First breeding attempt...

[toph427]

So I have been researching and reading up on breeding for a few months and am ready for my first season. So tonight I took one female that is of weight and ovulating, a tremper at about 58 grams and put her in my male hypo tang's tank who is about 55 grams. He seemed very interested, shaking his tail biting her neck , etc. I think she rejected him, but after their little showdown, he cleaned himself. I dont think it was successful, so my question is, would it be alright to leave her with him overnight, and remove her when I get up tomorrow morning??

Also one more question, I was wondering if anybody has ever incubated eggs inside one of their tanks, I've heard of people putting moist vermiculite or perlite in a deli cup, and placing it about half way over the UTH in the tank, as long it maintains a constant temp. I'm getting a hovabator this weekend, but was just wondering if anybody ever successfully hatched eggs this way. Thanks

 

[acpart]

I can't advise about how long to leave them together since I leave my males with the females for the entire season. There is someone on the forum who lets their geckos lay eggs in the tank and leaves them to incubate. He has hatched some babies but I don't think his hatch rate is great.

Aliza

 

[toph427]

Yea i wasn't planning on trying it, I was just wondering if anybody had tried it and or had success with it.

 

[toph427]

I was also wondering about something I've heard from a breeder. I was asking about ovulation and they said sometimes when you put the female in with the male, she will begin to ovulate that way...is this possible or..?

 

[fuzzylogix]

i have noticed females ovulating very shortly after introducing males, but not sure if its been proven. as far as leaving the male in, some of my pairings are together year round, others i introduce at the first sign of ovulation and will leave them paired for a few weeks.

 

[ajveachster]

As long as you don't see or hear them fighting you should be fine leaving them together overnight. We typically don't leave them together the whole season, but usually overnight anytime we do a pairing.
I can't tell you anything about incubating in the tank.
We do like to put male papers in with females at the start of the season. We've noticed the females seem a little more receptive. I'm not sure if it is a hormone/pheromone thing, or just that when the male is with them it is a familiar smell that doesn't make them jumpy. We've also noticed that if one female starts to ovulate a number of the females around her will start shortly after. Somebody who has bred several seasons with different methods may be able to answer this.