hhfarang wrote:We have a family of those living on the outside of the house and the missus wants me to get rid of them. I refuse as they are huge and I think they must eat a lot of the creepie crawlies! Noisy little buggers though!
Best not mess with them HH. Known as Tokay, or FU lizard if you've heard their call.
If they bite you, they don't let go. I mean they really don't let go even if you kill it and chop it's head off. Off to the hospital you go where they'll pry his jaws loose from whatever appendage he is fastened to, and you'll have a war wound to tell stories about for life. No joke, no lie. They are nasty buggers.
Don't ever let one get into your house. If it does, kill it as soon as you can. There is an old Thai/GI trick from the old days....put an unlit cigarette onto a small stick or broom straw with the tobacco end facing upwards. Try to get him to bite it. The tobacco is toxic and he'll tear around your ceiling like a race car for a minute or so, and then drop to the floor. If not dead already, you can then wack him. Happy hunting! Pete
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I used to hand feed "my" local Tokay with cheese and other snacks for a couple of years, but I was warned to do that because they are quite able to chomp off a fingertip or two.
True or not, don't mess with them.
Jinjocks in Thai, better known as Geckos in English, are however a very much welcomed guest in my house. Well, maybe not inside the house, but I do appreciate their appetite for our local mossies outside the house.
If you don't want them inside your house why don't you just close the mosquito netting?
My windows are open 24/7 but the mosquito netting are effectively preventing everything bigger than a germ to get in.
I also like Geckos. They can be useful eating the mosquitos on the screens.
If you want to live in the Tropics some adjustment is required.
I once saw some ants attack and kill one.
There is a Thai folk lore belief that if one bites you it will never heal. Not sure about that as i've never been bitten; I don't bother them - they don't bother me
Caller: I just love your avatar - Tookays (or to use their latin name Ghekko Ghecko) are quite beautiful. Totally harmless (unless they feel really threatened) and nocturnal.
I wish I was as brave as Norseman and had managed to make one tame enough to take food. All the Thai stuff about them sticking to your skin and biting your finger off is probably quite true, but the last thing they want to do is to have contact with humans. Unfortunately, our lovely pair living behind the kitchen cabinet got sorted (i.e. killed) by Rubble (aka snake wrangler) - so sad.
We spend most evenings in our semi-open kitchen area. If the TV gets a bit boring then the small gheckos provide extra entertainment. We have a favourite at the moment who pops out from behind the TV and gulps any insects on the table. We've also had a few 'near misses' with them dropping off the ceiling.
If you spray your bedroom with anti-mosquito stuff, then the gheckos won't have anything to eat and will find a better restaurant elsewhere.
VS
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The big one is a dookgar ( can not spell it) but is named after the sound it makes and not liked , and the small one is a chinchuk ( can not spell this as well) but the Thai people dont mind them and think they are lucky if it lands on you when they jump or fall down.
Aaaaaaa those little'uns (chinchuks?) are really sweet little chaps. Much more entertaining than Fox News. Whats the problem with them indoors Norseman?
Pete 
