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Hi. I have 2 pair of crested geckos. I got my second female a few months ago. Everyone is doing fine and the girls are laying their clutches like clockwork, with plenty of baby geckos being collected right now. When it comes time for the cool down this fall, can I put the 2 males together in a 29 gallon tank or will they think there is still a female around and mess with each other? I do have a third tank with 2 house geckos and 1 anole but they are a lot smaller than my cresties.

I also need to do something with my babies. All of the local pet stores I sell to don't need anymore right now. I only have 4 right now but six eggs in the incubator are coming. I may need to get a second rubbermaid container to put them in.

Thanks, mike.

2 males together will probably fight and hurt each other.
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0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko - Tigger
0.1 Crested Gecko - Pooh-Bear

yea, i wouldnt put to males together for any reason. They might not fight, but all it takes is 1 time.

about the babies, you'll probably need a new rubbermaid. like most popular/easy to breed reptiles, you'll find that you have more babies than anyone wants.

we all see A.C's and other breeder's prices and think to ourselves, "wow! i can do that, these things breed easy and i have some nice ones" then after a few clutches the pet stores are full and dont need them, but your eggs are still hatching. and if theres more than 1 person breeding them in town that just adds to the prob.
kind of like what happened with beardies or leos. flooded market = lots of spares.

so you end up w/ alot of *tanks w/ cresties in them, like me (*or rubbermaid tubs)
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1.7 Crested Geckos
2.1 Bearded Dragon
1.1 Golden Gecko
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Tiger Salamander
varying numbers of guppies

I agree that the males should be housed separately. Pick up a clear rubbermaid or sterlite container and put the male in there with some artifical plants and other climbing surfaces for the cooling period. Not as attractice as the nice cages you have now but deffinitely a good cheap way to house him during the months of the cooling period.

For the babies, I have been using these dry storage bins I found at the dollar store. They are well, a dollar (CDN), about 10"x6.5"x4" in size and are great for 1-2 baby crested geckos. Stick a fake plant into it, some papertowel at the bottom and there you go. I find my babies are growing well in this setup, and it certainly takes alot less pace to house all the babies I have (8 so far, still have a couple eggs inclubating though, I have already started cooling down).

To find homes for your babies, advertising online could help (not in the forums here of course, but you can always purchase a short term classified account so you can post in the classified section). Getting a table at a local reptile show is a good ideal as well (it is what i plan to to, especially now that a new show is openining up in my area, which is alot closer than the other reptile show I go to regularly). Try a newspaper ad as well, alot of people who are interested in a pet reptile don't necessary know where to look for them, other than the petstore. Get active in your local herp society. Not only does it give you opportunities to meet other herp loving people, but it can get you involved in educational shows, etc, spreading the knowledge about reptiles in general and crested geckos in particular. Giving the ease of care and small caging requirements of crested gecko, they do make a great first reptile pet.
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PHLdyPayne

Thanks for the advice. I thought I read that 2 male could live together as long as there was no female. That might have been before any female was introduced? I did sell one of my babies today to a co-worker. She kept saying how cute they were last year when I would bring them to work before I took them to the pet store. When she herd I had more babies this year she wanted one. I gave her my books to read so she new what it takes to keep them. After a month she was ready.

Well off to the store to get another container. I'm going to need a bigger apartment.