I have used geckos for several occasions. I never used the Asian house geckos due to their small size. I figured the adult roaches might eat them. I guess they could eat the immature roaches. I prefer Vietnamese gold geckos or leaf tailed gecko(expensive), marine toads, and Cuban tree frogs. We did use Tokay geckos but they had a habit of attacking staff and sending them to the hospital. All are nocturnal and frogs and toads are distasteful to birds. You can usually get good press out of it. It is hard to say the roach population declined, but they were eating something. I do not think they multiplied, even nocturnal lizards need UV light and most conservatory glass blocks the beneficial rays for both plants and animals. Hope this helps, Tom
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Katrina Lindahl <katrina.lindahl@...> wrote:
We are wondering if anyone has experience using geckos in interior exhibits, primarily for cockroach control. We want to release 25 or so Asian House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) into our Tropical Rain Forest Exhibit which has birds only. If so, was your experience good or bad? What were the opinions of the keeper and animal health staff? Did the exhibit animals eat them? Did they multiply of decline in numbers? Did they move to other exhibits in your building? How did visitors respond? Are there any special conditions we need to provide to get them established? Did you use a different species?We look forward to hearing from you.Thank you,Katrina LindahlWoodland Park ZooSeattle, WA
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