A couple of QUICK breeding questions.

Alright. First off, I'm new to the world of geckos. But through this website (thanks to all who have answered my questions and helped me out), I've learned everything I ever needed to know about keeping them as pets. Now, I'd like to breed them.

I'm becoming a junkie already, and I've only had my leo for less than a week!! >.<


So here are my questions:

1. Can I keep my male and female(s) in the same tank outside of breeding season? I've read somewhere that you can keep 1 male with up to 3 females in a tank all the time, as long as you've got enough room for them all to live comfortably. But you should never house males together. Apparently on VERY rare occasions, the males will get along, and you can house them together. But I wouldn't.. Less complicated that way.

2. When do the females ovulate, and how will I know? I currently only have a male, and won't be getting a female probably until late September. So an approximate date would be good, assuming she will be old enough to breed when I get her.


Any other information you think is extremely important to a new breeder would be greatly appreciated.

you are pretty much correct about the number of females to males. Males will fight and will fight to the death from what i hear. mine has caused serious injury to a female that was in a cage with another male.

I can not give you times you can see the eggs pretty good you can see pics if you search. Just be ready you put a male with a female you gonna have eggs

I'm becoming a junkie already, and I've only had my leo for less than a week!! >.<

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Well, of course, they’re addictive don't ya' know.

1. Can I keep my male and female(s) in the same tank outside of breeding season? I've read somewhere that you can keep 1 male with up to 3 females in a tank all the time, as long as you've got enough room for them all to live comfortably. But you should never house males together. Apparently on VERY rare occasions, the males will get along, and you can house them together. But I wouldn't.. Less complicated that way.

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Yes, you can keep them together when it isn’t breeding season, as long as the male doesn’t cause too much stress to the female, by breeding them all the time. So make sure to have another tank ready, just in case.

2. When do the females ovulate, and how will I know? I currently only have a male, and won't be getting a female probably until late September. So an approximate date would be good, assuming she will be old enough to breed when I get her.

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Females will ovulate when they are ready, basically. You can burmate them (it’s called something like that) and that will help you control the ovulations, however I also think you can stop them from ovulating if you do it at the wrong time, not 100% sure on that though. Some female might ovulate in January, others in July, and some in September, it is just all over the place as far as I know.

Here is a pic of an ovulating female.

http://www.leopardgeckobreeder.com/ovulation.html

Look at the red dot, I believe that, that is her ovaries flaring up, saying hey I need a male, now.

Any other information you think is extremely important to a new breeder would be greatly appreciated.

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Read this for when you get the eggs form the female.

http://www.albeysreptiles.com/incubate-eggs.htm

If you have only had your gecko for a short time i would recommend (and this is just my opinion) that you sit and wait give yourself time to learn a few more thing take it slow don't rush into it. I would say get to know your gecko a bit, do some research on the economy in your area (will you be able to sell babies) I myself have had leos for 4 yrs and am still learning things every single day after the first year though i decided to start breeding after that i bided my time focused on collecting some nice females for my program now i have 4 beautiful ladies and 1 handsome male and will start breeding soon. Now again this is all just my opinion if you wanna jump right into breeding its your choice but its an expensive hobby i have spent over $300 on the ones i have and thats going with cheaper morphs and local pet stores granted i found 5 little jewels and now have he means to create some nice BB and RWP babies because i waited for the right time. ok ive rambled on long enough u get my point:main_thumbsup:

Leopard geckos = reptile keeper's crack

GeckoJunkie said:

Leopard geckos = reptile keeper's crack

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LOL i definately agree with you there, im just waiting until after college to expand my reptile collection

LeopardLunatic said:

If you have only had your gecko for a short time i would recommend (and this is just my opinion) that you sit and wait give yourself time to learn a few more thing take it slow don't rush into it. I would say get to know your gecko a bit, do some research on the economy in your area (will you be able to sell babies) I myself have had leos for 4 yrs and am still learning things every single day after the first year though i decided to start breeding after that i bided my time focused on collecting some nice females for my program now i have 4 beautiful ladies and 1 handsome male and will start breeding soon. Now again this is all just my opinion if you wanna jump right into breeding its your choice but its an expensive hobby i have spent over $300 on the ones i have and thats going with cheaper morphs and local pet stores granted i found 5 little jewels and now have he means to create some nice BB and RWP babies because i waited for the right time. ok ive rambled on long enough u get my point:main_thumbsup:

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I totally and completely understand where you're coming from. I'm doing mass amounts of research between now and September when I'll be getting a female, and I may decide I'm not ready to breed yet. Just like I did when I was looking into getting one. I did a good solid 4 months of research before picking up Maggie, and I plan on doing the same before I start breeding.

Thank you for your concern and your advice, I'll take it to heart, because I want to treat these little guys right. <3