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Will leo's breed all year round or do most breed only in season?What are the seasons?

Leos only breed once a year. You need to cool them down for about two weeks I believe. Here is a good website to help you if you want to breed your leao.
Leopard and African Fat-Tailed Gecko Breeding, Egg Laying and Incubation

Actually you can breed them whenever. You do need to get them adequate rest though. I have a male in his prime that breeds 10 months of the year. Not in a row, I give him a week or two in between sessions to get his energy and drive back.

I tried to put a pair of leopard gecko's together that had never seen each other, but nothing happened. I'm absolutely postive that they are a pair (male/female), so I'm going to try to do a cooling down period from the middle of September to the end of October. Hopefully that will stimulate them to breed. This male has lived with a female his whole life, so that might be part of the problem. I just got him from a friend of mine.

Yeah if they were grown up together then he definately won't have a drive. It's a good idea to split them up for a bit and you might even try to get another female. Hope that helps.

I can't spell....definitely.

This is probably a stupid question, but you said that if they grow up together they may not have a sexual drive? I just bought 3 babies and I eventually plan on breeding them. 1 male and 2 female in case you were wondering. They all live together right now. I kinda wanted them to. If I want them to breed am I gonna have to split them up? I'm confused.

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Vicky Lord
1.0 boyfriends (Jeremy)
1.1 cats (Oscar, Angel)
1.1 dogs (Toto, Jesse)
1.0 San Felipe Rosy Boa (Herman)
1.0 Catavina Rosy Boa (George)
1.2 Leopard Geckos (Edge, Jazzy (short for Jasmine), and Dot (so named for the cute dot that is right above her tail))

No, I think if you just cool them down, they will breed. You don't have to separate them.

Leos breed from early spring to early summer producing 5 or 6 clutches of two eggs per year. I have never cooled mine significantly...just the natural cooling that happens with the difference from summer to winter. I leave the lights and heat on all year and they reproduce well.