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Fat house gecko in my bathroom
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He/she is kinda cute ngl
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Protecting your house against bugs! I've always wondered what the common reaction was to places where geckos can live, when they get in the house. Irritation? Resignation? I loved my pet leopard gecko, so I see myself delighted, but I could definitely be romanticizing it.
Spent some time in Costa Rica. They shit all over the place. But it's not a big deal to clean up after them. Otherwise they're chill. They can be loud sometimes.
They piss and drop presents in a lot of weird locations so you'll have some brown stains coming from the wall down and other lovely bits. It's fun in the beginning but gets annoying over time having to become a janitor for these fellas. Tend to trap them with a large box a release them outside where there's more to eat. No mozzies or other bugs indoors so they go through whatever bits on kitchen or rubbish.
Florida man here. I still generally try to help them get outside. I mean often they get away and they're on their own. But in this house with cats is NOT a safe place to be a tiny animal.
I do love seeing them though. I open my front door and most of the year literally five or six of the things will immediately scramble but it's never stopped making me smile
Where I live just got geckoes a few years ago. They're very cute, generally stay outside, and eat bugs. I'd say they spiff up the place quite nicely.
Yeah those started showing up by me a few years ago. I was worried they’d outcompete the native anoles, but I feel like I’ve just seen heaps of both the past couple years. Much more than years prior. Hard to imagine they fill a different niche, but they are pretty derpy compared to the anoles, so maybe the geckos are sponging up some of the predation pressure? Maybe food availability wasn’t what was limiting the anole population, and more predation?
When visiting mexico I thought it was the coolest thing, no one seemed to care about it being there and it was eating mosquitoes likes crazy so I think everyone likes them
similar deal in Asia - I fucking love the things!