leo group?

[wilesbd]

Hello everyone, its been a few years since i quit keeping herps(sad story) im looking at getting back into the game but looking around the net i find the information is even more contradicting then it was back then to many sites from people poorly informed. can anyone recommend some good solid caresheets?

anyways to my question, i have a 56g tank im thinking of using 30Lx18Wx24H. im wondering if this would be big enough for a group of females. i only ever kept single leos but i seem to recall that just having a pair of females was kinda hit or miss if it would work and trios usually worked out better is this the case or am i miss remembering?

lastly when the best time to get young leos, as in when do breeders usually have babys ready?

thanks for any help, im just in the research phase but already excited at the idea of starting keeping again.

 

[Russellm0704]

Welcome back to the leo community. I personally house all my geckos indivudally for several reasons.
1. You can always tell who is eating, who is pooping properly, who is digging, etc
2. There is no chance of bullying or fights
3. You do not have to worry about geckos contracting diseases from each other.

 

[ChristinaJ]

I agree with Russell for the most part, I do keep clutch mates together and certain projects that the females are the exact same genetically and are both bred to the same male...but there is only a handful I keep that way. If you do get new gecko remember each one needs to be quarantined for 60 days before they are introduced together, and if you get babies there sex is not a sure thing.

That being said, I have many babies available right now as do many other breeders, this is the time in breeding season that for the most part, breeders have a large supply of hatchlings to choose from =)

 

[katie_]

+1 on seperate.

 

[getgeckos]

I keep my females in colonies without issues. I house my males and hatchlings individually on a rack. Having plenty of hides and multiple feeding stations helps as well. You can expect a group of females to deveIop a hierarchy and it has been interesting to watch and learn from. I have extra tanks in the case that a gecko doesn't get along with the others. I weigh all of my females every two weeks and if any of the geckos don't seem to be thriving I re evaluate my husbandry in a tank. I have housed them this way successfully for years. Now that doesn't mean that every gecko will be maintained successfully this way, just my experience.

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[acpart]

We're in mid-breeding season now, so the best time to get babies is the next 4 months or so. People usually recommend trios as 1.2 breeding groups so the male doesn't exhaust a single female. I keep my geckos together during the breeding season in 1.2 groups and rarely have a problem, but I'm prepared to separate them if necessary.

Read the caresheets attached to the "articles/caresheets" tab at the top of the page and figure that the information that repeats is the most accurate. There seem to be contradictions often because there's more than one way to do things.

ALiza