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OK, sorry for the subject line, but this is meant to be light-hearted yet the problem is pissing me off.
Every time I turn on my TV, within minutes a gecko plants themselves right in the middle of the screen. I get up and it runs off, but returns a couple of minutes later. I don't know if it's the same one, but the center of the screen is now a gecko hangout.
Any suggestions on how to prevent this? I don't want to get rid of geckos, they do a great job, but this is becoming very annoying.
Never had this problem until the last couple of months. Perhaps gecko social media has been more active than I realized.
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Un Mojado Sin Licencia
Un Mojado Sin Licencia
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I have a cat, but after 19 years she's not into chasing geckos anymore. A new kitten might create more issues...
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You're just seeing GEICO commercials. Ha, ha.
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TomK,
Let's treat this analytically... Where does the gecko come from?
Usually, geckos like dry, dark, and preferably warm places - might the offending gecko have taken up residence inside the TV? Maybe even inside the speaker - hence, the immediate appearance as soon as the TV comes on? Possibly not, but their propensity for warm places would also put them in the middle of the TV screen - we have a security camera with IR LEDs that has become the favorite spot for a resident gecko - on cold nights all we record on that camera is the belly of a (warm) gecko...
Unfortunately, geckos tend to be territorial. We did a catch and release program a number of years ago on some offending geckos that were defecating on our bed pillows - we'd catch them and mark them with a dab of white-out and then throw them out into the yard as far from the house as possible. Two nights later, they'd be back. After that finding, it was a catch and freeze program. The little buggers carry salmonella and aren't allowed to roam the kitchen or bedroom...
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I don't think I'd shoot a gecko. But, Leapers makes a line of rifle scopes they call the bugbusters. That's because the objective lens can focus down to like 5 yards. Airgun shooters use them to pick off flies. Pretty small target.
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We have found that our LED lights & LED displays attract bugs (esp noticeable during termite swarms when they boink off of the screens & light fixtures)
Perhaps yours is attracting smaller buggies that are barely noticealbe (i.e., not boinking off the surface) but a very noticeable buffet sign to the geckos...
We have worthless cats, so use many catch & release strategies (usually a tube gently placed near the head & a soft brush against the tail gets them "tubed' for transfer)
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Going off of what Carey said regarding catching and releasing, geckos are attracted to those laser pointer things. I have a laser cat toy and have tried it on geckos and they will definitely follow it. You could lure it with the laser, catch, and release.
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The Gecko in my room lives behind a Patricia Leo print, but he/she/ it can be lured out with anything sweet left on the nightstand.
Never knew they carried Salmoniella. (Mahalo Geochem)They come out of he woodwork when ever we leave anything sweet on the kitchen counter too. I like watching them hunt mosquitos at night. The ones I chase out of the house are the mean aggressive green ones. If you really want to kill it, try one of those sticky mouse things. We never caught a mouse with one, but many a Gecko has met his maker on them.
