Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 25 of 36
  1. #1
    Thailand Expat
    Simon43's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 09:23 PM
    Location
    Luang Prabang (again!!)
    Posts
    3,914

    Monster in my bedroom

    No, this isn't a continuation of my 'please pass the penis' thread.

    Relaxing yesterday evening in my hotel room, idly watching a small lizard running across the wall above the TV.


    Suddenly a fcuking great monster appears from behind the TV, shoots up the wall and grabs the poor lizard, and then retreats behind the TV to eat it.

    Monster in my bedroom-tookay-jpg


    This monster is of course, a Tookay lizard. It is quite a big one, and now I understand who has been eating my prepacked chicken slices that I leave overnight next to the TV.


    Unlike Tookays that I've encountered in Thailand, this one is a silent bastard, operating in stealth mode.


    Nevertheless, I didn't get much sleep last night. Every time that I almost nodded off, I would open one eye and the Tookay would be stuck on the opposite wall, watching me......


    Now I don't mind Tookays living behind the fridge in a kitchen. But I'm not so sure about sharing my most intimate moments with this scaly monster.


    I'm not going to try to catch it - Tookays can give a nasty bit when served with an eviction notice. I'll have to ask the hotel pest control guy to help, (and I hope he does a better job than when he tried to catch the small brown mouse 2 weeks ago with a big pair of soft gloves).


    Funny, he never caught that mouse, but it seems to have disappeared now.

    The Tookay looks well-fed
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Monster in my bedroom-tookay-jpg  
    Groping women when you're old is fine - everyone thinks you're senile

  2. #2
    I am not a cat
    nidhogg's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    18,317
    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post


    It is quite a big one, and now I understand who has been eating my prepacked chicken slices that I leave overnight next to the TV.
    Just a wild guess, but your pest problem might have something to do with leaving food out overnight. You might like to knock that habit on the head.

  3. #3
    I am in Jail

    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Last Online
    19-06-2023 @ 09:10 PM
    Location
    Chiang Mai
    Posts
    5,734
    Tookays are quite harmless , very rarely make an appearance .

  4. #4
    Thailand Expat
    Simon43's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 09:23 PM
    Location
    Luang Prabang (again!!)
    Posts
    3,914
    but your pest problem might have something to do with leaving food out overnight
    Yes, I didn't leave naked food out, but some prepacked dried meat slices. I'll buy a large plastic food container today to store such items in.

    Tookays are quite harmless , very rarely make an appearance
    Yes well tell that to the poor jingjook that got eaten alive. And this Tookay is anything but shy.

  5. #5
    Thailand Expat
    Troy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Last Online
    Today @ 06:49 PM
    Location
    In the EU
    Posts
    12,213
    Noose snares are the usual method of trapping them our way. You can use string, wire or fishing line and lay them as traps or go for them manually.

    I have 4 or 5 each night on my patio wall enjoying the termite mating season.

  6. #6
    On a walkabout Loy Toy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    30,531
    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    I have 4 or 5 each night on my patio wall enjoying the termite mating season.
    The females in our house are terrified of them and I use the lasso method to catch them and let them go in the field down the soi.

    We had a water monitor lizard well over a metre long on the veranda but it is resting now after Bruno was playing with him.

  7. #7
    Thailand Expat Pragmatic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Last but who gives a shit.
    Posts
    13,316
    Glue traps catch them but I'd just leave it alone. It ain't no threat. And after all it'll eat all those Geckos that shit everywhere. A bonus.

  8. #8
    On a walkabout Loy Toy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    30,531
    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    but I'd just leave it alone. It ain't no threat.
    Yep they are pretty much harmless unless you stick your hand behind Simon's TV looking for wires and end up with one latched to your hand.

    I am told the only way to get them to release is immerse the beast in a bucket of water.

  9. #9
    Thailand Expat
    kmart's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last Online
    03-10-2022 @ 11:24 AM
    Location
    Rayong.
    Posts
    11,498
    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    We had a water monitor lizard well over a metre long on the veranda but it is resting now after Bruno was playing with him.
    A friend's dog had an epic fight with a water monitor last year. The monitor slunk away to lick it's wounds, whilst the dog seemingly not too badly injured later died 4 days later from infected bites.
    -Apparently, monitors have mild venom, and / or very powerful bacterial saliva, and a bite can be very dangerous.

