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Asha Sanaker's avatar

You don’t have to justify not wanting lizards in your house. Anyone getting sentimental about geckos has never had one detach from the ceiling and fall on you while you’re sleeping. I have! Nightmare inducing, that.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not everyone is entitled to input. No one but you and Tom deserve input on how you manage your home. ❤️

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Jan Peppler's avatar

THANK YOU, Asha!!! I much appreciate your support and input on this! And holy falling lizards!!! from the ceiling while you're sleeping???? YIKES!!

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Tara Penry's avatar

Holy falling lizards is a phrase worth using for a long time. Good luck with your lizard hatch. Other people’s lizards are adorable! I propose a new Substack/YouTube channel called Gecko Stories, and just let those lizards earn their keep! 🤔😉🙌

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Jan Peppler's avatar

😆😂🤣

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Lisa Oliver's avatar

Geckos are super cute & fun to watch, but I agree w you...not so much in the house. I wonder if you could set up a feeder for them outside, to distract them from inside? When we were in Hawaii, we learned that they LOVE bananas. We’d put banana slices on our lanai railing, & they’d flock to them. We never got any in the condo!😀

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Jan Peppler's avatar

Hey you!!! would be great to catch up sometime!

Wow, that's an interesting idea! I'm hoping to create a compost pile... typically animals stay away from that (amazingly) but maybe that would suffice? hahaha. ok, if I want to show my appreciation for them, I suppose I could give them bananas and not garbage scraps. :)

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Lisa Oliver's avatar

Yes! I’d love to catch up sometime!😀

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Tara Penry's avatar

Clever! 😅

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Mark Lucht's avatar

😶 Do geckos really speak with a cockney accent?

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Jan Peppler's avatar

hahahaha!! where did that come from? did I use one? too funny. I suppose it depends on how well traveled they are :)

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Lorraine Tilbury's avatar

Oh I love geckos! Fond memories of them hanging out above our front door in Greece where I grew up…

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Jan Peppler's avatar

How wonderful! I can imagine them there! On the outside of the house, yes?

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Lorraine Tilbury's avatar

Yes. On the ceiling of the porch, right under our front door. My parents would say they were our mosquito-eating friends... 🙂🦎

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Jan Peppler's avatar

Yes! I love that! 🦎🧡🔆

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Lorraine Tilbury's avatar

Of course it was nothing like what you've been experiencing. Our geckos stayed outside, and we liked it that way!

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Lakshmi Sharath's avatar

I am ok with geckos as long as they live far away from me and are mostly invisible and keep to their own business

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Jan Peppler's avatar

😂😆 I understand! And you are far more gracious than my sister is

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Ed Barnhart's avatar

The fact that you name your geckos ... well, that says it all. Maybe you can just tell people that you want few enough geckos that you can keep them straight by name :-)

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Jan Peppler's avatar

😆😂🤣 that’s VERY funny!

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