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I can keep 2 female leopards with 1 male? I've heard I can, i've heard I can't. Which is correccccct!

I've heard not to because the male will go buck wild and the girls will lay till they die an early death.

Any experience?

Also, what books do you guys recommend?

You asked..."I can keep 2 female leopards with 1 male? I've heard I can, i've heard I can't. Which is correccccct!
I've heard not to because the male will go buck wild and the girls will lay till they die an early death"...I have had one male and two females together for over 13 years now and a second group together for well over 5 years and they are doing fine. I do have several hides in the cage so they can get away from each other though. I didn't put them together until they were full grown though.

I keep my leos in small groups. Usually 2 females and a male although I have had as many as 5 females with a male when I had a much larger collection. Now I just stick to the 1 male/2 female at the most 3 female and it works fine.

I have pretty large enclosures for them and they have plenty of places to hide and get away from each other. I made sure to create places to hide and climb on the hot side and the cool side. Plus I have some driftwood and artificals rocks in there so they can climb around and perch and not constantly be on top of each other. I just keep an eye on them when they feed because if two of them happen to grab the same prey item it could result in a bite.

So far I have only had one male who basically wanted to beat up everybody in sight. He lives alone now, lol. Sad thing too because he is the biggest, most beautiful colored leo I have. But hes got a mean streak I have no idea why.

My geckos do breed and lay eggs periodically but not an excessive amount. The male does not harrass the females. Generally they just completely ignore each other.

You should have no problem keeping your leos in small groups provided they have enough space and you dont have a rotten apple in there.

I keep one male with 3 females. For several years I kept one male with two females. The males will be very excited for the first time they are living with the girls, but they get used to it and calm down. My females lay around the same time every year. My oldest female no longer lays any eggs. The other two usually lay around 4 clutches each with 1-2 eggs per clutch, this does vary.

It helps to introduce them all into nuetral territory when you are first going to house them together. There usually will be a lot of tail waiving and some posturing until they figure out their dominance order. During breeding the male will bite the females, females who do not want to breed will bite back. In my tank my gecko "Magic" is the most dominate, it goes back and forth between her and my albino female "Gandy", and the male "Mal" is third and the old girl "Booda" is last. No one ever picks on Booda the only fighting ever is when Mal is trying to breed and the girls don't want to or if someone mistakes another's tail for a bug.