  10. #10
    Thailand Expat
    Simon43's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 09:23 PM
    Location
    Luang Prabang (again!!)
    Posts
    3,914
    but I'd just leave it alone. It ain't no threat. And after all it'll eat all those Geckos that shit everywhere
    The main problem is that Tookay shit is much bigger than gecko shit.

    Also, if this beast actually starts singing 'Toooookaaay' in the middle of the night, then it is toast (actually, I'll probably change my hotel room).

    When I moved in and was running computer and ham radio cables behind the wardrobe and desk (where the Tookay lives), luckily it kept out of sight. But now every time that I sit stark-naked at my desk in the evening, I have a worrying concern that it might latch onto something....

  11. #11
    I'm in Jail

    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Last Online
    25-03-2024 @ 12:07 PM
    Location
    Bungling in the jungle
    Posts
    10,387
    Sounds like a real headache.
    Haha.

    Just dip in a little coconut oil and you will be able to...

    Pull one off.




    The fish

  12. #12
    5 4 Knoll
    david44's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    At Large
    Posts
    21,084
    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Also, if this beast actually starts singing 'Toooookaaay' in the middle of the night, then it is toast (actually, I'll probably change my hotel room).
    The resident Tookay has got it sorted , bed and brekkie.
    I think if you give him the bill for the food and half the room , or get married.
    If I was sleeping in a zoo I'd keep my food in the fridge overnight.

    Please get a photo of the manager when you ask for a discount
    I thought you'd finished or are you in this hotel for a wager..........
    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    I just want the chance to use a bigger porridge bowl.

  13. #13
    Thailand Expat
    Klondyke's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2014
    Last Online
    26-09-2021 @ 10:28 PM
    Posts
    10,105
    Just 2 days ago I had the same encounter. The Tookey appeared evening inside the room high on the wall. Bringing a long fishing net I am using at swimming pool. And with help of wifey armed by a long broom chased him out in direction to the opened door.

  14. #14
    Thailand Expat Pragmatic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Last but who gives a shit.
    Posts
    13,316
    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    I am told the only way to get them to release is immerse the beast in a bucket of water.
    I've found that, as with many house lizards, if you put them on the floor they'll release their grip and just scoot off. The bite ain't that bad and is unlikely to break the skin.

    Last edited by Pragmatic; 11-05-2018 at 01:12 PM.

  15. #15
    5 4 Knoll
    david44's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    At Large
    Posts
    21,084
    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    The bite ain't that bad
    true but infection?

    We had one for few years a huge beautiful creature almost luminous green, since leaving the wood house we rarely see them , the sound is earsplitting and usually in the early hours like a locked out cuckold

  16. #16
    Thailand Expat OhOh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Last Online
    Today @ 07:03 PM
    Location
    Where troubles melt like lemon drops
    Posts
    25,222
    It may have laid eggs behind the TV if it's a female. Who will show them the ropes once the babies hatch. Ask to be moved to an "unoccupied" room.

  17. #17
    Thailand Expat OhOh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Last Online
    Today @ 07:03 PM
    Location
    Where troubles melt like lemon drops
    Posts
    25,222
    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    The bite ain't that bad and is unlikely to break the skin.
    The little ones maybe. The big buggers just sit hissing back and waving their tails.

    David44 doesn't have a wife, like Klondyke with a long net, to cower behind.

  18. #18
    Thailand Expat
    Simon43's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 09:23 PM
    Location
    Luang Prabang (again!!)
    Posts
    3,914
    The bite ain't that bad and is unlikely to break the skin.
    The Tookays in that video are babies compared to the monster in my bedroom ...

  19. #19
    กงเกวียนกำเกวียน HuangLao's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2017
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    สุโขทัย
    Posts
    10,149
    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Just a wild guess, but your pest problem might have something to do with leaving food out overnight. You might like to knock that habit on the head.

    Their distinct presence isn't perpetuated by human food leftovers and negligence, as it certainly isn't their preferred fare.

