Asian House Geckos in captivity?

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IF you do not have them in the Wild already DO NOT keep them in captivity. They are pests and carry disease that can infect your collections and they breed like rabbits. They starve off native speices by competing for food. If I could kill them off at my house I would, they are like the cane toad of the Gecko world I recon..... *personal opinon!!
 
Thanks, I am quite aware of their impact in the wild.
I cant see how they would be a risk to my collection if they were treated as a WC reptile and quarantined appropriately (even though Im after ones kept in captivity:rolleyes:).
As you dont actually have any usefull information regarding my original question please refrain form posting as i would like to keep this on topic.

Thanks Gex
 
Cool down Chad, LOL
They displaced the native Gehyra from urban areas but they don't survive in the bush, so they don't really compete for food outside your house. Can you list the diseases they (supposedly) carry?
 
gex why don't you just catch some and put them on your books as marms :lol:
 
I'm also interested to know what diseases they carry... does being an exotic automatically make them a disease risk Chadleystar, despite them being here for many, many decades?

Nothing like the 'Cane Toad of the gecko world' either. They are probably a very good food source for many gecko eating reptiles, without the side effects... A bit of a hysterical distortion of the obvious facts Chadleystar.

I'm not putting a case either for or against either, just being objective...

Jamie.
 
I am sorry for my out burst I can not stand them is all but again that is a personal opinion as I stated. As Geckoman has asked that I not post any further comments of my own, I will use the following information supplied by people more in the know. Good luck with your captive collection if you go ahead with this I hope you have great success.

The Asian house gecko ([FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]Hemidactylus frenatus[/FONT][/FONT]) is native to a large area of Asia, extending from southern India to Indonesia.

"Male and female [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT]are known to eat juveniles of other gecko species as well as their own progeny (Bolger and Case, 1992)."

"H. frenatus [FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal][FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal]is most abundant in urban environments, often seen on the walls of houses, on windows at night and in gardens: hence the common name ‘house gecko’. However, it can survive away from buildings, albeit in generally lower numbers, in woodlands, patches of forest, on trees in open fields, rocky and forested areas, coconut palm trunks, under rotting logs, and among dense, low ground-cover such as [/FONT][/FONT]Ipomea [FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal][FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal]and [/FONT][/FONT]Canavalia [FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal][FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal](Dutton, 1980; Greer, 2006). A study in New Caledonia found [/FONT][/FONT]H. frenatus [FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal][FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal]in seemingly pristine forests (Watkins-Colwell, undated). "[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal][FONT=MetaOT-Normal,MetaOT-Normal]"Parasites include apicomplexans (protozoans), cestodes (tapeworms), nematodes (round worms), pentastomes (tongue worms), and trematodes (flukes) (Greer, 2006). Pentastomid parasites have been discovered on [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT]in Australia. Pentastomes feed on the blood of their host and can affect the host’s ability to reproduce and compete (Barton, 2007).
Two species of red gecko mite ([FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]Geckobia bataviensis [/FONT][/FONT]and [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]G. keegani[/FONT][/FONT]) live on the toes of [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT](Wilson, 2006). The red gecko mite ([FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]Geckobia bataviensis[/FONT][/FONT]) has been found on [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT]in the Northern Territory (Arnhem Land), and also on [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT]at Wynnum, south-east Queensland (Domrow, 1991, 1992). Some species of mites carry protozoans that cause serious diseases in lizards overseas (Wilson, 2006)."

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Waterrat said:
Not really. Since they are not native, the fauna authorities have no interest in them. DPI might. If you really want them, just have them without putting anything into your books. You don't put in a goldfish or guinea pig. ???
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In NSW we have them on our reptile licensing system
 
Geckoman said:
In NSW we have them on our reptile licensing system
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In New South Wales, [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT]is listed as a Category 2 Non-Indigenous Animal under the Non-Indigenous Animals Regulation 1997. A Category 2 animal is a ‘species of high pest potential or of significant conservation value’ (New South Wales State Government, 2006).
 
Chad, what you have listed are parasites, not diseases. Our native geckos may carry the same assortment of parasites.
 
Without knowing the species of apicomplexans (protozoans), cestodes (tapeworms), nematodes (round worms), pentastomes (tongue worms), and trematodes (flukes), it is an assumption that those parasites aren't endemic to Australia. They may well have been established in local species long before AHGs got here, and they are all broadly represented in wild Aussie herps.

Not for or against... just objective.

Jamie.
 
Chadleystar said:
In New South Wales, [FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic][FONT=MetaOT-NormalItalic,MetaOT-NormalItalic]H. frenatus [/FONT][/FONT]is listed as a Category 2 Non-Indigenous Animal under the Non-Indigenous Animals Regulation 1997. A Category 2 animal is a ‘species of high pest potential or of significant conservation value’ (New South Wales State Government, 2006).
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They are on our license system species number 2104 http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nature/CurrentSpeciesList.pdf
Why are you posting on this thread, are you just wanting to argue?
 
Waterrat said:
...s but they don't survive in the bush...
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Not true. I've heard them a number of times while camping. It does appear, however, that they reach a higher population density in urban areas.
Also they do provide a meal for a number of species, I used to watch stone curlews actively hunt them when I lived at south bank
 
Captivity wise you are probably best to follow what was written on them in Mike Swan's Keeping & Breeding Australian Lizards. Although being a hardy species they wouldn't be too hard to keep.

You are probably aware but for others reading this in NSW you do need a licence for basic reptiles to keep them. Having said that they are quite hard to obtain the 2009 holdings only have 2 licencees recorded totalling 6 animals.
 
Bushfire said:
Captivity wise you are probably best to follow what was written on them in Mike Swan's Keeping & Breeding Australian Lizards. Although being a hardy species they wouldn't be too hard to keep.

You are probably aware but for others reading this in NSW you do need a licence for basic reptiles to keep them. Having said that they are quite hard to obtain the 2009 holdings only have 2 licencees recorded totalling 6 animals.
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Thanks Bushy, this was exactly what i was after, I wanted to know their status in captivity as I have been finding it very hard to find any on license.

Cheers Gex
 
Mods can you please close this thread, Bushy has answered my question and going of his answer I seriously doubt anyone else will have anything useful to add.

Cheers Gex
 
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