Does Male & Female Guarantee Mating?

[FloridaNature]

I have a trio of Leopards Geckos and was wondering is there any guarantee the male will mate all three or even mate at all?

I obviously have plans to try & breed some Leopard Geckos this coming year and I have bought a few select Leo Trios and the thought just hit me, what if the male..... is a dud?

I see often the words "Proven Breeder" and that is what made me start wondering. What is the success rate of pairing a male to some females?

Thanks,
Michael

 

[robin]

i dont know if i can vote on any of the poll options. many things can make a difference. the environment (heating cool side, humid hides etc), the weather and lighting outside, the ages, the size. while breeding leopard geckos IS easy many things come into play for successful breeding and healthy babies!

 

[strobe]

well the male is not the problem, its the females, i read somewhere that they will wiggle there tail if they like the male 2 give him the go ahead. but i only read that on 1 place so i dont know how trusty that source is

 

[robin]

tail wagging can mean many things so no it's not real accurate

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

+1, tail waving is a form of communication and can mean they are ready or that they are not.

 

[acpart]

"proven breeder" usually means that the gecko has actually produced viable offspring. There is always a possibility that a male or female is infertile or otherwise unable to produce viable offspring. For females, I find that even a "proven breeder" is no guarantee and I wonder sometimes if females that produce really well in the first few years somehow "exhaust" their egg supply. I have 2 cases of this: one female I got as a juvenile produced 20 eggs her first season and they all hatched. She produced fewer eggs the next year and for the last 2 seasons she has had the habit of laying fertile eggs (and not many) outside the lay box. I think I got 6 babies from her this year and she will be retiring even though she's only 4 years old. Another female I bought when she was 2 1/2 and she had been called a "good breeder" though I don't have any hard data to back it up. She did not produce with the original male that year, produced 3 babies with a second male at the end of the season, produced 2 babies the next year and has not ovulated or produced (obviously) since then. She is now 7 1/2 and retired.

Aliza

 

[T-ReXx]

Never say never. Although male infertility is rare it's not unheard of. Most males will readily mate with any available, willing females if they are healthy. Females are more likely to be problematic as not every female is all that great an egg producer, and first timers/smaller females and older females naturally tend to produce fewer fertile eggs. And some females are very picky about who they allow to breed with them. I have ovulating females who will refuse one male only to accept the next. And of course, care and environment, as well as diet and supplementation, have a huge influence on breeding potential.