Is it ok to keep 2 gravid females housed with a male all the time?

[Bounsall06]

I was just curious.....

I have 2 females and 1 male........I witnessed 1 female copulating with the male and know that she is gravid......the second female I bought at a store and they confirmed she had just laid eggs this week......I had been housing the first female and the male together and they have been fine.....when I introduced the second female....all the male wants to do is copulate.....is it safe to keep female # 2 in with the others?

 

[Ccrashca069]

Unless you are ready to incubate eggs and have the room to house all the hatchlings, I would house the male separately. Also how much do each of the females weigh?

 

[Bounsall06]

No worries about the hatchlings.....I have ahd an incubator up and running for 2 weeks now....all set for the eggs to be laid.....just wondering about the safety of both females and if the male is going to eventually back off of trying to impregnate them

 

[Ccrashca069]

He will eventually back off breeding with her.

 

[Bounsall06]

i only bought her lastnight....so i figure it is because she is new

 

[acpart]

I keep my males and females together during the entire breeding season with almost no problems. If anything, sometimes the males seem to lose interest in the females before I'd like them to, possibly resulting in infertile eggs.

ALiza

 

[Bounsall06]

can theys tay together all year round?

 

[Ccrashca069]

Do you know how much your females weigh? If they breed under 50 grams you run into possiblities of health issues.

 

[Bounsall06]

they are both pretty heavy
not sure exact weight

 

[Ccrashca069]

make sure they get the calcium, Calcium with d3 and vitiams. You can get a very basic dig scale that weighs in grams at Walmart under $20.00. I spend almost $40.00 for mine and it weighs up to 5lbs.

 

[Bounsall06]

Just in with the kitchen stuff?

 

[acpart]

can theys tay together all year round?

I'm sure they can. I separate mine so they have some time to get "excited" about each other again and also because I change the pairings every year and don't want anyone to jump the gun.

Aliza

 

[Ccrashca069]

At Walmart I think with kitchen stuff. I bought mine at Staples.