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this question again?!?!
i've seen this one posted before and there's always a zillion diffrent answers. so if anyone could please be spacific i would really really really (x a million) like to understand this one!
can males be housed togeather WITHOUT females?
what about males that have never been used for breeding?
what about ones that have?

why i ask is i was at the reptile zoo in the next town over today, and while talking with the lady managing that day, she told me they have kept their two males togeather sense they got them (seperate donations) and everything's been peachy keen.
to add to the pot, couple days ago someone dumped some crested's off on their door step, she's had the males togeather in one tank, and females in another. no problems.
kinda needless to say i walked out with some new geckos. my oh my are they pretty, i can't wait to show off the photos!
thanks for humoring me, the bad spelling & my questioning of everything.
-julie

Julie, in my experience males CAN be housed together so long as they have never mated with a female before.
if these animals have been donated, i would however keep them in separate quarentine cages for atleast 60 days to be sure none of them are sick.
if the males have ever been with a female, do not house them together.
when you put them together watch them closely to see if there is much aggression.
finally, monitor the health of the animals as time passes, even if you are not seeing them be aggressive towards one another, one may be stressing the other and causing it to lose weight.

one more thing, i guess i should suggest quarentine on all animals you acquire regardless of where they come from and how they look.
the only time i do not quarentine my animals is when i've purchased well established animals from other breeders that i've purchased from in the past. ( even still, some people would quarentine these animals)

hey thanks a lot for clearing that up.
i've got them seperated, and there is much sleeping being done.
thanks again.
-julie
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julie