Thread: How to get rid of giant geckkos

I seen a couple of these fighting each other once, or they could of been shagging, who knows... either way, very aggresive creatures.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Ate all the bugs and only shit on the newspaper I put out on the balcony.

I had a girlfriend like that.

This loving couple were definitely not fighting. They were trying to be quiet but i could see what they were up to and snapped a pic...

Considerably smaller than those big Tokays though.

The Tokay Gecko is the second largest Gecko species, attaining lengths of about 30–40cm (11–15 inches) for males, and 20–30cm (7–11 inches) for females, with weights of 150–300g (5–10 oz). They are distinctive in appearance, with a bluish or grayish body, sporting spots ranging from light yellow to bright red. The Tokay is also considered the "pit bull" of the Gecko world due to the fact that when they bite their human handlers, they often won't let go for up to several hours at a time, and generally cannot be forcibly removed without causing harm to the Gecko. One way of getting a Tokay to release its hold is to submerge the animal in water, which will encourage the lizard to let go, without causing it any harm or undue stress.
Tokays are renowned for their aggressive disposition and (unusually for lizards) their loud vocalizations, sometimes referred to as a "bark". Their mating call, a loud croak, is variously described as sounding like tokeh or gekk-gekk, where both the common and the scientific name (deriving from onomatopoeic names in Malay, Sundanese, or Javanese), as well as the family name Gekkonidae and the generic term gecko come from.

Wikipedia.

If you thought of keeping one as a pet

www.pet-care-portal.com/tokay-gecko-care-sheet.html

Tokay Gecko Care : Sexing

Adult tokay geckos are fairly easy to sex. You should see a prominent V-shaped row of pre-anal pores just above the cloaca (you know, where the poop comes out of). You will also see what is called a hemipenal buldge. It is just how it sounds. There will be a bulge just above the cloaca as well.
You may notice that females also have the V-shaped pre-anal pores, but they are much less defined. I guess I should have said that sexing is easy once you have positively identified both a male and a female for the first time. After that it's really simple.

Ah well, no accounting for taste.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Ah well, no accounting for taste.

No disrespect intended JJ.

I don't know how the humping thing got on my post. I'll remove it.

I can handle snakes but those slimy things freak me out.

Had one in the bedroom once and couldn't get rid of it. Missus wouldn't sleep in the bedroom until I got a Thai guy in to catch it. He found three others and used welders gloves to handle them. Ate them I believe was their outcome!

Do Thais eat them? They eat most things. The wife has occassionaly cooked up a lizardy stew but it was more a small monitor lizard than a Tokay.

Welding gloves are definately the way to go when handling anything like this. A mate of mine was running tours in the NT and through the Tanami. He got nipped by a Frill necked lizard. Infection set in and it got very serious. All kinds of nasties.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Do Thais eat them?

Dirty Gecko recipe

Then simmer a medium sized tokay for 2 hours in the above 'till tender.

Tokay yang!!!!!!!!!!!!
well about as tasty as rat

Thai lore tells you to always sleep with your feet covered cos these buggers might come along and bite your toes. If you are unfortunate to get one attached to your extremities you have to lick your finger and then shove it up your arse to make it let go. Apparently.

You know, I'd never kill one of these or eat one for that matter but I am perturbed by the fact they seem to be shouting "fcuk you!", "fcuk you!", "fcuk you!" at me

Damn right. Sometimes it's quite eerie. Now I find 'em quite friendly in a strange sort of way.

I hear them often, quite a distinctive sound, but I've yet to see one.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Ate all the bugs and only shit on the newspaper I put out on the balcony.

I had a girlfriend like that.

The visual image that generates is worth a green !!!

Originally Posted by caller

Course, I didn't know then how vicious they can be!!!

They are only vicious if you piss them off, we call ours Dirty Harry.

Originally Posted by Happyman

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Ate all the bugs and only shit on the newspaper I put out on the balcony.

I had a girlfriend like that.

The visual image that generates is worth a green !!!

Nice one, Gerbil.
always loved touks and geckos. Had geckos territory fighting on my balcony ceiling alot. One would always fall off and inevitably land on my head or bare shoulder. Slimy eek. Also found one that had snuck into my fridge. Took him out, gave him a few light heart massages and he was gone in a few minutes. Lovely critters.

Had quite a few around my old house.

One lived above the back door, one out by the front door, a couple in the sheds, maybe they were husband and wife.

One naughty sod got into the bathroom. Had to chase it out - it attacked me so the missus caught it. I of course was screaming as this fucking half foot long lizard thing went for me.

Korea is boring when it comes to wildlife.

I forgot my weirdest touk story. Moved to a new house with a western toilet. Pissed my mom cat off something fierce as she always peed in the squat jobbie. Anyhoo, a family of touks (mom, dad and a few rather large babies) had taken up residence in the toilet tank. Crikes. I couldn't pee as I remembered a Thai friend saying that a touk would bite when it felt attacked, get lockjaw and would not release until the next new moon. I had visions of a touk biting my a** and me running around with it hanging from my butt for a month.
The owner's pal came by with a loop wire on a stick and got a few. My dogs and kitties cornered another one in my bedroom. I caught it in my wire BBQ thingy that you toast bread or grill stuff in between the two metal parts. Carried it out to the gate and shook it free.

I like mine and I'm keepin him. Just look at those eyes;