysteriuos disease broke out and japanist sientistist make rearche and find out that the cause of the disease was too much death of lizard.
Very interesting tips to get rid of lizards. It is true that they are useful but too many of them cant be allowed. We have to get rid of them so that their number would not multiply. I would like to add that lizards can be kept away if we hang some empty egg shells near the places where they enter our rooms. The smell of them will keep them away. moreover,when they find these egg shells, they feel the presence of some other creatures bigger than them. so they leave those places.
Very interesting and useful. This is my first time of learning how to get rid of them and what brings them about.
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Though this is not a home remedy, it is not harmful to human beings. There are electric lizard repellents available in shops – these emit sounds in ultrasonic frequencies which are intolerable for lizards. The creepy crawlies won’t come near your house ever, if you have this installed in your house. There is even an Android app of this on Google Play which you can download for free!
To Thomas Kackley:
Are these electric lizard repellents efficient ?
To me a gecko is something scary because it is big . But not a lizard.
So, in this post, I think what we have at home are lizards and we just let them be there at home because they eat those flies and insects. Though, we hate it that there is one living under the lazy Susan of the dining table. So, I will put a garlic under the lazy Susan table,
As to a gecko, there used to be one or two that were able to get inside our bedroom and that scared me a lot because they can cling to your skin when you surprised one and it jumps into you. So, we had our bedroom windows screened so, they can't enter our bedroom anymore.
Thank you for these useful tips on how to shoo them away.
Thanks for sharing these tips, I didn't know about them. I am quite fine with geckos as long as they don't touch me. I'd prefer to get rid of mosquitoes, they are more disturbing and harmful.