Let me know on these 2?

pastelball

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Picked these guys up in the local paper a few weeks ago what do you think?

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gothra

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Cute! Make sure they're both girls if you want to keep them together.
 

pastelball

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When I picked them up they were together. Just giving them a few weeks to make sure they are ok before giving them a spot in the collection.
 
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LadyGecko

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Nice Leos
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You would be safer to give them at least 90 days in quarantine before "introducing them into the collection" and a having a fecal test done is also a good idea to make sure that they are parasite free
Three months is usually the standard Q period
By "introducing them into the collection" - do you mean that you going to keep them in a harem or is this just for breeding?
There are a few reasons for keeping males and females separate and just putting them together for breeding and then separating them again
Reason number one is that the male can continuously harass the female and number two is that the male often forgets to eat with the presence of the female and breeding on his mind
Also there is less stress on a gravid female when she is kept alone
In the past-I have tried harem keeping of Leos and have found from my experience that the male usually will lose weight until he is separated from the female(s)
Also even keeping just females together can be tricky-you need to monitor them for dominance issues-in some cases some females can be so dominated by others that they stop eating
It can end up that you will be constantly moving them into their own tanks/tubs as the pecking order will change every time a Leo is added or removed so why not just keep them separate to start out with?
I am sure that there are exceptions to this and that if you have a extremely large enclosure-harem keeping may be possible
I personally have seen happier and healthier Leos with keeping them by themselves
Good Luck with your new Leos

Sandy
 

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