Getting rid of geckos mercifully

[Atrecord]

I think your friend is more cold-blooded than the lizard... 

 

dunno why i got friends got lizard stories...

 

10+ yr ago, one ex-colleague said he got phobia of lizards. We tot why grown man like that... he not the gu-niang type leh...

 

Then he said it was a result of 2 unfortunate past experiences:

 

1. One day he about to brush teeth. Took up the cup want pour water inside to rinse mouth... Suddenly, one adult lizard inside the cup jumped out and ran away, startling him...
2. Another time he inside bathroom showering. Took off clothes, wanna on the shower spray, suddenly saw something on the shower spray head above him moved then jumped, and it landed exactly on his ...

 

Since then, he would run away if office got lizard occasionally... 

[kdash]

dunno why i got friends got lizard stories...

 

10+ yr ago, one ex-colleague said he got phobia of lizards. We tot why grown man like that... he not the gu-niang type leh...

 

Then he said it was a result of 2 unfortunate past experiences:

 

• One day he about to brush teeth. Took up the cup want pour water inside to rinse mouth... Suddenly, one adult lizard inside the cup jumped out and ran away, startling him...
• Another time he inside bathroom showering. Took off clothes, wanna on the shower spray, suddenly saw something on the shower spray head above him moved then jumped, and it landed exactly on his ...

Since then, he would run away if office got lizard occasionally...

your ex colleague quite suay...

[Karoon]

There's a kind of trap, the idea is floating around the internet.

 

You take a PET soda bottle, those 1.5L type.

Cut around the top half of the bottle and flip it over to join the bottom half.

Then tape up the joint.

You put a bait inside the bottle.

Supposedly the lizard will crawl through the small opening, land inside the bottle and can't get back out.

Thanks but problem with these traps is you still need to discard a live lizard. I'm squeamish when it comes to reptiles.

 

Now that i've given it some thought i think there could be a market for such a gecko-killing tool... finally some use for my engineering degree haha..

 

Its a stick that electrocutes geckos (just enough voltage no effect on humans and cats/dogs) then dries them up instantly.

Once i get the basic design i'll try crowdfunding or quirky.

[DACH]

dunno why i got friends got lizard stories...

 

10+ yr ago, one ex-colleague said he got phobia of lizards. We tot why grown man like that... he not the gu-niang type leh...

 

Then he said it was a result of 2 unfortunate past experiences:

 

• One day he about to brush teeth. Took up the cup want pour water inside to rinse mouth... Suddenly, one adult lizard inside the cup jumped out and ran away, startling him...
• Another time he inside bathroom showering. Took off clothes, wanna on the shower spray, suddenly saw something on the shower spray head above him moved then jumped, and it landed exactly on his ...

Since then, he would run away if office got lizard occasionally...

No big deal la. He haven't got worse than mine.

 

Early morning pour water from kettle drink. After finishing the whole cup, open the kettle cap to check water enough for the day. Then saw one dead lizard submerged in the kettle water. Wah kaoz, almost vomitted.

I suspected it climbing into the kettle the earlier night then got drowned.

In the end, pour the whole thing away, wash the kettle 3 times with detergent, then boil a new batch.

[Atrecord]

No big deal la. He haven't got worse than mine.

 

Early morning pour water from kettle drink. After finishing the whole cup, open the kettle cap to check water enough for the day. Then saw one dead lizard submerged in the kettle water. Wah kaoz, almost vomitted.

I suspected it climbing into the kettle the earlier night then got drowned.

In the end, pour the whole thing away, wash the kettle 3 times with detergent, then boil a new batch.

 

wah lao... That must have been some experience... how the water tasted? 

 

this just reminded me of a scene in an old HK movie, i think 最佳拍档，where someone cooked soup opened the cover, then one lizard on the ceiling/wall above, fell into it...

You may not see them much but usually the lizards come out and play at night. Try 2am wake up quietly, turn on lights then you will see "movement".

 

If you're lucky, they are just eating mosquitoes, if not they are eating your bread crumbs on your table or any food left uncovered.

 

Never leave any food uncovered, and assume anything left on table have been touched. 

 

Good luck. [laugh]

 

Last time my parents' place, the lizards v bold one. can crawl across the kitchen floor from one side to the other, when we were having dinner and with full visibility... They also like to hide underneath the rice cooker. Bend down and look inside, will really see eye to eye with them! Won't run away one, just looked at me and stared...

[Kxbc]

I used to have a house lizard living in my home. Spotted it as a tiny lizard. It will come out from behind the sofa every night and eat the insects at the corridor then come back home to sleep. Eat until fat fat big big. My favourite lizard.

[DACH]

wah lao... That must have been some experience... how the water tasted? 

 

this just reminded me of a scene in an old HK movie, i think 最佳拍档，where someone cooked soup opened the cover, then one lizard on the ceiling/wall above, fell into it...

