When theyre both sexually mature.

[sk8ergrl927]

How many of you keep a male and female together?

Im talking about full grown, sexually mature leos.

If you dont plan on big time breeding and they are your only pair.

 

[Srt14292]

You will almost inevitably get eggs at some point, so be prepared to take care of the female during egg laying.
You will find that most of the keepers on here, myself included would suggest you keep atleast 2 females to 1 male in any one enclosure, being that it is atleast 600mm long by atleast 300mm deep. can be a little smaller but i prefer to keep it to those ratios (i build my own).

You will still have to quarentine a new female if you get one.,

also how long have you had the other two geckos, long enough to know they have no parasites?

Be warned the male might try and nip at your females, my male did this and took some skin off of my blizzard female, rest assured he has now been seperated but keep an eye on them.

 

[sk8ergrl927]

I only have a male right now, getting a female soon.
I have a 20 gallon long for the male, and a 10 gallon for her first 60-90 days.
Shes not full grown yet, but im just making plans for the future.
Im just trying to figure out if theyd be comfy together once theyre full grown. or if i should keep them separated except for breeding.

 

[Srt14292]

I keep them seperated untill breeding now, it just makes it easier, i keep some of my females together though (the adults)
Well as long as you are aware of the quarentine you will have to go through before thinking of adding them together, They will be most likely comfy if they both have placid temperments, it all depends on the gecko.
Only you will know how they react together, try taking them both out for a while and having them around eachother, let them get used to eachother, maybe for half hour one day then gradually increasing the hours untill they are used to eachother and can spend the night in the same viv.

Either way good luck

 

[acpart]

Here are some specific examples of a variety of male and female housing:

--I keep my males and females in 1.2 and 1.3 from Jan. until whenever in the fall I have enough cage space to move the males (this year it's going to take a long time before I have enough). The males usually stop bothering the females by mid-summer

--I have one male who seems to do better with a cagemate. He is housed year-round with a female that was previously a breeder for me but doesn't seem to ovulate anymore. She is in her magnet hide nearly all the time. He has not bothered her much and if he does, she snaps at him and he backs off. I had another female who also doesn't seem to ovulate anymore in with him last year but I had to move her because he couldn't stop bothering her.

--I have acquaintences with a male and a female together that they got from a reptile rescue. Last year they caught 1 clutch of eggs out of 3 which they gave to me and I incubated and hatched them. This year they got 1 clutch which I incubated but they didn't go anywhere.

Aliza

 

[StatikStepz]

I have found that MOST OF THE TIME, if you have the male and female in the same tank, since hatchling age, since they are around each other for the majority of their life, that they will grow up together just fine and have no problems, since all they know or have come to know, is the fact that the other one is there with them too.

If i plan on breeding a particular male and female hatchling that i have when they get older, i just put them in the same tank and let them grow up together, and never have an issue, because they are used to each other, and "friends" by the breeding age, not just "acquaintances"...

However, this isn't always the case when introducing a gecko of the opposite gender at a later point in time.