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Ok, I'm are finally going to start breeding Leopard Geckos, but just mainly for the hobby, so we don't know much about the morphs and all that... I was just curious if anybody knew what these females we have are?

Someone told us this one is a Tremper albino...
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This one was said to be a high yellow reduced pattern something, but I don't remember what...
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Nobody ever said what this one was, but after looking at pictures, we are thinking a bell albino...

We are thinking the same about this one, cuz it looks just like the other one...
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A friend of mine let me borrow his super giant albino male to pair up with these girls... We can't wait to start getting eggs from these girls!

Ok, I'm are finally going to start breeding Leopard Geckos, but just mainly for the hobby, so we don't know much about the morphs and all that... I was just curious if anybody knew what these females we have are?

Someone told us this one is a Tremper albino...

This one was said to be a high yellow reduced pattern something, but I don't remember what...

Nobody ever said what this one was, but after looking at pictures, we are thinking a bell albino...

We are thinking the same about this one, cuz it looks just like the other one...

A friend of mine let me borrow his super giant albino male to pair up with these girls... We can't wait to start getting eggs from these girls!

How much do they weigh? There tails look a bit then yet to breed them. The high yellow has a fattail but still could use a bit more. I personally wait till 70-80g before i breed. You can breed at 50g but you are taking big risks and it is really hard on your leo.

You beat me too it LeoLady!

I was just going to say the same thing. Females who are bred can lose up to half of their body weight...they should be nice and fat before you consider breeding.

I usually say 2yrs of age and 70-80grams definatly before breeding
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0.1 Bearded dragon
2.1 Leopard Gecko's
1.0 Tokay Gecko
0.1 Mexican Black kingsnake
1.0 Ball Python
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
1.0 Blood Red Corn
0.0.1 Mali Uromastyx
0.1 Bullmastiff
3.1 Cats

Haha sorry! LOL.....Actually my female was 97g the first time bred. Haha but i go now at about 70-80 more like 80 just because i like to be safe then sorry.

Considering that most healthy females max out around 50-70 grams, waiting till 80 is a little overkill. A girl doesn't need to be fat to breed, just mature.

40-50 grams is more than enough to breed. Just feed them as much as they will eat and they shouldn't lose that much weight during the season. My first year females typically weigh more after their first breeding season than they did to the start the season.

40g is WAY to early. Yes they do need to be FAT inorder to have babies, they use that fat and if not in good health and FAT, they will die, or get egg bound and die. Sorry but 80 is not over kill it's being safe and not doing it to early. 50g i have seen but still puts alot of stress on them.

She is over 4 years old and produces as many as 20 offspring a year. I constantly breed females as small as 35 grams and have NEVER had a leo die from a complication from breeding.

There is no need to wait until 80 grams if you are working with non-giant morphs. At 80 grams most females would be considered obese and should actually lose weight before being breed. Obesity is unhealthy in leos just as much as it is in humans.

Read any book or article on leos and you will not see anyone recommending a minimum breeding weight of 80 grams. I've seen ridiculous things said here before, but this might top them.

No sorry breeding at 30-40g is by far the most ridiculous thing said on this forum ever. They are sub adults at 40g not adults....that carry eggs. Here i will give you 2 caresheets right now that say at least 50g to breed. I am glad that i know i would never use or recommend anyone to buy a leo from you as they are breed WAY too young.

http://www.thegeckospot.com/leobreeding.html
Specifically says 50g is even a bit too young!

http://www.geckosetc.com/htm/care.htm

http://www.kingsnake.com/gladescs/leogecko/
Have to open then run pc version and then read breeding section.