JennaMae93
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Hello All. I am currently a Junior in college (for Wildlife Conservation and Management) and once graduated would like to have a side hobby of breeding and eventually selling Leopard Geckos (I had these guys while growing up and have always loved them!) Whilst I am in college (besides classes and homework and studying) I have been researching morphs and breeding techniques and whatnot. Through my initial book and internet research I have run across a few questions that I would be grateful if anyone could answer (either some or all of the questions!). I will first apologize for how long this is probably going to be…now, here we go. Does anyone suggest a certain morph to begin with? I was thinking I would like to start with Tangerines such as SHTCTB’s or Tangerines with more red like a blood cross or Tornado. However, I also read somewhere that it is often good to start with a morph with multiple traits so you can get varied offspring from them. So like a Tangerine RAPTOR or such. I was just concerned with starting with too much of a variation for a beginner…or is there another morph someone would recommend (I know most of it is personal choice, but figured I’d ask anyways).
Another question I had was how many is good to start with. I will be starting SMALL definitely…but would that be 1 male and 2-3 females or 2 males and 6 females…?
With that question in mind I was wondering how those of you that breed set up your geckos. I was planning to house them in a shelving system but how do you do introductions? Harem style or the females all separate and then introduce the male one at a time, etc. I like the idea of the harem method the most but then my concern would be which female laid which clutch of eggs. So would a harem style and then after a certain number of days/weeks remove the male and separate the females into individual boxes be a good idea?
As a side note…I understand het means heterozygous and understand what that means thanks to Genetics class…but what does ph mean? For example a SHTCTB ph RAPTOR or ph Tremper, etc...
Well, this is what I can think of for now, I’m sure I’ll have many other questions down the road…and I know a lot of this is trial and error which I have no problem with…I just want some ideas and input so I don’t go into this blind! Thanks for any and all comments pertaining to these questions or if anyone has anything else to add!
~Jenna
Another question I had was how many is good to start with. I will be starting SMALL definitely…but would that be 1 male and 2-3 females or 2 males and 6 females…?
With that question in mind I was wondering how those of you that breed set up your geckos. I was planning to house them in a shelving system but how do you do introductions? Harem style or the females all separate and then introduce the male one at a time, etc. I like the idea of the harem method the most but then my concern would be which female laid which clutch of eggs. So would a harem style and then after a certain number of days/weeks remove the male and separate the females into individual boxes be a good idea?
As a side note…I understand het means heterozygous and understand what that means thanks to Genetics class…but what does ph mean? For example a SHTCTB ph RAPTOR or ph Tremper, etc...
Well, this is what I can think of for now, I’m sure I’ll have many other questions down the road…and I know a lot of this is trial and error which I have no problem with…I just want some ideas and input so I don’t go into this blind! Thanks for any and all comments pertaining to these questions or if anyone has anything else to add!
~Jenna
