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what is the best gecko to turn loose in my home to catch they some of the feeder insects that get out?ive tried house geckos but they all died.what about bibrons or tokays?i live in indiana

There really are no geckos that are going to be able to survive and stay healthy in the long term in that kind of setting. The tokays and bibrons would just take longer to die.

I also have loose feeders and I've had geckos (such as my bibrons escape) and they were always worse for ware after their adventures. Loose insects are usually half starved and will not have the advantage of being gutloaded and vitamin powdered. Low humidity and difficulty finding water can also prove fatal by leading to retained sheds, dehydration, etc.

I have a thriving and multiplying colony of H. platyurus in my herproom since years.
But to do well over time, it has to be a room with an overall tropical climate and you have to add dishes with supplements and babyfood.
Thus in a closed herp romm, many kinds of house gecko scan do well.

Ingo

to me it just sounds like an all around bad idea...theres better ways to catch loose feeders

In a herp room with tropical climate, free roaming house geckos (this includes tokays) can never catch 100% of loose feeders. But they can live a life very close to their relatives in thier native habitat and its nice to watch.
Within a few years, a population is established which then stays quite stable over time. Excess bbaies are eaten. Dying animals are replaced by offspring.

Ingo