    Ever notice that tookays [in particular] have a habitat pattern?
    Some locales are rife, while other locations are distinctively vacant of the eccentric critters.

  20. #20
    Thailand Expat
    Bogon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Last Online
    Today @ 07:20 AM
    Posts
    5,791
    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    The Tookays in that video are babies compared to the monster in my bedroom ...
    Here is rare picture of Simon43 in his back garden.

    Monster in my bedroom-jurassic-world-png
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Monster in my bedroom-jurassic-world-png  

  21. #21
    I am in Jail

    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Last Online
    12-10-2022 @ 03:00 PM
    Location
    Earth
    Posts
    1,486
    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    No, this isn't a continuation of my 'please pass the penis' thread. Relaxing yesterday evening in my hotel room, idly watching a small lizard running across the wall above the TV.


    Suddenly a fcuking great monster appears from behind the TV, shoots up the wall and grabs the poor lizard, and then retreats behind the TV to eat it. This monster is of course, a Tookay lizard. It is quite a big one,

    and now I understand who has been eating my prepacked chicken slices that I leave overnight next to the TV.


    Unlike Tookays that I've encountered in Thailand, this one is a silent bastard, operating in stealth mode. Nevertheless, I didn't get much sleep last night.

    Every time that I almost nodded off, I would open one eye and the Tookay would be stuck on the opposite wall, watching me......


    Now I don't mind Tookays living behind the fridge in a kitchen. But I'm not so sure about sharing my most intimate moments with this scaly monster. I'm not going to try to catch it -

    Tookays can give a nasty bit when served with an eviction notice. I'll have to ask the hotel pest control guy to help, (and I hope he does a better job than when he tried to catch the small

    brown mouse 2 weeks ago with a big pair of soft gloves). Funny, he never caught that mouse, but it seems to have disappeared now. The Tookay looks well-fed
    Now that ^ post was a truly a fun-filled viewing event. I envy your sense of humor, sir. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

  22. #22
    I am in Jail

    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Last Online
    12-10-2022 @ 03:00 PM
    Location
    Earth
    Posts
    1,486
    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    I've found that, as with many house lizards, if you put them on the floor they'll release their grip and just scoot off. The bite ain't that bad and is unlikely to break the skin.

    Thanks for sharing.

  23. #23
    I am in Jail

    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Last Online
    12-10-2022 @ 03:00 PM
    Location
    Earth
    Posts
    1,486
    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Their distinct presence isn't perpetuated by human food leftovers and negligence, as it certainly isn't their preferred fare.

    Ever notice that tookays [in particular] have a habitat pattern?
    Some locales are rife, while other locations are distinctively vacant of the eccentric critters.
    Excellently stated. Thanks for sharing, w/ details. However, I'm curious to know why you label Tookays, as being "eccentric" ?
    Last edited by TuskegeeBen; 11-05-2018 at 05:06 PM.

  24. #24
    I am in Jail

    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Last Online
    12-10-2022 @ 03:00 PM
    Location
    Earth
    Posts
    1,486
    Quote Originally Posted by Bogon View Post
    Here is rare picture of Simon43 in his back garden.

    Monster in my bedroom-jurassic-world-png
    I could have definitely used this photo yesterday, on Mr. Earl's "Asking The Right Questions" topic thread. That particular creature has been named Deinonychus (not Velociraptor, as much small being) by Paleontologists.

    Anyway, my point was that there were definitely no human beings on the planet, especially within a shared habitat, with those creatures roaming about. People would have been a guaranteed readily obtainable food source,

    for Deinonychus.

  25. #25
    Thailand Expat
    Troy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Last Online
    Today @ 06:49 PM
    Location
    In the EU
    Posts
    12,213
    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Their distinct presence isn't perpetuated by human food leftovers and negligence, as it certainly isn't their preferred fare.

    Ever notice that tookays [in particular] have a habitat pattern?
    Some locales are rife, while other locations are distinctively vacant of the eccentric critters.
    They are a symbol of good luck in our village, which is why we let them stay with us. So far they haven't strayed into the house, they prefer the attic.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •