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My sister has a med. gecko that keeps laying eggs in her alarm system, and it triggers it to go off when it moves around, lol.
So she calls me asking "how do I kill this gecko??" And I have no idea, lol

My poor sister, anyone have any idea how to get it to go away? Id rather not kill it...but if thats the only way.

I would post this in the other gecko forum, but seeing how dead it is..it probably wouldnt get answered.

~Crystal Light
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

Could you refresh my memory on your, or more so your sisters location? I'm assuming this isn't a captive bred gecko right?

Instead of killing it is there any way to block off the alarm system so it can't get in there? (put a screen over it or something?)

Red

>>My sister has a med. gecko that keeps laying eggs in her alarm system, and it triggers it to go off when it moves around, lol.
>>So she calls me asking "how do I kill this gecko??" And I have no idea, lol
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>>My poor sister, anyone have any idea how to get it to go away? Id rather not kill it...but if thats the only way.
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>>I would post this in the other gecko forum, but seeing how dead it is..it probably wouldnt get answered.
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>>~Crystal Light
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>>Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)
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>>*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection
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>>The Gecko Barn
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LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
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Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)

Im in San Antonio, Texas...and its a wild gecko.

And here's her Quote about blocking it off

"nope. circuit board sits in front of the hole into the wall and I can't get behind the circuit board."

So thats out of the question

~Crystal Light
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

I don't know how she would go about catching and or killing the gecko. sorry.

I will say that to have wild geckos in the house would be cool!!! Being up in Canada the most i get in the house are bugs.....large spiders and the occational wasp. Oh and toads. We have a resident one in our garage....it used to sit just outside our dogs range and would drive him nuts hehehe

Red

>>Im in San Antonio, Texas...and its a wild gecko.
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>>And here's her Quote about blocking it off
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>>"nope. circuit board sits in front of the hole into the wall and I can't get behind the circuit board."
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>>So thats out of the question
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>>~Crystal Light
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>>Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)
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>>*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection
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>>The Gecko Barn
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Crested Gecko Zeek:1.0, Ziggy and Zeus
LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
New Girls: Flame, Karma, Bubbles and Bell pics coming soon
Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)

Use some MOTH Balls. They will keep it out of there.

Could she catch it? I know they are very fast little buggers. When me and my sister where in Hawaii we used to catch them, so it can be done (if they are relatively the same species). I'm assuming that she has seen it.

yes, she's seen it, and the eggs...but she cant get to it. They are really fast, and she'd probably only catch the tail anyway.

Chad, why do you suggest moth balls? Do they not like the smell? Ive heard of people using mothballs to keep dogs and cats from doing their business in their yards, so maybe alot of animals hate the smell.

~Crystal Light
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

Dang man why would you want to kill a gecko.. that's sick
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well...when it sets your alarm off every morning at 2am wouldnt you? And if there's no other way to get it to stop or catch it.

~Crystal Light
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

I dunno it's just strange because geckos are the best, mine are like best friends to me, I can't imagine intentionally trying to kill one. Is there no way just to go in and catch him or close the area up?
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1.2.0 Leopard Geckos
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I know, I doubt she'd want to shut it off for a gecko...she's not the biggest fan of lizards.
She has 2 HUGE rottweilers...do you think she needs an alarm system, hehe.
But no, I dont think she'd shut it off. I think im gonna let her know about the mothballs...I hope it works

Btw...im glad you didnt call ME sick...if anything, id like to keep it alive..but its NOT my choice.

~Crystal Light
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

That's good, i hope the moth balls work
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1.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Miniature long-haired dachsund

Im seriously trying to hold back my sharp tongue here...give me a good reason to...please.
Ive seen nothing but nice posts from you, I wouldnt imagine you'd call me sick...or would you?

~Crystal Light
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

No, i'm sorry, I was just kinda kidding around. I was just calling the general idea of killing a gecko sick, didn't mean to offend you or anything, my bad
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1.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Miniature long-haired dachsund

haha it's just i'm so used to everyone working so hard to keep them alive
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1.2.0 Leopard Geckos
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By the way, is it possible to simply disable the alarm for awhile? or is this too risky, what city/area is the place in?
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1.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Miniature long-haired dachsund

I found the following website that might help...
http://www.tipsofallsorts.com/liz.html
I like the idea of tape to trap the gecko and them release it far away. They also say something about repelents, but don't give any details.

hhehe.. it says to paste the tape in there.. But it'd be easier and cleaner to just buy double-sided tape. Sounds like a good idea, though.. hmm...

I wonder if I could catch myself some Anoles that way. I'm constantly seeing them run along the side of my house!

~~Dusty Windom
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So Many Alleles, So Little Time...!
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