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Would it be safe to let some tokays have free roam of my escape proof lizard room? Ambient temps are 73 at night and 80 during the day. Theres a turtle tub in the room for water and I would leave a 5 gal bucket of crickets against the wall for food. I'm trying to clean up a spider problem.

Should be fine. I've seen free roamers lay multiple clutches of eggs

I had a Tokay in my house for several years. I would often see him around the tv at night catching insects. I would say that a tokay will do ok as long as it has ample food and water and dont have a cat or dog(or small child) to harass it

I use any number of gecko as a cricket clean-up crew. A Tokay pair will work as long as the whole room has high humidity. The male will do fine in a drier room but the female could/will egg bind.

I've also used Golden Geckos and Vorax as well. Usually in pairs. Regardless, I still make sure they get fed in addition to the extra loose crickets if there is not an open container of feeders of some sort.

The reduction of loose crickets will reduce the spider explosion but I've not seen any evidence that the geckos actually eat spiders. Even the really big juicy ones hiding in the racks.

Good luck.