Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Karennina on April 28, 2015, 07:40:05 AM
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I seem to have acquired a little lizard that has been living in our bedroom!
It is a pale sort of pink colour and when stretched out on the ceiling at night looks about 5 or 6 inches long...
What I want to know is are they harmful as in poisonous and do they breed a lot, reason I ask this is my neighbour has already put one out for me a few nights back so I'm a bit concerned as to whether there is more then one somewhere in the bedroom....I know I have an over active imagination but I don't want to arrive here sometime to a bedroom full of lizards!
I can't hurt it or spray it or anything like that....
Thanks for any info as what it may be...
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Without a photograph or good description it's difficult to tell but it's probably a gecko and will be doing a lot more good than harm. It'll be killing a lot of tiny insects for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_house_gecko
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Does He/she look like this ?? :D
(http://evridikidakos.edublogs.org/files/2012/06/Turkish-Geckos-by-Evridiki-Dakos-for-a-CLIL-Lesson-2hii2kc-300x225.png)
http://evridikidakos.edublogs.org/2012/06/14/dont-kill-me-there-is-enough-room-to-share-the-same-planet/
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Sounds like this one;http://clta-az.tripod.com/id3.html
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Thanks everyone I'm sure now it is the Mediteeraen Geko, iv definetely only seen it / them at night, iv usually dozed off with the telly on, and woken up and done a quick reccee around the walls for spiders and thst is when iv seen it....
So long as I know it is not poisonous it can stay I just got to hope he or she is not preggers! ;)
I think I will try and take a photo next time it puts in an appearance...
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We get them in our place too and as said they do a lot of good killing insects.
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If only we could have a deal with bugs - you don't come near me (ever!) and I won't zap you. ;D
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Definitely isn't venomous, the ONLY venomous lizard in the world is the Gila Monster, :o which is native to the South Western States of North America... & Mexico. These little geckos or skinks, are absolutely harmless, and rather beautiful really , in my opinion anyway . ( There IS a HUGE difference between poisonous & venomous, by the way !! ) And here endeth today's Wonderful World of Nature lesson , same time tomorrow , everyone ?? ;D
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Can I be excused? I think I've got a bone in my leg.
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That was my grandad's joke complaint KKob. Ahh memories! :D
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Kerennina, you'll be able to watch repeats of Death in Paradise together. How nice.
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Just watch out for the centipedes, we had a huge one about 6 inches long, in our living room climbing up a chair one night. Phil got a brush and pan and put it over the garden wall. Next day it was in the hall as it had just gone under the pan and he brought it back in. He had to take it out again. They are poisonous and to be avoided. ;) :-\
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Venomous, not poisonous. :)
The difference is in the delivery. Poison must be inhaled, ingested, or delivered via touch, while venom is injected into a wound.
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Whatever, I would avoid them however they deliver their poison. Our Gardener warned us about them and as he is Turkish and we are English, I think we got the message without the technicalities. ;) :angel:
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I've been bitten by one. Although it's not a pleasant experience, it's no worse than a bee sting.
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it's no worse than a bee sting.
You say that so casually KKOB. I have a life threatening allergy to bee stings. Treatment for a sting in a Turkish Health Centre is ............ interesting. Hilary says she has never seen a syringe so large for use on humans, nor as much blood gushing during injection. Since it was applied via my backside I didn't get to see this (apparently) very amusing event.
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I've been stung 3 times by scorpions, 1 of which put me in hospital, once by a centipede and countless times by wasps and bees. Fortunately I've never experienced a hornet sting. I've heard they can make your eyes water a bit.
In the case of the scorpion sting that put me in the Esnaf, I'll always be very grateful to the 2 doctors and 5 nurses that sorted me out with half a dozen injections and comforting words. All for the paltry sum of 85TL.
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I got stung by the Taxman, and they count. KKOB. I think mother nature is trying to tell you something. ;)
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I think the worst bite I every had was from a horse fly, here in Scotland. They are vicious things and the bite was agony and became infected.
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Thanks for all the info and links etc after only dozing last night waiting for the little fella to put in an appearance so I could try to not be scared of him he never showed up!
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He was probs out on the lash wining n dining his ladeez ;D
(http://s1.postimg.org/hhj9te8yj/travel_slang_lizard_drinking.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/hhj9te8yj/)
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Ha that is brilliant Pussinboots :)I am trying not to be such a scaredy cat about it, if I see lizards turtles etc out here when I'm out and about I love it,I was just not sure about having one move in with us!
My hubby said the other day he saw a tiny little tortoise in the middle of the road straight away I said oh no it will get squished he said don't worry I moved it,it had probably taken the poor wee thing hours to get where ever it was off too! ;)
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You'd be surprised just how fast tortoises can move when they want to.