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I have two leopared geckos. Well, actually three, but this only involves two.

About five years ago these two were fine in the same cage, then I got a third, put it with the other two, and now just the two females get along. For about 3 years i have had the male by himself, and the two females in another.

While I was just cleaning out both cages, I let the two geckos that were once very friendly before i got the third...i let these two roam around on a blanket on the floor. They seem fine right now. So I was wondering after I clean out the 2nd cage, would i be able to put the male and the female back in the cage they were in 4-5 years ago? They seem fine as they are inches away from each other, and neither are biting.

Last time I put these two together was when I put the female in with the male just to see if they would get along...And the male kicked the females ass very hard...They fought like alligators where they twirled around and i couldnt even see what was going on....

So my question is will these two be ok if i put them in a cage after i put all new wood chips in, and the whole 'sha-bang'?

Post your thoughts here.

Thank you,

Brian

ok.....the male just rattled his tale like he was going to strike, so i pulled the female away and put her...........I dont know what to do..but I would really like a male and a female to be put together, but this male hates everyone so it seems.

Like 5 years ago when i had alot of leopard geckos i bought a "breeding pair" and they got along just fine. I never really payed attention to what sex they were due to i checked the big one and could easly tell it was a male, then a little time went by and i started to wonder why they never had any eggs. (i had about 10 other leopards at this time who all bred regularly) So i looked at both of the "breeding pair" and they were both MALES!! So i seperated them and put females with them and they got along fine with the females and bred like crazy, but i wanted to see if for some reason if they were friends or something so i put the males back together for a sec and they were about to attack each other till i seperated them.

Well I didn't mean to write all that! But anyway I was gona just
ask are you sure one is male and the other is female?

sorry about me loesing my train of thought....

Kyle
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0.1.3 Leopard Geckos (2 Normals, 2 Tremper Albinos)

yep, im sure. They layed eggs a few times before back a few years ago

Sorry, can't help you with the fighting question. But, did I understand right that you have yoru leo's on woodchips? I know for a fact that cedar chips (the typeyou'd use for hamsters and things of the sort) are very bad for leos. If they aren't cedar I'd still have to assume that woodchips aren't the safest substrate to be using, many chances for impaction. Just thought I'd put my twocents in.

okay, thx, what do u recommend for leo geckos? Sand?

If you don't care about looks, paper towel is the easiest.
If you do care about looks and want a natural look, you can probably get some slate tile at home depot/lowes/etc. for as much as you'd spend on sand. There are a few more posts on this page discussing substrate, and if you look back over the past few pages, there are several debates on it.

What it comes down to is: If you use a granular substrate (sand/bark/etc), there is always a risk of impaction. Some people have had success on sand and never had problems. Others have had leos die on it. It all depends whether you're willing to take the risk for the sake of using sand because it looks good. In the wild, leos live in rocky areas, so it's not really a 'natural look' for them to be on sand, but people think it's pretty. Slate floor tiles seem to be a good compromise. they look good (slate is cool looking, that's why people use it for flooring in the first place), there's no risk of impaction, it's easy to clean, and its as close to the leo's natural habitat as you can get.

Hope this helps.
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Blaine

0.0.1 HY/Patternless/Normal Leo (Echo)