help with breeding

[AlexB]

hey guys i have a couple of leos that i wanna breed, they re full grown now, the female is 50+ grams, nice and fat. they were kept together since the male was mid age but never bred, now that i think its breeding season my female isnt gravid yet, i just separated them yesterday, what do i do to induce breeding?

 

[eyelids]

She very well could be gravid, but just not showing yet... Search the forum for ''ovulating pic'' to see how to tell whether she is or not...

 

[AlexB]

i couldnt find the picture, can someone tell me what to do to induce breeding or to tell me how to know if my female is ovulating?

 

[eric]

Alex first we need to find out if she is gravid or ovulating. Hope this helps.

 

[LeapinLizards]

Eric, please tell me you made that picture, because that is probably the most fantastic thing I've seen all day lol!

 

[eric]

Yup!

 

[AlexB]

ok here is a picture i just took from my female's abdomen, you tell me if she is ovulating or not and if not, what to do...

 

[Baoh]

What I do is lower the lighting or turn off the lights and then put a tiny LED booklight alongside the female's abdomen. You can see their insides a great deal more easily. Some of my geckos' bellies are less translucent than others, so the LED in low ambient light helps a lot when checking out ones that are difficult to judge.

 

[AlexB]

i dont have a led on hand sorry, so u think she s not?

 

[eric]

From the photos she doesn't look like she's gravid. She might be ovulating but I'm not 100% sure with those photos. Has her appetite changed?

 

[AlexB]

yes she eats very little

 

[strigoii]

Breeding is stresfull and her appetite can be less thaen normal because of that - I'd say keep them separate for at least 2 weeks and then keep trying. you can use "paper method" proposed by eric here -
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=33214

 

[AlexB]

k then i will keep em separated, thanks guys i will keep you posted