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I plan to house hatchlings in 28 qt tubs. I just wanted to know if anyone has kept both groups of hatchlings say 3-5 leos together and single. Whats the different outcome if say I don't have problem with aggression and there is enough food for everyone do housing them alone get them growing faster?
Xavier
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Leopard Geckos
1.1 Tangerine trempor albino
2 blizzard lizzard female
1.1 Super Hypo Carrot tails (both Baldy)
1 amel corn snake

1.0.0 Common snapping turtle
0.1.0 Belize slider
0.1.0 Egyptian tortoise
0.0.1 blackknobbed sawback
0.0.1 stripeneck musk
0.0.1 nothern DBT

Although they do fine in small groups, I find that they grow quicker and seem less stressed when raised singly or with their clutchmate in a shoebox sized box.

Hope this helps
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Kelli Hammack
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I agree with Kelli. Unless you are really pressed for space, I would house them individually. Its much easier to monitor how much each one is eating (or not eating), you wont have to worry about sexing and separating them in a few months if you dont want to either. Some people neglect to do this and the females end up breeding way too soon which can be very unhealthy or deadly. Also in my opinion, not only do they grow faster but they also develop more brilliant colors. For instance, I housed two females I have since they were babies and they are over two years old now. One has always been bright and the other kind of dull. Well a couple months ago I had to separate them for the first time due to a disease scare and they are still apart now. Anyways, after the first couple weeks of having them apart, I noticed that the female had become drastically brighter! Her dull yellow had turned two or three times as bright. Every shed since then, she has continued to get brighter. I dont know, I guess it could be a "color growth spurt" but at almost 2 1/2 years old I doubt that. The other geckos bright yellow has also developed a lot more orange as well.

Whatever you choose to do Im sure the geckos will be fine. I would house them individually for the reasons stated above, but Im not that pressed for space and people have had tons of success either way. Let us know what you decide to do and how it goes. good luck.

Joe
PS Sorry my posts always end up so long.

Thanks for the replies you guys . I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet but I think if anything I'll limit it to 2 per cage. I really would like to make a drastic cage and use really rack sytem instead of my make shift ones I have now. It would just make thing alot better. I will have upwards of 48 offspring next year and I don't plan on selling any before the age of 3-5 months. That and I plan to keep every hatchling from the 2 female blizzards that will be bred to my trempor male. Gosh that alone will make for alot of room needed what to speak of the year after.

Xavier
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Leopard Geckos
1.1 Tangerine trempor albino
2 blizzard lizzard female
1.1 Super Hypo Carrot tails (both Baldy)
1 amel corn snake

1.0.0 Common snapping turtle
0.1.0 Belize slider
0.1.0 Egyptian tortoise
0.0.1 blackknobbed sawback
0.0.1 stripeneck musk
0.0.1 nothern DBT