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Hi,
This will be my first year breeding leopard geckos. My male is about 46 grams and my female is about 42 but i am going to wait until she is 50. These are the first two i will breed. Maybe by janurary or feb. i can breed them all. But anyways to my question, how long after breeding does the female hold her eggs for? How long on average do they take to hatch about 50 days correct? Just curious!
Thank you!
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Lauren
Leos and Uros
1.1 Saharan Uromastyx
0.0.1 Mali Uromastyx
1.1 Jungle Albino Leopard Gecko
1.1 Hypo/Baldy Leopard Gecko
1.1 Tremper Albino Leopard Gecko

well if i remember the female will take up to 3-4 weeks to lay after mating and about 2 months for the eggs to hatch..depending on the temps..the higher the temp..the quicker they hatch..but the tems shouldnt be over 95 degrees or else you'll probably get "hot" females

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Its a female leo who is born withouth the reproductive organs and is extrmely aggressive and will harm or even kill cagemates

they can still breed but they are very assevive with other Geckos
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Preston Berry
www.coolgeckos.com
prestonberry@austin.rr.com

From reading "The Leopard Gecko Manual", I understand that females incubated at high temperatures (90 ... not 95, 95 will mostly likely kill the embryo) don't mature as fast and are not ready to breed until they are about 18 months old.

It used to be believed that "hot" females were simply aggressive and would not breed at all.

I've incubated females (after the first 2 weeks) at about 88-90 degrees with no problems. My females have been as gentle as any others, with humans and with other leos.
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Andrea A.

When eggs are incubated hot to produce males, and a female is born from the clutch, that female is called 'hot'. They can be agressive and antisocial.
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Blaine

0.0.1 High Yellow Juvenile Leo (Echo)