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How would one extract a gecko from a printer?
Skeith
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Yeah, it's exactly what it sounds like. I went to turn on my monitor, pulled off the dust cover, and there was a small gecko, less than 2 inches long, sitting in the middle of the screen like he owned the thing. I tried and failed to catch it, as it darted into the printer itself. I opened it up as if I were changing the ink tanks, but I can't see it in there anymore, and I know it hasn't gotten out. I'd really prefer to avoid having lizard guts on the inside of this thing, as it's pretty new still. It's a HP Photosmart 6510, if that counts for anything. Do I have to take this someplace and have it partially disassembled, or should I just leave it open and hope he gets bored in there?
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I'd just set the printer outside with the doors (of the printer) open in a spot where no one is going to steal it and wait a couple hours for it to run off.
if you leave the area and it's quiet for a couple hours it'll probably find its own way out
I guess you'll still have a gecko in your domicile, though
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
I'm in Hawaii, and it's definitely a gecko-- the feet are a dead giveaway. Hopefully it'll bug out when I leave for work, then.
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I would second this:
Power down the printer, unplug it, and the gecko should - in theory - come back out when it feels safe (assuming it hasn't accidentally injured or killed itself).
You might want to have your printer taken apart & cleaned after it's left anyway. As I understand it, geckos can sometimes perspire pretty nasty toxins (...but you'd probably know more about your local fauna than me).
I keep geckos and I can't say I've ever heard this. You have any sources, information on species, etc.?
The eggs and shit can be obnoxious, but it didn't look like it was about to lay and I've never heard of the ones out here giving off fumes. Hopefully I don't need to use this thing as anything but a scanner until I can get it taken apart.