We just moved into a new place few weeks back and haven’t turned out the built in air conditioning unit till today. A few minutes after we turned it on, 2 live geckos jump into us coming from inside the air conditioning unit. My question is should i inform the landlord?
Gecko from Air Conditioning Unit
Lbalugaaaaaa on 10/07/2021 - 20:37
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I’m not actually sure as what they can do. Check the unit maybe? I don’t want to having flying geckos every time we turned the air conditioning unit on.
Honestly, if you call the landlord and he doesn't laugh while you're on the phone, he's just being polite
The geckos will get everywhere anyway. Good news though, you'll get less bugs in the house.
If you regularly use the aircon, they'll stay out.
Better put them back in or you won’t get your bond back
Airfryer
They will damage the internals, so yes tell the landlord.
Not sure what they can do though.My experience: Get a bug zapper on a timer from dusk till dawn. If there's
noless bugs,noless geckos.
Better abandon your place and move to a new place, fast!!
air conditioning system blows up due a GECKO crawling inside
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New to Queensland/tropics?
Growing up in Sydney I had no idea about house geckos, we only had the native broad tail ones and they were far less numerous, stayed outside and were really quite lovely. I like the house geckos too, but they can be a bit of a pest. I found it really strange on first moving to Queensland hearing their funny sounds.
I suspect if you run your air conditioner regularly they’ll move on - or at least move to a part of it where they won’t get blown out. Geckos can be quite problematic for air conditioners, so you could try to get them to move on, as I find the same geckos will like to hang around the same spots. Easier said than done though. You could try to catch them in a container and relocate them far enough away that they won’t come back.
There’s random tips on the internet that mostly sound like myths https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Common-House-Geckos but it would be interesting to try the eggshell thing, since there’s not really any harm. Don’t use glue boards, that’s just cruel.
I can’t imagine your landlord will be of much help to you - they might have a laugh though.
We’ve been to Queensland for awhile now. We were living in a queenslander and no gecko on sight.
We just moved to a newer flat and shocked that they pop out of the air conditioning unit. My only worry is there might be a whole family inside which could jump at us at random times. 😅
@.dmbminaret on 10/07/2021 - 20:48
-1 vote*They will damage the internals, so yes tell the landlord.
Not sure what they can do though.My experience: Get a bug zapper on a timer from dusk till dawn. If there's no less bugs, no less geckos.*
From my experience as a reptile handler. You are nuts.
So what do you suggest? Just turn on the unit regardless?
From my experience as a reptile handler. You are nuts.
So what does your experience as a reptile handler tell you besides I'm nuts?
It's pretty simple. Geckos eat bugs. If you reduce the food source, they will travel elsewhere to eat. Is this not true for a reptile handler?
Certainly. If remove reptiles, reptile-handler will move on.
Is it just an ikea branded aircon? Gëcko?
yes these are commonly known as Drop Gecko's
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If they are the lime greenish Asian House Geckos, do what I do, keep a spray bottle of Dettol handy, not only gives them grief but doubles as an effective cane toad killer as well.
I have repaired plenty of AC units damaged by geckos, only really see the issue in units surrounded by vegetation.
As a landlord I would appreciate being notified of potentially damaging pests.As for solutions, clear the area from as many trees/plants and general pest sprays.
If they’re the green/grey ones lookout they’re very poisonous. I’d move ASAP if I were you.
Living in regional Qld I have gazillions of geckos everywhere. I am pretty used to living with other living things but these blighters really test my patience. If only they didn't poop so much and poop on every surface available. The ones we have are the asian house gecko. It is an imported pest that carries all sorts of nasties like salmonella etc so I have a roll of toilet paper handy and each morning do my rounds with my bottle of spray cleaner and roll of toilet paper picking up all the poop they leave behind. Seriously if they are bug catchers I would rather have the bugs. Good luck with getting rid of them because I have tried all the remedies and if you get rid of one you will find three more in their place. They also wreck electronics and stink so bad (think unimaginable) if you accidentally close a window on one and kill it without seeing it. For such a small animal a dead one smells like a dead cow in your house but being so small it takes forever to find out where the stink is coming from. (personal experience)
They also make that annoying, clicking sound.
KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK KIK
They do this when they're preparing to attack
Why?…. I would simply take note…. but what do you want the LL to do?
If an ant enters your house, do you ring 000?
Who complains about a free lunch?
Huh?
I'm sure they are not pets…..
What do you want the landlord to do?