Temp sexing

[Russellm0704]

This weekend I moved my bearded dragon from his 55 gallon to an 80 gallon tank, I'm hoping to house around 4 female leopard geckos in the 55 gallon, but I would like to get them fairly young(I've gotten all my geckos as hatchlings) is temp sexing very very accurate? What would b the beat route for me to take? Thankyou

 

[sunshinegeckos]

Temp sexing is not always accurate. I have bought 4 that were temp sexed female and 3 ended up being male lol I would go with a leo that is visually sexed. That usually can happen anywhere from 4-6 months of age and around 20-25g (can be done younger but not always accurate)

 

[LZRDGRL]

Well, if you like to get them young, just keep them separate until they're about 3 months old; by then, you should be able to sex them visually! After that, put them together. Calculating the 1-3 mandatory quarantine months, that would just work out fine!

Chrissy

 

[Russellm0704]

I would do that, but I only have 3 tanks, and I already have 2 males so the only tank I have available is the 55 gallon, so I guess I should just go to a reptile show and buy 4 female kicked that are around 25 grams or so

 

[acpart]

If you're going to buy temp sexed geckos it may make sense to ask the breeder what their experience has been. I sometimes sell my smaller geckos as "temp sexed" but in 7 seasons of breeding and incubating at 80-84 (not the same year; I've gradually raised the temp per season as I've started breeding fatties as well) I've never produced more than 1 male per season out of approx. 30-40 leopard geckos per season.

Aliza