Making me angry!!

[david13]

My geckos do not seem to want to do anything with each other.. the male doesnt seem interested and the female isnt. what is going on... is the male not interested because she is not ovulating? Because the female is walking right by him or something and he just sits there. Any ideas of whats going on? They are both over a year..

thanks

 

[Mel&Keith]

If neither of them are interested, she's probably not ovulating.

 

[GeckoJunkie]

Ditto what M&K said.....also there is no way no matter how mad they make you to make them breed. They will do it when they are ready. You can just try and make everything conducent to the breeding time, but until she is ovulating you just have to wait.

 

[david13]

so they will breed this year though as long as i keep them together right?

 

[acpart]

Some of them don't like to breed when anyone's watching. Two of my 4 males are like that. I never see them breed but the females have scratches on them the next day and they lay eggs.

Aliza

 

[Ccrashca069]

Some times if she is ovulating and shows no interest, separate them and try again a couple days later.

 

[david13]

well im just keeping them in a 40 gal. so will they eventually breed this year?

 

[david13]

anoyone?

 

[dprince]

There are no guarantees with breeding, but very likely, once she's ovulating, they will breed. Just be patient (which is SOOOOOOOOO much easier said than done.

 

[david13]

thanks.. i sure hope my geckos breed.. im going to leave them together until i see eggs

thanks

 

[2.1SRR.YYC]

The female gives off a unique scent, not detectable by us, when she's ovulating. This scent turns a switch on in the male geckos brain and they're off to the races...

Your female is not ovulating!

 

[david13]

ok thanks.. will she eventually ovulate though this year or do some not ovulate and never will breed?

 

[Mel&Keith]

If she's over a year old she'll probably ovulate this year at some point. We have a couple of females that never laid their first season but started their second season. Sometimes you just have to be patient! LOL

 

[david13]

ok..thanks ill be as patient as i can.

 

[rubym]

I had a female that would run from any male that I put her with even when she was ovulating. Everyone kept telling me to be patient and when she decided to breed she would. Well last week she laid a nice big egg ( I hadn't even realized that they had finally mated, I was just happy she had stopped that constant barking at the male,LOL) and it when I candled it this week it is fertile. I know waiting can be really hard but it is all we can do. That first egg is worth all the waiting.

 

[david13]

i can't wait till mine breed but ill try.. When do you guys first introduce them?