housing babies

[marula]

what do you do guys? do you prefer housing one baby one fauna or you put 2 babies of the same age in the same fauna? for how long?

 

[BG-Gecko]

1 baby per box, this is the best way to keep track of how much they're eating.
They can't accidently grab eachothers tail or leggs while chasing down crickets
We always keep them in seperate boxes till they're sold

 

[Leopardbreeder]

I voted 2 if they are clutch mates. I use mealworms, so I am not worried about them grabbing each other. I would say separate at 20-25 grams.

 

[cooter]

All my animals are seperated!

 

[LeopardGeckoMom52688]

I haven't really started breeding but i plan on keeping siblings together. and will keep females together until they sell and keep males seperate or with a female until 20 grams or until they sell.

 

[Stitch]

I keep all of my babies separated. I tried keeping clutch mates together but found out that they still had squables. There were 4 hides in the cage, 2 water dishes, two feeding dishes. Once I saw one bullying the other I decided to keep all of them separate.

 

[brandy101010]

I keep all babies and adults separate. If I diddn't I would be running up the stairs a million times a day to make sure everyone is getting along, and I just don't have the energy for that! lol

 

[wout1977]

i put 2 hatchling together untill they reach about 15 grams

 

[Malibu Barbie]

All are kept separate at all times

 

[tangerineman]

change in approach

mine were kept singly, now i have no room, so clutchmates are kept together

 

[giantkeeper]

Individually house every gecko. The only time I house multiples is obviously during breeding season. If I do not have anymore space I sell geckos or buy new racks.

 

[gaparicio]

I house them as clutchmates. I feed them mealworms and observe their intake and weight gain. If you plan on doing this, just make sure you have enough hides.

 

[Kimjorg]

1 baby per box, this is the best way to keep track of how much they're eating.
They can't accidently grab eachothers tail or leggs while chasing down crickets
We always keep them in seperate boxes till they're sold

Ditto...Our "show tank" in our bedroom is the only fauna that has more than one gecko and they are closely monitored every day usually more than once a day. We keep all the other seperate to keep track of excatly how much each is eating AND pooping. And this way we never have to worry about any of the what ifs that can happen housing multiple geckos together. :main_thumbsup:

 

[luizNchristine]

Personally, I'd keep them all seperate, just for piece of mind. Also, as state above, you can keep proper track of feeding and activity.

 

[TWC]

i keep most separated, but i keep the 2 youngest who are clutchmates together because of space issues.

 

[PacHerp]

All of mine are housed individually...
One of mine had a nippy cage mate once, so I just decided instead of loosing tails, I'd just keep them housed by themselves....

saves on the stress!

 

[GeckoStud]

I would keep them seperatly unless in a bind for room. Even then I would only keep similar sizes together and if you are able feed them speratly as well. Keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't fighting or other detrimental things. Luckily when I did keep a pair of clutchmates together there were no problems and everyone got along just peachy, but again if I had had the room they would have been seperated.

 

[scottd]

i keep and have kept all my babies together if they are the same size. however unlike alot of people i watch each one eat to make sure everyone is getting what they need. sometimes when they eat i have noticed 2 geckos going for the same worm and they look like they are mad at the other one but ill intervene. other than that they all eat fine and none have had any wounds from fighting. but then again i always watch them eat.

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

Typically hatchlings are raised together, and for the most part they are kept with their siblings as adults too. They seem to get along much better being raised together, but sometimes we need to seperate them anyways.

 

[Ccrashca069]

I am currantly housing hatchlings that are clutchmates together.