New to breeding, not new to geckos.

[Sarahann31190]

Might be adopting a baby female leo from my work who had something left on its tail so it dropped half of it wall. I would be putting it with my young male and female. My question is, since I'm new to breeding, and plan to in the future. Would it be okay to breed the female with the dropped tail? Or would it cause birth defects?

I'm reading up as much as I can, and trying to learn all I can by the time they are of breeding age.

 

[Tony C]

Dropped tails have no effect on breeding potential once regrown, however the new gecko will need to be properly quarantined, healed, and up to weight before being introduced to the established pair.

 

[Sarahann31190]

The pair is not established. Though they have been together since I bought them from a reptile show about 1.5 weeks ago. They were from the same breeder.

Of course I will do as you mentioned, quarantine, healed, she is already quite a fatty

The male I already have is almost 10 weeks, the female is 6 weeks. The one I plan to adopt is about 5 weeks I'm guessing.

 

[Sarahann31190]

Also, what would I get by mixing a high yellow x tang?

 

[Tony C]

Something intermediate between the two, some will have more tangerine influence and some will look more like the high yellow parent.

 

[acpart]

Right now your geckos are immature so it's not a problem to keep the male and female together. There's a good chance that when they mature they will still be too small to breed safely. I would recommend that you quarantine the new female and when quarantine is over, put the 2 females together and the male in the separate tank. Introduce them when they are 9 months old at at least 50 grams.

Aliza

 

[thegeckoguy23]

Might be adopting a baby female leo from my work who had something left on its tail so it dropped half of it wall. I would be putting it with my young male and female. My question is, since I'm new to breeding, and plan to in the future. Would it be okay to breed the female with the dropped tail? Or would it cause birth defects?

I'm reading up as much as I can, and trying to learn all I can by the time they are of breeding age.

It well be fine think of it this way if you had a kid and your finger got cut off in acdient some how your baby would have that finger.


Jake

 

[Imperial Geckos]

It well be fine think of it this way if you had a kid and your finger got cut off in acdient some how your baby would have that finger.


Jake

:main_huh:

 

[Sarahann31190]

Thanks for all your input guys

acpart- I was planning to separate them once I got another tank set up.

thegeckoguy23- thanks for the gruesome yet helpful example