Stop Gecko (Tuko) Hunting

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Last night I found out that Gecko or Tuko in Filipino buzz the market for the use of another Chinese traditional medicine. A study said that they've found out that Gecko can cure various diseases like skin disease, asthma, and can even increase stamina for men as well as an effective medicine against cancer and tumor. Since there are many who are looking for Gecko it became so expensive, here in the Philippines particularly in Davao a single Gecko that could weigh 300g can be sold for 50,000PHP (Fifty Thousand Philippine Peso) or 1,154.83USD. Gecko can be found in warm places and in the forest where they usually inhabit, they can also be found in urban area but this is rare. Because of the expensive price a lot of people are hunting for this poor creature and if this large scale of hunting continue I won't be surprise if one day these creatures would get extinct. Gecko as a predator feed themselves with a mosquito that could possibly carry dengue fever and other diseases, the different between Gecko and a house lizard (Butiki) is that house lizard stays on the ceiling while Gecko usually hide themselves in your garage where you put all your unused stuff and when mosquito claim it as their kingdom. Anyways, I think people should stop hunting, why not try to raise a Gecko for their own? In this way they are not disturbing the balance of ecosystem which we all benefited with. Though it may took them some time but it's isn't so hard to raise a Gecko, why? Here's why

Source: http://janithea-jija.blogspot.com/2009/10/gecko-traditional-medicine-slaughter-or.html

• Gecko is the animal that bear had not eaten for 2 weeks, and has a body resistance is good against the weather.
• Gecko is the animal cannibals.
When they come together in one cage, and felt hungry, they will devour each other. try one cage to one gecko. instead more regular basis also will not fight for food that will impact the growth of uneven gecko with one another. Larger geckos will be more dominant, so that smaller missed.
• Gecko is easy stress.
Do not be too often move gecko cage, do not move any other place. The goal that geckos do not stress, so the geckos can quickly adapt well.
• The placement of a suitable cage.
Earned outside the home and placed under the trees so that more natural feel.
• Adaptation geckos from the beginning to enter the cage.
usually gecko will not eat for 2 weeks or more. But if the cage is made of wood will be more rapid adaptation. So for the cage is suggested to use materials from wood, and try to stall a bit dark so that geckos are more comfortable.
• Cages for enlargement.
50cmX50cm size square with wooden materials.
• Cages for Breeding.
The ideal size of 1x1m square with wooden materials with content 1 male and 1 female. Inside the cage made a small cage, with the purpose as a place to breed geckos.
• Food gecko.
gecko food is insects like ants, mosquitoes, crickets, or cockroaches, they will stimulate rapid growth into a large gecko. To increase the gecko weight depends on many factors, but the key point is the gecko should not stress.
• How to hold a gecko.
Gecko is a little scary.  How to hold a good gecko is to hold the body and neck along with slowlyso do not stress.

I was inspired to create this post after I cleaned up our house and suddenly saw a TUKO! and I got scared.