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Title: orange baby lizard
Post by: julia f on August 03, 2013, 22:18:24 PM

hi
they look harmless are they/ I have one in my lounge and its toooo fast to catch with a glass. any ideas folks. except for me filling the glass with wine getting drunk and letting the little thing beat me.

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: puma on August 03, 2013, 23:31:38 PM

spray the room with the spray for cockies
1 dead gecko

Title: orange baby lizard
Post by: Shamless2 on August 04, 2013, 04:51:59 AM

It will eat the mozzies, it won't harm you.

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Post by: quackers on August 04, 2013, 05:46:51 AM

Leave ıt alone as its not dangerous and will eat the mozzies in your home. it can come and live with me .

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Post by: KKOB on August 04, 2013, 07:51:31 AM

Treat them as useful guests.

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Post by: grizabella on August 04, 2013, 11:21:58 AM

These beautiful creatures are both harmless and useful.They will earn their keep by eating any mosquito that comes into your house.Also if you have a cat they will provide endless hours of amusement as your puss tries to catch the wiley little thing!Please do not kill it.

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: julia f on August 04, 2013, 13:54:13 PM

thanks guys
will have to think of a name then for my new house guest. hope it doesnt come back with baby lizards in the future!!!!
 ;D

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: KKOB on August 04, 2013, 14:00:33 PM

Have a look at this website for more information about your guest(s).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko

Title: orange baby lizard
Post by: cenk on August 04, 2013, 14:43:51 PM

It is believed that they bring good luck to the house that they live in.
 

For more info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_house_gecko

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: julia f on August 04, 2013, 15:48:39 PM

i will just have to learn to be able to sleep knowing one is in my room at night!!!! i presume they wouldnt want to come near you unless you encouraged it somehow? thanks everyone for the informative info.

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on August 04, 2013, 16:22:41 PM

We have had them in our house too, they run a mile to keep away from you.   Look at it like this...They are just making a living and helping us humans out.

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Post by: angela on August 05, 2013, 11:23:42 AM

I could not even begin to imagine killing something like that on purpose, (or even accidentally)  makes me shudder to think about it!  :(

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: Bluwise on August 05, 2013, 14:39:05 PM

I wouldn't want to kill it but would definitely want it out of the house - the thought of it being indoors makes me shudder.
Angela, do you feel the same about cockroaches - i.e. shudder at the thought of them being killed?

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: GordonA on August 05, 2013, 15:29:37 PM

Loz suffers from ;Herpetophobia, (no, NOT a fear of "her pets" ;)   ;D !, but rather ,a fear of all reptiles, be it; snakes, lizards, frogs or toads .For my part, I love reptiles, But, I am absolutely terrified, & do not mind admitting it, of cockroaches, & BIG spiders. I believe that the cockroach carries more disease than all other creepy-crawlies put together. When we are in Turkey, we don't see many in our property, but Loz does have to kill the odd bugger that does venture in there, I won't go within 10 feet of them !!   :o :o

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: angela on August 05, 2013, 16:58:15 PM

Bluwise I don't like to kill  anything particularly, (apart from mossies, and the occasional husband,  no tears there I'll admit), but I get softer as I get older most definitely!!

Title: Re: orange baby lizard
Post by: nichola on August 05, 2013, 17:03:08 PM

I love geckos and we have several in our house. Not such a big fan of spiders but tend to leave them alone especially around window frames as they too catch mossies and annoying flies in their web.

All of last summer I had a spider web directly above my head in our bedroom which survived along with spider until I woke up one morning to discover the spider dangling perilously close to my head so out of the window it went and the cobweb hoovered away  ;D