Dean is an interesting sort, as are most people we have met so far who are about our age. He told us all about his career as a salesman. Before coming to the islands to sell exterminator services, he was in Sacramento selling water. Then he was in San Diego selling air conditioning. He has the career figured out – sell people what they have to have. His wife, however, didn’t get the system. She went into window treatments. They lost their 401K. You can live without window treatments, but not water, air-conditioning and exterminators.
So the appointment for the actual exterminator is next week. Meanwhile, we are gathering more evidence that the gifts we have been given in the form of brown oval specks are more than likely due to geckos. The solution for this is found online. They need to be potty trained. It is reportedly very difficult to do, however. Maybe if we bought more GEICO insurance, we would be assured of civilized geckos in the house. Geckos are not included in the service plan. We were told by our neighbor that you can control geckos with Pinesol.
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| Rat evidence found in kitchen drawer |
Madagascar geckos area bright green with a rainbow shimmer and red stripes on their backs. Here they are about 5 inches long from nose to tip of the tail. They can stay in one spot for hours and catch flying ants and other insects, so you kind of want them around. Our friend Steve on Oahu feeds them banana and has images and sculptures of geckos all over the house. Needless to say he loves geckos.
Then there are rats. The exterminator comes next week to take care of that. My traps are ready, but they need a professional to place them and check them on a regular basis.
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| Professional rat bait stations |
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