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I actually have two questions. The first would be, if down the road I decided to breed leos how "easy" would it be to house the male and female together permanently? Or should I just plan on getting another tank, let em knock boots, and then seperate em? The next question is for those of you who leave your supplement in the food dish. For instance, my mealworms are in a glass ash tray with just enough supplement to cover the bottom without them burrowing in it. How often do you change that supplement out? Thanx.

I’m still in my first year of breeding leos, but I can tell you what I’ve noticed. It seems like most of my females eat better, and don’t stress as much while laying eggs, when they are by themselves. I have a few females who will do fine with a male or another female as a cage mate, even when gravid. I guess it’s a personal judgment call. If she ever looses considerable weight, behaves strangely, or lays eggs in strange places, it would be best to keep her on her own.
For your other question, I change the calcium/vit every other time I fill the mealworm dish for geckos that have their own cage. For groups of two or more, I like to keep the mealworms in a small ceramic dish, and the keep the calcium and vitamins in a different small dish (usually a bottle lid). The mealworms poop a lot, and I like to keep that separate from the calcium that the geckos lick. Hope this helps!

DaveCable