Normally I welome all manners of lizards and geckos. Too much of a
good thing is too much. Geckos have completely overrun the attic of
my storage building. Everything, boxes, bags, floors, are covered
solidly in gecko crap. I thought it was mice at first, but finally
discovered it was geckos when I never trapped any mice. Those geckos
have been living for several years up there. I've vacuumed it up a few
times, but they quickly cover everything in dung in no time. I can't
fathom how many there must be to produce this much dung.

How do I get rid of this abundance of geckos? There are plenty of
other places for them to live around here. I'm just tired of coming
down from the attic with dried gecko droppings on my knees and hands.

If anyone needs some geckos and can trap em', come on over.

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:21:23 GMT, wrote:

How do I get rid of this abundance of geckos?

Hopefully, there is no real food source for them in your attic so they
are using it as a refuge and are finding their food outside. They
will appear most frequently at night around outside lights that
attract insects. Look for them there first. If you have not noticed
any outside then you have a problem without ready solution.

If you find them outside, you can go to the trouble of catching them
with your hands and hauling them off. You can also use a good stout
rubber band to stun them so they are easier to catch.

I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating them
with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I found
these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no beneficial
characteristics.

Rusty Mase

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Rusty Mase wrote:

- I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating them
- with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I found
- these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no beneficial
- characteristics.

Well, they *do* eat bugs.
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Especially roaches! Big ones, little ones...oh how I hate roaches :)

John

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In article ,
Rusty Mase wrote:

- I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating
them
- with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I
found
- these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no
beneficial
- characteristics.

Well, they *do* eat bugs.
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:26:25 GMT, Suzie-Q
wrote:

Well, they *do* eat bugs.

You then need to determine whether the bugs they are eating are worse
to have around than the geckos. I choose the bugs. The only bugs the
geckos got were either simple moths fluttering around my exterior
lights or spiders that usually use those spaces to feed.

I decided that the geckos were not only a nuisance in the mess they
leave but were disturbing the natural assemblage of bugs around my
place. If you live in town you probably do not have the level of
outdoor bugs to support a huge population of geckos and their messes.

I wager that the original poster lives out in the "burbs" where the
level of night flying insects is high. In town they may not be a
problem.

Rusty Mase

As long as my attic is full of geckos, I rarely get roaches, silverfish,
or any other pest bugs in my house... ;-)

They can crap all over my attic, I don't care.
I don't use it for storage any more so rarely ever go up there!

K.


In article ,
"John T. Jarrett" wrote:

Especially roaches! Big ones, little ones...oh how I hate roaches :)

John

"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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In article ,
Rusty Mase wrote:

- I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating
them
- with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I
found
- these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no
beneficial
- characteristics.

Well, they *do* eat bugs.
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~~~~~~
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In article ,
(Jeff Walther) wrote:

- In article , Rusty Mase
- wrote:
-
- On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:21:23 GMT, wrote:
-
- How do I get rid of this abundance of geckos?
-
- I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating them
- with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I found
- these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no beneficial
- characteristics.
-
- They make swell cat toys...

I believe they're eating the termites that are infesting my house.
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I've moved back to Houston and the only time I see roaches (the big ones) is
in the winter when the geckos slow down.

Better for the environment than Diazanon, too.

John

"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Jeff Walther) wrote:

- In article , Rusty Mase
- wrote:
-
- On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:21:23 GMT, wrote:
-
- How do I get rid of this abundance of geckos?
-
- I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating
them
- with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I found
- these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no beneficial
- characteristics.
-
- They make swell cat toys...

I believe they're eating the termites that are infesting my house.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

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http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/

Jeff Walther wrote:

In article , Rusty Mase
wrote:


On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:21:23 GMT, wrote:


How do I get rid of this abundance of geckos?



I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating them
with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I found
these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no beneficial
characteristics.


They make swell cat toys...


They also eat household bugs.


Harold

Jeff Walther wrote:

In article , Rusty Mase
wrote:


On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:21:23 GMT, wrote:


How do I get rid of this abundance of geckos?



I grew so tired of the ones around my place that I began treating them
with "extreme prejudice" and now I have only a few. Overall, I found
these non-native lizards to be complete nusances with no beneficial
characteristics.


They make swell cat toys...


Killing gechos is like throwing away money. They do no damage of any
kind and they do eat bugs like roaches, tree bugs, and other
undesireable bugs.


Harold

you could try to scatter salt around.... gradually you will fine lesser gecko around. Gecko seem to be afraid of salt. You could try it.

try scattering salt around....it will works.... the gecko don't seem to like salt a lot...... it actually kill them.