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Ok, so i just moved into an apartment in Louisiana right on the water. Two nights in a row I come across this little guy in my bathroom. I think he lives in my laundry room. Tonight i grabbed him for a pic then let him go and he ran off into the laundry room (built into my bathroom). I don't have a problem with him staying there seeing as how he prob eats the pests. I know the pic isnt very good. He almost looks transparent. Ive never come across a salamander/newt/gecko/whatever he is...like this one. Anyone have any idea?


Thanks!
 

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Hmm, dunno really. But its feet look kind of like gecko feet, like a baby gecko or something. If I were you I'd probably try to find it again and raise it, I can't see it surviving in your laundry room on its own. That's just me though, I'm no expert.
 
It´s definitely a gecko, that´s for sure. I´d leave it alone. It will hunt moths and spiders that would otherwise pester you. I think it´s quite neat to have geckos roaming around the house xD (a few kilometres south and it would be happening to me)
 
Thanks for the feedback !
here's a pic from this morning. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to put some bottled water in a tiny saucer on the ground for him in the laundry room. it seems so dry in there.
 

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I love the little mediterranean house geckos~
They're so cute and I probably scare them half to death since I insist on playing with them. :(

I've never done anything like give them water, and they're always running around somewhere. I think the biggest problem with them is if someone you live with is terrified of them there will be screams. I have a friend who will make me drive to her house to take them out of her shower. D:


The only thing stopping me from imprisoning them and trying to keep them as pets is that they would probably be sad. And then I'd be sad too. :(
 
So it is an Hemidactylus turcicus! I knew it looked familiar, but i figured it was just an uncanny ressemblance with a species from over there.
 
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Visa, that is really a neat gecko. Have you figured out what it needs to have to stay alive in your home?
 
haha actually i've just been letting him do his thing. I figure with all the bugs in Louisiana, i don't really need to provide him with anything. Its so funny cause once its night time i always walk in the bathroom and he will just be running around on the floor.
 
He is so cute. Good luck with your new friend. I don't know why someone would scream if they found it in their shower or whatever. Bunch of sissy girls. LOL (I am female but not a sissy :p)
 
A tiny lizard like that probably gets all the water it needs from whatever droplets or condensation is available in your bathroom from the sink or shower.
 
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