Adding another female

[B5inVA]

Ok so I've only had my Leos since Friday and I'm already thinking of getting another female. I currently have a male and female. I probably won't get another one for a while though but was curious about something.

If I do or when I get another female, would I have to some how do a special introduction to the other two? Do I just put her in there and BOOM they'll get along just like that?

TIA

 

[acpart]

When you first get your new gecko, quarantine her from the others for at least 30 days (up to 90 is preferable) to avoid any possible disease affecting your other two. That means you'll need another enclosure. Think really hard about whether you want to keep males and females together. If you incubate the eggs, you could have over 20 babies eventually. If you let the male breed with 2 females you'll have even more. Then you need a place to keep the babies (the adults will eat hatchlings), resources to feed them and unless you want to keep all of them, a way to give them away or sell them. It probably makes more sense to get another enclosure and separate the male from the femals(s). When the time comes to introduce new geckos to each other, just watch them carefully to make sure both are getting food and one isn't bullying the other. Some groups do well together and some don't. Geckos housed together should generally be the same size to avoid problems, although I have done very well housing geckos of somewhat different sizes together and changing my groupings every season.

Aliza

 

[PaulSage]

This thread has been moved to the Housing Forum from the General Site Questions Forum.

 

[Double LY]

Ok so I've only had my Leos since Friday and I'm already thinking of getting another female. I currently have a male and female. I probably won't get another one for a while though but was curious about something.

If I do or when I get another female, would I have to some how do a special introduction to the other two? Do I just put her in there and BOOM they'll get along just like that?

TIA

First, welcome to the addiction!!!

If you want your geckos to "co-habitate", at this point I would suggest only attempting to put the females together (after quarantine, of course). There still is a chance they will not get along, so you would have to be prepared to separate them. Having the male with them will lead to babies (duh, right), but he may also stress them out trying to mate. Also, if your females aren't an appropriate breeding weight, there is a lot of risk with them carrying eggs. We have a few tanks that house two girls each that get along. We also have one female who doesn't like roommates Just do what works for you (and most importantly, your geckos and their health/safety).

Good luck :main_thumbsup:

 

[B5inVA]

Hey thanks for the info!!!

Yeah I've decided to hold off in getting another one for a while until I get the hang of things, LOL.