Help with Heath of Geckos

abrown43

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I just adopted 3 leopard geckos off of craigslist. Ive had them about 2 weeks and been feeding them all together. I have started to feed them separately so i am sure they are each eating an equal amount. I took pictures of each of their tails (all female), to get insight on how healthy they really are. i know their tails are supposed to be a little fatter. How do i get them up to their healthiest so they can be ready to breed?




 

acpart

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Welcome to GF. As far as I can tell, the geckos look proportional and healthy, but I have no idea how much they weigh and how old they are. Generally a breeding female should be at least 9 months old, better over a year, and at least 50 grams.
At the risk of throwing a wrench in your plans, it's not a great idea to breed geckos where you don't really know their genetic background. Of course, if the person you got them from on craigslist was able to tell you that (i.e. which strain of albino is the albino one, do any of the others have hidden genes for any other traits), then things could work out. If not, you will be producing offspring whose genetic background is also unknown. This is not a sin, but will significantly reduce your chances of being able to sell them. There are a lot of leopard geckos on the market, and although some people just want a pretty pet, many people don't want to buy a gecko (in an already pretty saturated market) where the genetic background isn't known.

Good luck with them.

Aliza
 

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