OMG tropical dilemma
I've just gone to use the bathroom and a gecko has decided to take up residence in the toilet  Only his tail half is sticking out from below the flush lip (if that's what you call it). So if I flush the poor beastie will drown. I love gecko's they are cute litle critters. Mine looks a lot like this except without the spots as he is trying to blend into a white porcelain bowl, somewhat unsuccessfully. Well I'm assuming his head looks like this as I've not actually seen it as it's up under the lip of the toilet bowl. Just when I'd decided to attempt to catch him the little beggar decided that danger was near and scooted up under the lip of the bowl, so now all I can see is about 3mm of the tip of his tail. I've been and used the facilities in the bar but I'm stymied. I know management's solution will be to flush. But I can't bear the thought.  I'm going to turn off the light and hope the silly beast beats a retreat. Otherwise I'll be stuck using the communal facilities for the rest of our stay. Wayne has been banned as well. And if he's still there tomorrow I'll be banning housekeeping as well. All I've had to deal with back home is the odd huntsman spider and they seem intelligent enough to keep out of the toilet bowl. |
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| I know what you mean. We have them here as well and won't let any harm come to them. Hopefully, he'll see his chance for escape and take it. Good luck! |
| I love geckos too. I'd probably try to catch him and take him outside - any chance of that? |
Did he have an English accent and try to sell you car insurance?  |
| Good one Mark I would use a rubber glove and just grab him and let him loose outside! But here's hoping he decides to leave on his own  |
| Can you find a small tree branch or something to put down the toilet and let the little guy crawl out on his own? May need to find other facilities to use for awhile. Otherwise I'd just grab the little bugger and drag him out. |
| mim, the stick should work, but better yet see if maintenance guys have a piece of alum. screening 6" or 8" to set in bowl. if he's under the rim while you place it, should prevent disaster and then place a stick on it.  |
| I wouldn't grab the tail, they will turn and bite. Yeah, stick or some other device, even if you have to chase him around with it to encourage him to vacate the loo. If you have the stick in and then flush.......hopefully in the swirl they'd get out on the "life raft" you've offered. I have a hard enough time using the facilities in a strange place, this sure wouldn't help! |
SheepieBoss wrote: I have a hard enough time using the facilities in a strange place, this sure wouldn't help! That was my thought! Kristine |
| Thank gawd before ascending the Throne you spotted him and did not wee or poo on him Let's all pray you dont get Borneo Belly till the gecko abdicates the throne  Otherwise me thinks he will get the "Royal Flush" treatment then  Catch a roach and wave it in front of the rim, maybe enough to tempt him out from under the rim Hey you are in the tropics plenty of roaches around  Sure beats a "redback on the toilet seat" |
| Gee thanks for your helpful words about roaches and redbacks Lisa. I prefer to keep my distance from insecty creatures so Mr Gecko can go catch his own supper. He has not offered any car insurance but I think I heard him going on about shares. My plan was to catch him but as there was only 3mm of his tail left visible that was going to be tricky. It seems leaving him in peace overnight has coaxed him out. There was no sign of him this morning so I took a deep breath and pressed the flush button.................No sign of a drowning Mr Gecko so I think he made good his escape. You can all stand down now, disaster averted. Thank you. |
I am pretty sure that you are checking everything carefully before getting dressed again! |
| Oh Mim, you have the best adventures!!! |
| I agree with Brenda, you do have the best adventures. I would be afraid to use the bathroom the rest of the trip. Ick. |
Just a little adventure.  I definitely make sure I check the loo carefully with the lights on before use. But I quite like geckos they are timid little creatures that run a mile when they see you and they eat the mozzies. If it had been a large spider then there'd be trouble. I HATE spiders. Or if like friends who moved to far north queensland I'd found an 8 foot long python happily asleep wrapped around the toilet when I got up in the morning that would be a whole different matter too. |
Mim wrote: Just a little adventure. I definitely make sure I check the loo carefully with the lights on before use. But I quite like geckos they are timid little creatures that run a mile when they see you and they eat the mozzies. If it had been a large spider then there'd be trouble. I HATE spiders. Or if like friends who moved to far north queensland I'd found an 8 foot long python happily asleep wrapped around the toilet when I got up in the morning that would be a whole different matter too. |
Mad Dog wrote: SheepieBoss wrote: I have a hard enough time using the facilities in a strange place, this sure wouldn't help! That was my thought! Kristine Ditto |
Well something weird happen then, automatically logged out during a reply to that blondies post.  She is a bad influence !!  I'd rather a gecko then a python in the bowl Imagine if you got bit on the butt by a snake and going to medical treatment and trying to explain what happened  Glad Mr. gecko has abdicated the throne  |
| Gecko's good, Spiders and Snakes bad!.....lol Cindy |
| Has Tiggy been alerted? I am positive if Tiggy was there, she would have something to say and been most useful!! And I would love being in some tropical place with Geckos running all over! |
Maybe the loo wasn't flushed enough and mozzies were in the pan?  |
Archies Slave wrote: Maybe the loo wasn't flushed enough and mozzies were in the pan? |
Archies Slave wrote: Maybe the loo wasn't flushed enough and mozzies were in the pan? Gee thanks for your vote of confidence on my hygene. I have been trying to work out what Mr Gecko was doing in the loo as there wasn't an insect in the place. We were staying at Shangri La Rasa Ria and they don't allow creepie crawlies to infiltrate there beautiful rooms. I can't even work out how Mr Gecko got in! I've even wondered if he came and went via the pipes. Kind of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets type situation. |
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