Breeding my cresties.

[Rob123]

Im trying to breed my crested geckos. This is a picture of there breeding tub we have it at 81 degrees. I tried breeding them once but it was a bad clutch.

 

[thegeckoguy23]

looks cool

 

[Shadraak]

honestly that looks like a 16qt tub to me, i would only keep a juv in there not 2 breeding adults, you want a big cage for breeding adults, so the female can get away from the male, and sometimes after breeding is done to seperate the female entirely so they aren't stressed out. just some info for ya. i'm sure others will be posting soon as well.

 

[Shadraak]

oh and 81 is a bit too hot, that will stress them as well, i would lower temps mid 70's especially.

 

[Rob123]

Oh well I probally dont know nearly as much as you, but I read this in crown royal reptiles and it said to keep there tempature at 70-81 for breeding season and 82 to keep them breeding all year but that it isnt recomendable. I have them in a 20 gallon tall aquairum. But in youtube most of the breeders have theres in tubs so I thaught it probally helped the breeding and ofcourse because they have so many. The eggs they had from before were when they were in there 20 tall.

 

[Neill]

A lot of people say never over 85 because it could kill them. and eggs keep at room temps. I have a male and female in a rather large enclosure they have mated but i have yet to see/find eggs in tank (large natural tank) lots of hiding places. If you get eggs keep them around 70-80 degrees no warmer at all. Hope that helps... i personally haven't even had an egg yet but that's what i have read.

 

[rubym]

I usually try and keep my temps below 80. Mine stay right around 75 usually. My eggs I am incubating at 75 also. I keep mine in a hovabator only because I seem to have a terrible time keeping temps regulated in my house. If you plan on keeping the pair together for any length of time... I would also recommend a larger enclosure. Good luck with your cresties

 

[snakegirl]

i breed crested geckos, And i can PROMISE you if you get hot temps 80 it isn't good 85 and over can and will kill them, There used to Temps in the 70's. and they breed, Trust me i have seen them do it, as for the plastic bin is Looks OK but they dont Breed in the "breeding box" with dirt in it that's only for the female to lay the eggs in and it doesn't have to be that big, you want a Higher Bin, Not really shallow but high, Just because there used to living up higher in the Jungle trees (adding a stick or two wouldn't hurt) , the male will breed with the female ....Eventually..... to breed my crested geckos i start with making sure there 40+ grams and i will add the male And keep him in there Till I see eggs laid and there fertile. (sometimes it takes up to 3 months!)

So i would say

Get a Higher,deeper plastic bin.

Stick to 70's temps trust me they will breed.

and it looks like you have a Calcium dish in there? yeah they will not use that at all they just need CGD.

 

[darkridder]

The thing is above 80 degrees they hatch to quickly and more then likely the reaosn why that breeder does it is for faster turn around in egg laying, and incubation. But the problem is that in the 80's the incubation period is shortened whcih can mean an unhealthier baby can hatch, even to the point of not fully formed (I have seen babies bre by people incubating at 82 degrees hatch with the lungs outside of its body, died within the day).

A 16qt tub is large enough to house hatchling geckos, not large enough for an adult gecko, honestly it is to small for even a 10g gecko. I personally do not house my pairs together, after they breed the female has enough sperm retained to last her the entire year. And you dont need temps into the 80's to have them lay all year round, they will simply do it which is why most people keep males and females seperate so that the females will cool, otherwise you have to really get them temps to go low to get the females to stop laying. If you are dead set on housing them together, put them in at least a 20 gallon aquarium or a 80qt tub.

Remove the eggs from the tub, they dont need to be in there, actually if left in the egg laying box the female will disturb them when trying to lay again. And as suggested, keep the temps around 75-78 degrees, eggs can even handle down to 68/70 degrees they just take longer to hatch which is much safer then at a higher temp and hatching too soon.

 

[color777]

i house my male and female separately. when i put them together the male immediately mates with her. if kept together all the time, i would recommend a cooling period to get them to breed. i have never needed to do that though.

i have them in separate tall screened enclosures at room temp.s. i mist the cage twice a day

 

[mclark35]

I keep my eggs between 80 and 85 degrees and all 10 of them have hatched into beautiful babies and have found new homes.

 

[Shadraak]

I keep my eggs between 80 and 85 degrees and all 10 of them have hatched into beautiful babies and have found new homes.

80-85 for crested gecko eggs?

 

[darkridder]

yeah a wee bit way to warm. What was the incubation period for them? Often when to warm they hatch out too soon and often are smaller, weaker and even sometimes not fully formed when incubated at those temps. I would highly, seriously, totally recomend you to never incubate above 80 degrees, even 80 degrees is on the brink of to warm for incubating these guys.