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My male leo seems to be pushing my female around a lot. For instance, when she is eating out of the mealworm bowl he'll step on top of her and push her down. He also does this when she is in "his" hide box. I know he has tried mating with her, but when I saw this in action, he got rejected. I am unsure if they have mated yet or not, but her nest is ready for her right now. I have owned a female leo that died from being stressed out by the male and I don't want this to happen again. Should I seperat them? Or maybe just wait until I see her first set of eggs? Thanks for any help!

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1 Pit Bull/Black Lab (Mason)
1 rescued cat (Spot)
1 Concure (Shaka)
20gal. tropical fish tank
1 Box Turtle (D.T.)
1 male betta
1 goldfish
2 adult Leos (Stan & Girlco)

I'd keep an eye on things and if he doesn't quit I think I'd seperate them. If this continues she might get stressed enough not to produce eggs. Mind you, I'm no expert but too much stress on the female will only be bad for her.

Quig

If he is interfering with her eating, I'd seperate sooner rather than later. I have a couple that used to have some spats around the dinner table too. They have now worked it out, tho in their case she was the more aggressive one, and he's always been more submissive and shy.
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1.0 Hypo stripe, Het RW from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino from Petsmart (Cloud)
0.1 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko from Petco (Beatrice)
0.1 Stripe female (rehabilitated rescue)(Pepper)
0.1 Jungle het RW hatched by me! (Jungle Bunny)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko from Petco (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko from Petco (Rainbow)
0.1 RW Stripe hatched by me! (unnamed yet)
0.1 Leucistic rescue (Lucy?)
0.1 Tremper stripe from JMG (Delta)
0.1 SHCT hatched by me! (Blinky)
0.0.1 SHCTB hatched by me! (Sunny II)
0.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Hatched: ~50 leos