Is it true....

[Megan1985]

I have a male gecko and I'm getting a female next week but someone told me it's best to have 2 female's or the male will wear he out. Is that true? Is it really best?

 

[GeckoMandi]

Are you going to house them together?

I know some people keep them together for breeding reasons, but I think you might want to get separate tanks for them, then when breeding put them together for whatever amount of time, that way he doesn't pester her all the time.

 

[ReptileMan27]

If you put a male and female together, they will most likely breed, then the male should be seperated. If your not trying to or dont want babies then I dont reccomend doing this. 2 females should be fine together aslong as their about the same size, of course keep an eye on them to make sure they get along and be prepared to seperate them in the case of them fighting or one bullying the other.

 

[PrototypeGeckos]

that way he doesn't pester her all the time.

Ahh come on, we don't do that, lol, jk. I had to say it.

 

[GeckoMandi]

Ahh come on, we don't do that, lol, jk. I had to say it.

Ohhhh don't make me go there!!! LMAO!

 

[PrototypeGeckos]

Ohhhh don't make me go there!!! LMAO!

lol. Sorry I just couldn't let it go. I actually know what you are going to say without you even saying it, I am married, lol.

 

[Stitch]

When keeping a male and female together, the male may continually bother the female and cause her stress. This may cause problems since her body will already be stressed from carrying eggs. I keep all of mine seperate.

 

[acpart]

Don't forget to quarantine your geckos before putting them together to breed.

Aliza

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Don't forget to quarantine your geckos before putting them together to breed.

Thank you, Aliza!

 

[GoGo]

Lemme just remind everyone that this is the USUAL occurance, ive never had this problem.

 

[MichaelJ]

When my female was pregnant my male did pester her a lot and attempt to mate very often. Usually he was successful. Many will argue that separating them is un-natural and in the wild they don't get separated. Some will also argue that these are domesticated so much that those ideas don't hold clout.

I inevitably decided to separate them because he was just too much and she had bruises on her face and neck from his pestering; and she was already visibly pregnant.

 

[lil_katiedan]

Like everyone has mentioned before, males do tend to stress out females if they are housed together, especially if they are gravid. Females seem alot happier and healthy if they can produce eggs and lay them without having to fight off a male.

We house all of our geckos seperately, until it's time to breed, then once eggs have been spotted we take the male out or vice-versa and let the female have some privacy.

In the wild Leopard Geckos don't live within a couple of feet from each other so seperating them in captivity is a very good idea.