Introducing more than once?

[Kay26]

I have been thinking of putting my male and female together for awhile and know what can happen with them housed together and I introduced them to each other this morning. My female was immediately interested, but I don't think she was too excited to see another gecko. My male actually seemed afraid of her. She would wave her tail like she was trying to scare him, but then would follow him and lick him. After a little bit my male was interested in her and would follow her around, but then my female would run away from him. She was still waving her tail and she looked like she was getting stressed so I separated them. The whole time my male did not wave his tail until his tailed touched my female's and he started rattling it. I would like to house them together but I know it doesn't always happen. Should I keep trying to introduce them and hope that they will eventually be okay together?

Neither of them clicked or chirped the whole time, they just seems interested and scared. What should I do?

 

[Olimpia]

I'm not an expert or anything, but in my experience my geckos only rattle their tails when they're hunting or threatened by another gecko. I had one female that had to be separated from her male due to some health concerns and when I tried introducing her to him again he rattled his tail and tried to lunge at her. We removed her and eventually found her a new home with a new male, so it worked out.

It could be that if they aren't attacking each other, they jsut may need to ease into each other. If you have them in tanks I would suggest moving the tanks close together so that they can see each other. But I would maybe e-mail a large breeder, because they've seen and dealt with everything before. It's what I've done with all my questions and they're usually the professionals you can trust

Good luck with them!

 

[Olimpia]

On that note, actually, I'm gonna give you the e-mail of my "reptile guy." He's the one who helps me out with *everything* and he knows everything about every reptile. Try sending him an e-mail at [email protected] (make sure you put his name, Dan, somewhere in the title) and he'll get back to you soon.

 

[Kay26]

the tanks are right next to each other and they have watched each other for awhile thats why I thought they would be okay together. thank you

 

[ajveachster]

The tail wave is a sign of aggression which can be done by either sex. The tail rattle by a male is his way of saying "give it to me baby" so it looks like you may have some issues keeping them together. Good luck.