> From: "Leann Christenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 21:40:51 -0400 > > Solution -- send the baby to Grandmas house -- just kidding. The = > solution is cats or pesticides. I hate telling people that because I am = > for the geckos, they just don't know what they are missing!
I don't suppose it would work to explain that in other cultures geckos are regarded as tasty treats, so Mom shouldn't be so culture-bound? I've read accounts of Australian children catching and eating lizards like candy bars. Hey, it's natural organic food, probably healthier than most of what they are feeding these kids already! Without geckos, there's gonna be bugs and spiders, including dangerous spiders like black widows, right? And blasting the house frequently with pesticides is not such a good idea when you've got kids crawling around on the floor putting everything in their mouths. The best tactic may be to just wait a while until the kids can be talked out of indulging in this ummm Palaeolithic behaviour. And just think, in another 12 or 15 years, they can humilate the heck out of them by telling their dates about what they did! ;-) _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
