Hi Maggie.
No, not a problem for me but the O.P.
I do however catch them with a towel and releases them outside where they more likely will find unlimited supplies of food.
While I'm on it; I really don't understand why people want to kill these nice little fellas. The only thing they do is helping you to wipe out hordes of bloodsucking bugs and flies.
Using them for fish food is just disgusting!!
Is there a way to catch genkos to move them away from house?
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Me too. I was going to have amoan last week and then two of them suddenly turned up.Randy Cornhole wrote:I always find it funny (not just in this case) when someone posts a question and then never comments again or comes back...
To clarify the gecko situation.
There are all geckos. The Tokay below is, as Margaret says the gecko gecko. The there are about twenty other geckos. The jingjoks (next picture down) you see here are commonly known as the house jingjok and the sandy jingjok.
When I did a search I came across this, up to now unknown, gecko. It is very attractive but the most dangerous of all. It attacks your wallet and then your ATM machine and bank account. It doesn't let go until is has bled you dry.
Some people keep them as pets but that is not to be recommended.
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More critical information we all need to know about Geckos. 
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Male geckos are needed after all (yay!)
Regular readers know that we here at the Honolulu Lite Department of Geckos are in the forefront of reporting on all things gecko. Any major gecko-related scientific discoveries or breakthroughs in gecko research will be reported in this space before it reaches the mainstream press.
For instance, we were first to disclose a secret closely held by amphibious experts -- that is, experts who know a lot about amphibious creatures, not experts who can live in both water and on land -- the secret that most geckos in Hawaii are parthenogenic. "Parthenogenic" is a big, hairy scientific word that simply refers to an animal's ability to generate offspring without the bother of having sex with a fellow animal.
Most Hawaii geckos are female and don't need the make hoochie-koochie with a male in order to lay eggs. This is why many male geckos seem to cling to the walls with such a forlorn look on their little lizard faces.
Hilo psychologist Susan Brown has been studying geckos for 20 years, which, I think we can all agree, is pretty weird. But she's discovered some interesting things about these unisex geckos, like, unisex geckos lick their eyes more often than geckos who have sex with each other. I'm not kidding. It turns out that geckos don't have eyelids, so they have to lick their eyeballs to keep them clean. But for some reason, the unisex geckos like to lick their eyes A LOT. But that's really just kind of a "parlor trick" kind of behavior for parthenogenic geckos. Their real talent, according to Brown, is that they are more resistant to disease than geckos produced by sexual means.
But that talent has a drawback. Because the unisex geckos are basically genetic clones, if a new disease comes along that is dangerous, it could wipe out their entire herd, or whatever you call a large collection of sexually disinterested geckos.
That's actually good news for men in general. Because, you know, if female geckos can figure out how to have kids without having sex with males, surely human women will figure it out eventually, too. But that could put the entire human species in danger. Brown points out that "sexual reproduction creates variations in individuals' genetic code that could afford some protection against new disease threats."
So it turns out that males aren't completely useless after all. As a man, I find that somewhat comforting. I mean, imagine if eventually men did become completely useless. We'd just sit there like forlorn male geckos, clinging to our bottles of beer, unable even to lick the tears from our own eyeballs.
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Male geckos are needed after all (yay!)
Regular readers know that we here at the Honolulu Lite Department of Geckos are in the forefront of reporting on all things gecko. Any major gecko-related scientific discoveries or breakthroughs in gecko research will be reported in this space before it reaches the mainstream press.
For instance, we were first to disclose a secret closely held by amphibious experts -- that is, experts who know a lot about amphibious creatures, not experts who can live in both water and on land -- the secret that most geckos in Hawaii are parthenogenic. "Parthenogenic" is a big, hairy scientific word that simply refers to an animal's ability to generate offspring without the bother of having sex with a fellow animal.
Most Hawaii geckos are female and don't need the make hoochie-koochie with a male in order to lay eggs. This is why many male geckos seem to cling to the walls with such a forlorn look on their little lizard faces.
Hilo psychologist Susan Brown has been studying geckos for 20 years, which, I think we can all agree, is pretty weird. But she's discovered some interesting things about these unisex geckos, like, unisex geckos lick their eyes more often than geckos who have sex with each other. I'm not kidding. It turns out that geckos don't have eyelids, so they have to lick their eyeballs to keep them clean. But for some reason, the unisex geckos like to lick their eyes A LOT. But that's really just kind of a "parlor trick" kind of behavior for parthenogenic geckos. Their real talent, according to Brown, is that they are more resistant to disease than geckos produced by sexual means.
