My acrobatic gecko!

At last I've managed to get a photo of my little 'pet' gecko, Gok.  I think it's a boy but I'm not sure as it is far too wary to let me get near enough to touch and, in any case, I still wouldn't be able to tell!

I was really missing my pets back home, but this little chap keeps me amused with his antics.  He is only about 8cm long, but that is from nose to tail - the main bulk of his body is approx 3cm. All the other geckos I've seen are very agile and sure-footed (or should that be sure-padded?), however my little one keeps trying to climb into the light fitting above the dressing table then falls down.  A couple of evenings ago, he fell down onto a cup of sweets, which I had ready for my lesson the next day (I freely admit to bribing children in my TEFL class to focus on the activity), and spectacularly trampolined off, bounced against the mirror and came to rest somewhat dazed among the usual dressing table items.  It was the first time he stayed still long enough for me to get my camera.

He didn't move for ages afterwards, but was back to his acrobatics again last night and kept his part of our living arrangement by keeping the mosquito squadrons at bay!