 

 

It tasted like normal water.

That's why didn't suspect anything and finished the cup of water.

I used to have a house lizard living in my home. Spotted it as a tiny lizard. It will come out from behind the sofa every night and eat the insects at the corridor then come back home to sleep. Eat until fat fat big big. My favourite lizard.

Did you name it? 

[13177]

No big deal la. He haven't got worse than mine.

 

Early morning pour water from kettle drink. After finishing the whole cup, open the kettle cap to check water enough for the day. Then saw one dead lizard submerged in the kettle water. Wah kaoz, almost vomitted.

I suspected it climbing into the kettle the earlier night then got drowned.

In the end, pour the whole thing away, wash the kettle 3 times with detergent, then boil a new batch.

How the lizard got into the kettle le? If your kettle is those type with closed cover lid and cap? Actually i also have forbid of such thing happen in my kettle?! Lol. So every night i make sure i pour out all water into my transparent water container.

[Gnahp]

It tasted like normal water.

That's why didn't suspect anything and finished the cup of water.

 

Did you name it?

my house used to have one in the living room, my wife named it 'baby Fatimah'

 

don't ask me why 'baby Fatimah' I have no idea too

[13177]

my house used to have one in the living room, my wife named it 'baby Fatimah'

 

don't ask me why 'baby Fatimah' I have no idea too

How you know the lizard you saw in your house is the same lizard that you see everytime le?

It tasted like normal water.

That's why didn't suspect anything and finished the cup of water.

Luckily you didnt LS after drinking that cup of water?!

[Evillusion]

I used to have a house lizard living in my home. Spotted it as a tiny lizard. It will come out from behind the sofa every night and eat the insects at the corridor then come back home to sleep. Eat until fat fat big big. My favourite lizard.

wah....fav lizard.....how you cook it? Deep fried or sweet n sour?

[13177]

Many restaurants and hawker stalls you also don’t know how they store food overnight. Like the marina square porridge got rats swimming inside mui chai. And many sugar cane stalls don’t keep the sugar cane at night. Worse if they just leave them on the floor.

I believe some stalls owner just leave the uncooked food shelf area without covering them! And yet when they sell the food to customers, no people got LS.

[Gnahp]

How you know the lizard you saw in your house is the same lizard that you see everytime le?

 

Luckily you didnt LS after drinking that cup of water?!

she has a crooked tail

 

it's like a pet, when we watch tv, she will craw across the room and when we came back from outside, will see her dashing to the nearest dark corner in the living room

[13177]

she has a crooked tail

 

it's like a pet, when we watch tv, she will craw across the room and when we came back from outside, will see her dashing to the nearest dark corner in the living room

So your house only has one lizard ah. Think there is one family of lizard staying in my house, cause always see different size and pattern of lizard appeared. 

[DACH]

she has a crooked tail

 

it's like a pet, when we watch tv, she will craw across the room and when we came back from outside, will see her dashing to the nearest dark corner in the living room

How you know it's a "her"? 

[Gnahp]

How you know it's a "her"?

my wife named it 'Fatimah'

[Dleodleo]

No big deal la. He haven't got worse than mine.

 

Early morning pour water from kettle drink. After finishing the whole cup, open the kettle cap to check water enough for the day. Then saw one dead lizard submerged in the kettle water. Wah kaoz, almost vomitted.

I suspected it climbing into the kettle the earlier night then got drowned.

In the end, pour the whole thing away, wash the kettle 3 times with detergent, then boil a new batch.

It happened in my household too. Our electric kettle cap was spoilt and it couldnt open so we just filled the water from the kettle spout and boiled.

 

One day my spouse decided to force open the cap and he found a dead lizard inside! Eeee! Dun knw how many days we hv drinking the dead lizard water.

 

We threw it away immediately and bought a transparent glass electric kettle.

[Atrecord]

How the lizard got into the kettle le? If your kettle is those type with closed cover lid and cap? Actually i also have forbid of such thing happen in my kettle?! Lol. So every night i make sure i pour out all water into my transparent water container.

 

For about 30 yr of my life, i - or rather, my mother - had used the metal kettle, which makes it possible for lizards to crawl inside if they so wishes. It was only after i moved out that we started using those boilers that do not have any openings like the metal kettle...

 

i can only tell myself that no lizards had crawled inside before, and hope that that is the truth...

 

Dunno why lizards not so smart, will do such things. 

 

oh, yes, at my old place, the storeroom door is a cemetery for at least 2 small lizards. They must have chosen to hide away from my eyes, at the side of the door near the hinges, and that could only be when I opened the storeroom door for whatever reason. I assume it must be when i needed to find things, so switched on the storeroom light, and they must have got startled so went to hide in the crevice there. Then when i'm done, off'ed light and closed door... 

Only found them much much later when one day dunno for what reason happened to look at the part...