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I have two female geckos ages 6mths & 10mths. My 10 month old is very tame and hands friendly. However she has been seperated from here cage mate for about 2 months now because she was showing some rather strange behaviors that I took as aggressive. For fear of tail biting I parted them. The older female sways her tail in a very quick and deliberate manner when put near the younger female. I would like to cage them togther again but I'm not sure with this type of behavior. Is it wise? Is this natural?

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When a male leo encounters another leo, hes sways his tail with along with a vibration, if the opposing leo respons in the same matter, both leos know that they are both males and they will fight, sometimes to the death.

If the opposing leo doesnt sway his tail, then the leo challenging will know that the opposing leo is either a young or a female.

In your case, Im not sure if its common but people have warned me that females can fight with each other too just like males.

Im guessing your 100% positive that you know these 2 are females... so...

When a male doesnt accept a female as a cage mate, people do this.

Alone females that don't know each other tend to bump heads.

In order to get your leos to get along, you need to re-introduce the leo thats non-agressive to the agressive. After a few times if not right away, the agressive will learn to accept.
If this fails, get another cage, 10 gal. But more then likely the agressive will learn to accept.

In order to prevent this,most of the time females growing up together do fine living in the same tank. Theres always that chance though.

Good Luck
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Normal - Male - Ninja
High Yellow - Female - Ninjete

Try reintroducing the females on neutral territory, and if you are able to put them back in the same cage together, move around the scenery so the one that was living in there the longest won't claim territory.