pheromones?

[syntheticreality]

If i was housing a female with a male and she began not eating well because of breeding stress and then I removed the male... are his pheromones still behind stressing her out?

I figured this was the case, as her eating still seems sparse so I put her in a different tank.

 

[david13]

my guess: maybe for a little bit but the scent should be oput of the air aftera few days tops

 

[syntheticreality]

well, I put those two females in a different tank that had a male in it previously. That male, however, is not a little horn-dog like wizard. He was living with a female and hadn't tried to touch her yet. He's just starting to get to that size where if I introduced him to a new female, I think he'd try to mate.

So i moved my two juvies into the 20l where my tremper breeding colonie had previously been.

I put the three adult females together where my nice htctb pair were, and I moved the htctb male into the 10g where the juvies had previously been.

 

[david13]

sounds good, i remember when you posted that thread about wizard, tha t was hilarious....

 

[syntheticreality]

lol, yeah he's a funny little guy. He and my female RSA seem to eat, but just not enough ATM and I want their tails to fatten up some.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Pheromones are definitely what attracts males to female during breeding season. If your female is not eating well, she is probably ovulating.

 

[Stevie]

Pheromones are produced and spreaded by males using there pre-anal pores. Glads behind the pores produce a wax-like supstance which is than spread by the male and left behind on surfaces of rocks, branches, sand, etc by the males (you migth seen a male rub the base of his tail agains different surfaces). This substance will be present in the tank for quite some time, but I don't think the females will be bothered by it.

@Golden Gate: are you sure that females will eat less when ovulating? Do you have any literature on that? It would save me quite some worries if this is true.... haha.

Greets,

Stevie