But that talent has a drawback. Because the unisex geckos are basically genetic clones, if a new disease comes along that is dangerous, it could wipe out their entire herd, or whatever you call a large collection of sexually disinterested geckos.
That's actually good news for men in general. Because, you know, if female geckos can figure out how to have kids without having sex with males, surely human women will figure it out eventually, too. But that could put the entire human species in danger. Brown points out that "sexual reproduction creates variations in individuals' genetic code that could afford some protection against new disease threats."
So it turns out that males aren't completely useless after all. As a man, I find that somewhat comforting. I mean, imagine if eventually men did become completely useless. We'd just sit there like forlorn male geckos, clinging to our bottles of beer, unable even to lick the tears from our own eyeballs.
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Parthanogenesis
JC was the result of a parthanogenic outcome. No reference to him licking his eyes however but the disease free status is well recorded and apparently something that can be transmitted to cure others !
As an aside (yet another) Gordon Gecko lives in corporate america and australia. I have witnessed some devouring whole fishes/turkeys/magnums of champagne and millions of $ in shareholders dividends.
Don't show the rat devouring episode to the RSPCA you'd be done for cruelty as they have to be frozen to death before proferring to voracious reptiles!
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As an aside (yet another) Gordon Gecko lives in corporate america and australia. I have witnessed some devouring whole fishes/turkeys/magnums of champagne and millions of $ in shareholders dividends.
Don't show the rat devouring episode to the RSPCA you'd be done for cruelty as they have to be frozen to death before proferring to voracious reptiles!
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Re: Is there a way to catch genkos to move them away from ho
We have all misread the question. No wonder the OP has not responded. He refers to Genkos which are Japanese Buddhist Monks.Ray123 wrote:I've a problem with genkos excreting everywhere outside the house and inside. they come in when doors open and then can't get out.
Is there some way to catch them to move them away or is there some poison that they'd eat.
tried them sticky plates that catch mice and rats but the genkos won't walk over them.
Try a case of warm Asahi beer and some sushi made with two week old tuna.
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Re: Is there a way to catch genkos to move them away from ho
Guess wrote:We have all misread the question. No wonder the OP has not responded. He refers to Genkos which are Japanese Buddhist Monks.Ray123 wrote:I've a problem with genkos excreting everywhere outside the house and inside. they come in when doors open and then can't get out.
Is there some way to catch them to move them away or is there some poison that they'd eat.
tried them sticky plates that catch mice and rats but the genkos won't walk over them.
Try a case of warm Asahi beer and some sushi made with two week old tuna.
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they sort of gravitate towards light as thats where the insects go...so at night turn your lights off inside and leave an outside one on and they will all patter off towards that....works in my place.
another top tip from me is always....especially when its wet.....tap your boots and shoes out before y stick your feet in em. The little uns, as well as frogs and a sort of mantis things, seem to take up residence in mine when I leave em on the porch.....not nice if y stick your foot in. So far in the last few weeks Ive had one frog, a mantis and two geckoes.....
....maybe I need Odor Eaters in there 
another top tip from me is always....especially when its wet.....tap your boots and shoes out before y stick your feet in em. The little uns, as well as frogs and a sort of mantis things, seem to take up residence in mine when I leave em on the porch.....not nice if y stick your foot in. So far in the last few weeks Ive had one frog, a mantis and two geckoes.....
....maybe I need Odor Eaters in there
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Heh, I don't buy into the deal that Gecko's can deal with mosquito's at all.
I had a bunch of geckos in my bungalow and they were some of the most useless creatures at killing mossies.
They'd often land right next to them and the geckos wouldn't even move a muscle! Are they on strike?
I stayed at some digs up-country and had the dubious honour of coming home one night to find gecko shit all over my prized story/notebook!
Gecko's are most certainly a pain in the hump!
I had a bunch of geckos in my bungalow and they were some of the most useless creatures at killing mossies.
They'd often land right next to them and the geckos wouldn't even move a muscle! Are they on strike?
I stayed at some digs up-country and had the dubious honour of coming home one night to find gecko shit all over my prized story/notebook!
Gecko's are most certainly a pain in the hump!