Ozbow

Okay guys I've got a problem , there is a critter in the ceiling above the bed that I suspect is a over amorous Gecko , every 10 minutes it lets out a very loud CHIP , CHIP , CHIP , CHIP , CHIP ! , that is every 10 minutes all bloody night , been happening for the last two nights , now I've lived with lizards and gecko's all my life and this is the first time I've come across one so consistent and down right bloody annoying ,

Now you couple this with all the frogs about since the recent rain and the noise they make and I'm getting about 2 hours sleep a night , not a happy camper , been trying ear plugs but they aren't working well

Any one know how long this is likely to go on , spent half the night trying to pinpoint the bloody thing and have been up in the ceiling this morning but impossible to find under all the batts

David

Get your house sprayed for Cocky's & spiders, that usually rolls a few of them Not sure what we got done last time, but the spiders got bigger & the Gecko's kept dying for weeks after

Gidget

Had considered that but I tend to be more sensitive to the spray than the bloody Gecko's , don't really want to move out for a few weeks waiting for the poison to dissipate , don't really have a lot of Geckos here , only ever seen or heard the one and we don't have a problem in the house with cocky's or spiders

When we lived up at Clermont they were every where , wasn't unusual to see 50 or 60 a night and we rarely heard a peep out of them

Maybe this bugger calls all night because he is alone

David

Maybe record it, then play it back, but louder, every time he chirps? Might shut him up if he thinks there's a bigger male around?

What , you reckon me banging on the ceiling and calling out " Shut up you bloody **** eating lizard " hasn't let him know that already ?

LOL

David

Get the poor bloke a girlfriend.

Great , now I've got to turn Pimp for a Gecko ,

David

Put a very bright light (torch) on him at night and grab him from the side. I catch and relocate a few geckos my self..Roscoe

Roscoe

If I could spot him I'd do that but he lives in the ceiling and the noise seems to come clearly down the downlight fittings

David

i could lend you a snake if you lived in melbourne mate

Hue

Hue

Thanks but I think I'd rather put up with some thing that keeps me awake rather than some thing that gives me night mares

David

Not the cheapest and healthiest solution but a bottle of single malt every evening might help(thats for you, not for the gecko)

Dont know about geckos, but could some mouse traps baited with whatever Geckos like help?

Ok, got a couple of tips grom the mighty google search engine

Mothballs. They are believe to repel geckos. But this is a last resort, as mothballs smell a lot worse than geckos. Place a mothball on a piece of tape near door entry or window ledges. Mothballs disintegrate in water, so placing them outside does no good.

try glue traps. The flat type, with just the slightest raised edge. The gecko will eventually run across it and be caught. If you catch it in time, you can pour veg oil on the trap and release him. (It's pretty gross though.)

i'd like to see anyone put a fly in a mouse trap
mothballs are the way to go mate. they may smell a bit, but they'll work. they also work against wasps and their nest.
just put the balls beside the nest and it will kill and drive away the wasps. cheap and very effective - and safe for you!

Hue

Yep , good one , the mothballs sound like the go , will try and get some tomorrow

Thanks guys

David

Catch the moth yourself and whip off his essentials - might be cheaper.

We tried mothballs when I was still living in N.Q. to try and get rid of some possums wearing work boots in our ceiling. I lifted a sheet of iron and chucked them under the tin roof and in the middle of summer it would make your eyes water just to walk into the bedroom. Got rid of the possums though,--- we moved house!

Lizard has been quiet for the last two nights , buggers probably worn out from all the calling and needs a good rest , will go looking for some mothballs today just in case ,

Some 16 or 17 years ago when we were moving house a mate come around to help and bought his 4 and a half year old son , son of course was into every thing and spotted some mothballs in a draw , he asked me " what are those and can I eat them " I said " No you can't eat them , they will make you very sick , they are Mothballs " , he looked at me quietly for about a minute and then said " Just how big are these moths "

David