How do you house your adult breeders?

[Elisa]

For all of you guys that breed leopard geckos, satisfy my curiousity.

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

I house everything as individuals. I am big on keeping track of all my geckos, being housed alone I know if they are eating and pooping regularly. Obviously if they are not then I know which gecko to watch more carefully and so on. Also I think this method is best when breeding because you will never be unsure which female the eggs came from.

 

[T-ReXx]

I house everything as individuals. I am big on keeping track of all my geckos, being housed alone I know if they are eating and pooping regularly. Obviously if they are not then I know which gecko to watch more carefully and so on. Also I think this method is best when breeding because you will never be unsure which female the eggs came from.

+1. :main_thumbsup: I agree. This method can be a bit more work, but it's well worth it IMO.

 

[MiamiLeos]

I agree also. I am kind of OCD with my geckos lol. I want to know who ate how many worms, what poop belongs to who and which female laid what egg. I also feel more secure about spreading of diseases and keeping bacteria isolated to one tub if theres a sick gecko.

 

[Elisa]

Good points

 

[Tony C]

I currently have mine housed individually in racks, but when I finish downsizing I will be keeping my remaining breeders as trios in large naturalistic vivariums.

 

[Imperial Geckos]

All my geckos are housed individually. However, sometimes during the breeding season will set-up groups of 1.3 or 1.4

 

[acpart]

I chose "breeding groups all the time" although actually I try to keep the males individually from about Oct.-Jan. assuming my babies have vacated the available space.

Aliza

 

[gecko breeder]

i have the females together and males separate i can keep track on my geckos cuz im constently in the tubs, im a small breeder so its easyer for me to keep track

 

[LeoGirl575]

i have the females together and males separate i can keep track on my geckos cuz im constently in the tubs, im a small breeder so its easyer for me to keep track

I completely agree. Though I haven't started breeding yet, I think if you're a small time breeder, it's just easier to house females together and males separate. However, if you do have hundreds of geckos, I think it a wise idea to house them all separately. Just my input.

 

[joeyjoe9876]

when mine are ready to breed I'm going to house them individually and move my male into a different females enclosure. Easier to keep track of everything that way

 

[Ambiguous_Geckos]

I as well house my geckos separately, and agree with Travis from Enigmatic Geckos. This method is much easier to monitor your geckos individually. I seem to get the best results from my breeders by using this housing method.

 

[gmaier19]

i dont breed but... i recently put all my geckos into separate enclosures. my females dont seem to like each other. lots of posts on GF talk about how females are usually fine together, but dont count on it. you might get lucky and have good chemistry, but no such luck in my case, so i separated them and its much easier now cause i dont have to worry about any bullying, as well as all the other things people have mentioned. e.g. monitor eating etc.

 

[roger]

Individually

 

[Taquiq]

I either keep 1 female in a 15 qt with calcium, water, and hide or 3-5 in a 28 qt. Males get housed individually in 15 qts.

 

[KelliH]

I keep them all individually, but have kept in breeding groups (1.2 or 1.3) in the past successfully as well.

 

[LZRDGRL]

I only have very few males and lots of females. I keep each male together with 3-8 females in large, wooden, naturalistic terrariums (48x18x18), according to breeding group.

I house several females (3-4) together in naturalistic 24x18x18 terrariums. A few males are still separate in 10g tanks until they are old enough for breeding, or come out of quarantine.

The babies are separate in 10g tanks and move to the terrariums when they are sub-adults.

Altogether, I have 8 big wooden cages, 8 ten-gallon tanks, and one 38g tank. I'll set up 3 more wooden cages after Christmas, and that's all my house can take. I personally don't like racks or shoe boxes, and I don't want my house to look uncomfortable and overcrowded. I can only do this because my tenant moved out, and I have another vacant room for myself now :main_laugh:

Chrissy

(P.S. She didn't move out because of my reptiles... I guess my Labradors were a bit too much for her because they're not cute little puppies any more I mean they're still cute, but not LITTLE...)

 

[sfreptiles]

I keep them individually, to keep track of the eggs
Stephen

 

[gixxer3420]

I keep mine individually. This method takes up more space and you need more racks but it is well worth it to me.

 

[Psychotic4mb3r]

I only have one male and a female at the moment. I was going to keep them together year around but recently have separated them to keep track of when the eggs come. Plus it gives my female a break . Im getting a 2nd female hopefully next week and have a 2nd tank already ready for her. Bella is in a 20 gallon long, the new girl will be in a reg 20 gallon(hoping to get another 20 gal long for her though) and neo is in a 10 gallon. Im really hoping to get a rack soon to put them in and for when babies hatch.