Comments on: Gecko-Proofing in Hawaii

By: Pua

Pua — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:11:59 +0000

Please, Larry, don’t generalize your own belief about the relationship between geckos and people in Hawaii.

Roaches, OK, I think it’s safe to say that all Hawaiian residents and visitors hate them. To say that about the geckos, I’d be careful.

I made my point last time and don’t want to repeat myself. Having lived in Hawaii for 30 years, our house never got taking over by an invasion of geckos. Maybe those little creature love us…

So, please, let visitors find their own way to accept them. Geckos are part of our Hawaiian fauna. They belong to the islands! Hope you are not successful in killing them all.

By: larry

larry — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:12:12 +0000

Roach hotels help a lot but they can get pretty stinky.
We found that when we started collecting and killing all the ones we could catch outside at night, it really cut down on the population inside the house. They are very territorial, and if you don’t kill them, you must take them very far away or they will be back in the same spot tomorrow night.
Funny that Geico thinks we actually like geckos in Hawaii.
We hate them.

By: melody

melody — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:27:57 +0000

Mouse traps?

By: Pua

Pua — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:22:10 +0000

We have learned to love these little critters, even as Hawaii residents. It’s mostly the visitors who get freaked when they hear the gecko noise at night-time.

We always educate our guests that geckos are nocturnals and eat little insects and spiders in the house. So, good to have them around! We also tell people that geckos are extremely shy and they have nothing to fear from them.

Sorry that I cannot agree with you this time, Jeff. But I must admit we never had a huge invasion of geckos on our house or rental places. I know gecko ‘poop’ all over the place can be very annoying.