New to breeding.

[TMF]

Sorry it is so long but I'm new to breeding and have some questions.

Whats up all. Just getting into Leo breeding and had a couple basic questions with im sure more to come as time goes on. Im doing all the research i can but as im sure you all already know, there is a lot of information to pick up on in the beginning.

We are starting slowly, buying juvies and raising them and will not start breeding until next season (if we r lucky).
So far we have the following morphs, again, new to this and can only go off of what i was told by those i purchased them from so please forgive me if i mispronounce a morph or breeding phrase. Also please correct me so i know which phrase and correct morph names to use.

1 male Pastel %100 het Blazing Blizzard
1 female Pastel %66 het Blizzard/Eclipse/Patternless/Raptor
1 male raptor het Tremper Albino
1 female co-snow %100 het DB
1 female LB snow
1 female Mack Super Snow
1 female Mack Snow Albino
2 female redstripes
1 female normal
1 male fancy (told it was a normal bred with something nicer, unfortunately dont know what that was)

This will be our breeders for next season, possibly adding 2-3 more depending on what we find between now and then.

Does what i listed sound correct, if not, what would be your best guess as to what was meant in the discription.

Any suggestions on which we should try to breed together.

I know the males should be kept seperately from each other but how many females is ok to place in a cage with one male (given there is plenty of space).

Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[acpart]

I keep my males and females in groups of 1.2 or 1.3 during breeding season but others keep everyone separate. I highly recommend that when you are ready for breeding you don't breed all your geckos. I think it's much more reasonable to start with a small colony and see how it goes. My first season I bred 1.2 resulting in 13 thriving hatchlings, which was more than enough the first year. Last year I bred 3.7 resulting in 41 thriving hatchlings, but it easily could have been over 100 if everyone had produced optimally. Start small and grow slowly rather than pulling out all the stops the first year, in my opinion.

Aliza