{"id":15,"date":"2011-03-04T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2011-03-05T01:41:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T17:41:23","slug":"gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gecko, a kind of lizard from the family Gekkonidae, residing in tropical regions of the world. Most of the people treat geckos as a kind of pest whilst others consider them harmless and rear them as pets.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Human aversion to the sight of geckos is the result of a number of reasons. They reproduce fast and easy, have long life span (usually years), always lose their tail and thereby create a mess, defecate all over the place, produce annoying chirping sounds, and, in a detrimental context, they possess salmonella which can cause typhoid fever, food poisoning and other illnesses.\u00a0 Geckos of the genus hemidactylus frentus in particular, often roam inside homes rather than wander about and dwell at the outside natural habitat; because of this, these geckos naturally become a nuisance to the householders.<\/p>\n

On the contrary, some individuals find geckos visually appealing and take them in as house pets. Leopard geckos are among their favorites because, not only do they look strikingly beautiful, they are insectivorous as well; in a way, they keep your house clean and clear of other insects (they feed on mosquitoes, spiders and other small insects), which is a downside to ridding of geckos.<\/p>\n

Since the cons of having geckos around outweigh the pros as mentioned above, it would be best to consider them pests.<\/p>\n

There are no solid ways to getting rid of these pesky intruders.\u00a0 If you spray insecticide on them, it will just hold them off for a while\u00a0before they return.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, they\u00a0are fast enough to\u00a0smell the chemical and flee before you can\u00a0manage to spray on them.\u00a0\u00a0However, you can attempt the following methods (shared and experienced by many folks)\u00a0as means of prevention to a certain degree but not as absolute resolutions:<\/p>\n

(i) The most humane way is to spray them with water like using a water pistol, for a jet of water will render them immobile and fall from the wall they stuck to.\u00a0 Once they are motionless on the floor, sweep them out with a broom.
\n(ii) Glue board works too, same way that we use to constrain rats.
\n(iii) Mothball\u00a0repels them.\u00a0 Throw lots of mothballs inside the house and in the garden to ward them off.\u00a0 Beware!\u00a0 Your house can smell like a giant cupboard if you overload\u00a0it with too many mothballs.
\n(iv) Use a tea bag dipped in and moistened with citronella oil which is used as a traditional insect repellent. Geckos hate its substance and odor like mosquitoes repugning sandalwood.
\n(v) Seal all the crevices on the walls with glue papers in order to cut off their ingression.
\n(vi) Mixing bleach or Dettol with water can kill geckos.
\n(vii) Using a Vaseline-coated tub with cardboards for trapping geckos.
\n(viii) Lower the temperature in\u00a0your house via\u00a0air-conditioning because geckos are only able to adapt themselves to warm temperature.
\n(ix) Another way is to eliminate their source of food, i.e. other insects.\u00a0 By killing other insects with insecticides,\u00a0the\u00a0geckos will gradually leave your house\u00a0once they run out of food supply.<\/p>\n

References
\nhttp:\/\/www.e-bug.net\/forum\/messages\/20222.shtml<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.e-bug.net\/forum\/messages\/20354.shtml<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.e-bug.net\/forum\/messages\/20396.shtml<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.e-bug.net\/forum\/messages\/20525.shtml<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.howtogetridofstuff.com\/pest-control\/how-to-get-rid-of-geckos\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.oztion.com.au\/Community\/topic.aspx?t=guide&tid=98885<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gecko, a kind of lizard from the family Gekkonidae, residing in tropical regions of the world. Most of the people treat geckos as a kind of pest whilst others consider them harmless and rear them as pets. Human aversion to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention - Antipest Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention - Antipest Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gecko, a kind of lizard from the family Gekkonidae, residing in tropical regions of the world. Most of the people treat geckos as a kind of pest whilst others consider them harmless and rear them as pets. Human aversion to … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antipest Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-04T14:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-03-04T17:41:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/pix_blog1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/\",\"name\":\"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention - Antipest Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-04T14:00:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-04T17:41:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd048e79bf277001eea3d3c98fcdee9f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/\",\"name\":\"Antipest Blog\",\"description\":\"Your Pest Control Expert\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd048e79bf277001eea3d3c98fcdee9f\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91bbf545b31a0f8e337f56710f14bff1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91bbf545b31a0f8e337f56710f14bff1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention - Antipest Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention - Antipest Blog","og_description":"Gecko, a kind of lizard from the family Gekkonidae, residing in tropical regions of the world. Most of the people treat geckos as a kind of pest whilst others consider them harmless and rear them as pets. Human aversion to … Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/","og_site_name":"Antipest Blog","article_published_time":"2011-03-04T14:00:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-03-04T17:41:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/pix_blog1.jpg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/","url":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/","name":"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention - Antipest Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-03-04T14:00:47+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-04T17:41:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd048e79bf277001eea3d3c98fcdee9f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/gecko-as-both-pet-and-pest-its-prevention\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gecko as both Pet and Pest & its Prevention"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/","name":"Antipest Blog","description":"Your Pest Control Expert","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd048e79bf277001eea3d3c98fcdee9f","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91bbf545b31a0f8e337f56710f14bff1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91bbf545b31a0f8e337f56710f14bff1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}