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I had apair of male and female leopard geckos, and bought a new female. When I put the new female into the cage - the old female attacked the new female. The new female is running around the cage extremely agitated. Took one of the females out, but was wondering if someone had a solution?

Hey there! Are the females of similar weight? If one female is considerably larger than the other then the tention may be bullying. Try taking the female who is agitated out of the vivaruim for a few nights and leave the new female in there with the male to allow them to be aquainted - then out the "old" female back in - hopefully she will not be as territorial , however, some gecko's can be problematic and even some females will refuse to be housed together - i hope you situation is not this extreme though!

Hope this helps Evonne x

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I had a similar problem, and to make it worse my dominant female was in her egg laying season. All I did was make a hide for the smaller female, just big enough for retreat. In my case a bit of slate lent against some bark. After a few days they were over it! The new girl hasn't fully intergarted with them yet but there is no agression (infact iv caught them huddled up!)

I would suggest seperating them permanently, Leos can be quite vicious when they fight. A new tank setup is much cheaper than a vet bill. If there is aggression already going on, it might continue. I have had to seperate my geckos due to fighting, however I have a female that is very aggressive. It is your choice whether you want to take the chance. If you do keep all of them together, just keep an eye on the small one. Make sure she is getting enough to eat, as bigger geckos can sometimes bully the small ones out of food, and hiding spots. Also, how much smaller is the new gecko?