Can my leopard geckos breed yet?

[Leogirl1377]

My female
My male

 

[telliott4]

If you want to breed your geckos you should probably do some more research. There are lots of things to invest in, like a scale. Read some breeding caresheets they will give you lots of useful information.

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Are you asking can they or should they? Very young geckos (like yours look) can and will breed. It can turn out badly for them as they can have issues that either hurt of kill them (like eggg binding, calcium deficiencies, prolapses, etc.) or problems that result in eggs that are not high quality and produce deformed or sickly babies. It's best to wait until your female is at least 50 or 60g before even putting them in the same cage with a male. If it is your first time breeding I would wait until your geckos are at least a year old and have been in your care and healthy for at least 6 months before attempting it. If you aren't 100% sure that you're taking care of the adults 100% perfectly it probably will not end well for them or their babies if you breed them too soon.

 

[tb144050]

Are you asking can they or should they? Very young geckos (like yours look) can and will breed. It can turn out badly for them as they can have issues that either hurt of kill them (like eggg binding, calcium deficiencies, prolapses, etc.) or problems that result in eggs that are not high quality and produce deformed or sickly babies. It's best to wait until your female is at least 50 or 60g before even putting them in the same cage with a male. If it is your first time breeding I would wait until your geckos are at least a year old and have been in your care and healthy for at least 6 months before attempting it. If you aren't 100% sure that you're taking care of the adults 100% perfectly it probably will not end well for them or their babies if you breed them too soon.

+1. Agreed^^.

I am new to Leopard geckos also. I got my first Leo in November (just about 2.5 months ago). I was also excited about expanding my collection, but I did ALLLL the research and here's how I have prepard:

1) Invest in quality (genetics KNOWN) geckos...don't breed "mutt" babies..lol I bought 6 Tremper Albinos (5 of them are raptor's )

2) Prepare proper longterm housing for all geckos (males separated, all quarantined from each other for a few months atleast). Also prepare housing for (up to) 20 hatchlings, separated, usually no more than 2 per housing/tub.
--I bought a used Rack, heattape, setup a cricket colony (to feed 20 hatchlings)...

So far I have spent $600+ (atleast!!).

And now:

3) Waiting impatiently for my Trempers to reach atleast 55grams (some people recommend 50g...some recommend 60g...I will aim for 55g).

4) While waiting for proper breeding weight/age, now is also the time to decide/buy an incubator and incubation supplies.