Nynecho
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I have 6 leopard geckos right now, all of varying morphs and from various places. 3 Males and 3 Females.
My males are a yearling, a subadult, and a baby. My females are an adult, a yearling, and a subadult.
My yearling female has made herself dominate by bullying my other females, so she has her own tank. My yearling male will flat out try to eat any gecko I introduce him to that isn't my dominate female (or my peaceful adult female, she only bites in self defense and he has no problem with her).
I have been doing trial introductions between my future breeding pairs, and almost every intro has ended in someone biting someone.
I introduced my dominate female to my yearling male, and he tried to mate with her. Of course that means he bit her, but when I tried to intervene (she is too small to breed) he would not let go of her back. I finally managed to make him let go, and then he just grabbed onto my finger. Took me a while to get him off my finger then too.
I tried to introduce my baby male to my subadult female, and she attacked him, he just tried to run away.
I have introduced my dominate female to my subadult female, and the subadult got bit and bled.
I introduced my dominate female to my older female, and my older female got bit and tried to fight back.
I introduced my baby boy to my subadult boy, and the subadult (who is actually smaller) attempted to bite him and ended up clinging to my sleeve for a few minutes refusing to open his mouth.
I introduced my subadult female to my subadult male, and he jumped out of my hand and grabbed her by the neck. He wouldn't let go either.
I introduced my adult male to my subadult female and he started over to bite her.
Is this normal behavior for such young geckos? My dominate female was born last february, my subadults were born last june, and my baby boy is the only one of my geckos who hasn't attacked anyone yet, and he was born around last october.
Thankfully nobody is bleeding right now, so there is no need to break out the neosporin, but this makes me very concerned for when it comes time to start breeding. Do you think this behavior will continue when they are all mature?
NOTE: My subadult male is a white and yellow and seems like he may be the result inbreeding to the w&y syndrome degree. He has trouble hunting and resists handfeeding, along with a slight (extremely slight, almost not noticeable) wobble. I know he is not an enigma, but I have heard that there could be slight retardation due to inbreeding white and yellows, but I don't think that was the case, since the people I got him from had no clue what a w&y was, and they were the ones who hatched him. Could this be the reason for his random biting others? He hasn't bit my skin or fingers, just my female and my sleeve when he tried to bite my male. I am not going to be introducing him to my mature male or my dominate female, since they will no doubt try to kill each other, but I do want to breed him to my subadult female in the future if he has no problems then.
My males are a yearling, a subadult, and a baby. My females are an adult, a yearling, and a subadult.
My yearling female has made herself dominate by bullying my other females, so she has her own tank. My yearling male will flat out try to eat any gecko I introduce him to that isn't my dominate female (or my peaceful adult female, she only bites in self defense and he has no problem with her).
I have been doing trial introductions between my future breeding pairs, and almost every intro has ended in someone biting someone.
I introduced my dominate female to my yearling male, and he tried to mate with her. Of course that means he bit her, but when I tried to intervene (she is too small to breed) he would not let go of her back. I finally managed to make him let go, and then he just grabbed onto my finger. Took me a while to get him off my finger then too.
I tried to introduce my baby male to my subadult female, and she attacked him, he just tried to run away.
I have introduced my dominate female to my subadult female, and the subadult got bit and bled.
I introduced my dominate female to my older female, and my older female got bit and tried to fight back.
I introduced my baby boy to my subadult boy, and the subadult (who is actually smaller) attempted to bite him and ended up clinging to my sleeve for a few minutes refusing to open his mouth.
I introduced my subadult female to my subadult male, and he jumped out of my hand and grabbed her by the neck. He wouldn't let go either.
I introduced my adult male to my subadult female and he started over to bite her.
Is this normal behavior for such young geckos? My dominate female was born last february, my subadults were born last june, and my baby boy is the only one of my geckos who hasn't attacked anyone yet, and he was born around last october.
Thankfully nobody is bleeding right now, so there is no need to break out the neosporin, but this makes me very concerned for when it comes time to start breeding. Do you think this behavior will continue when they are all mature?
NOTE: My subadult male is a white and yellow and seems like he may be the result inbreeding to the w&y syndrome degree. He has trouble hunting and resists handfeeding, along with a slight (extremely slight, almost not noticeable) wobble. I know he is not an enigma, but I have heard that there could be slight retardation due to inbreeding white and yellows, but I don't think that was the case, since the people I got him from had no clue what a w&y was, and they were the ones who hatched him. Could this be the reason for his random biting others? He hasn't bit my skin or fingers, just my female and my sleeve when he tried to bite my male. I am not going to be introducing him to my mature male or my dominate female, since they will no doubt try to kill each other, but I do want to breed him to my subadult female in the future if he has no problems then.
