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I don't mean to start a debate...just wanted to share our experiances with keeping males together....

We have actually kept males successfully together without fights.

It seems albinos and blizzards are much less likely to scrap or fight as opposed to our others.

We currently keep 9 leos and have kept many in the past but within the last few years we've been experimenting with putting the males together. We monitor them very closely in weight, and to see if there are any signs of stress. Suprisingly we've only had one mishap. A large male snapped and tried to attack a much smaller male. We seperated them immediately and everyone was fine.

From what we have seen and experimented with males are not as aggressive with one another as people make them out to be.

It seems as long as both are relitively the same size...there is no problem...I also talked to a local breeder who told me he has kept males together on and off for a long time. Seperating them only when the breeding season comes around....I also think as long as a female is not present it definetly reduces the risk of a fight. Once you add the female the males will fight for her.

We currently do not keep male leos together and there is still a risk to be taken into consideration if this is attempted. I wouldn't recommend it but I was just curious if anyone else has tried keeping males together....

or if there are any bad or good experiances to be told about keeping males together???
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Chris

1.2.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.2.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.5.1 Leopard Geckos

NP
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1.1 Leos(Ron and Raine), 2.1 Kitty Cats(Bubba, Angelo and Cookie) and 1.1 Rouen Ducks(Buddy and M.J.).

I don't think it should be done...unless for some reason you absolutely have to keep them together. There really is no point in taking the risk even if it is a minor one.
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Chris

1.2.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.2.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.5.1 Leopard Geckos

Though that is a very interesting study I would be very wary, a male's dispostion toward another could change at any time and it's really not worth the risk. Like the above post said-- Unless you really, really need that space and they don't seem to mind each other it's really not a very wise decision. Take care.

-Britney
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1.1 Leos(Ron and Raine), 2.1 Kitty Cats(Bubba, Angelo and Cookie) and 1.1 Rouen Ducks(Buddy and M.J.).

I had 2 males out on the floor at the same time last year, both juvies and around the same size.

here is my finger after I broke up the fight. One had the other by the throat and cut him pretty bad. The other had him by the belly, and barely made a mark.

In order to break them up I had to stick my finger in the mouth of one to get him to let go, then he did this to me.

so yeah, I don't risk putting 2 males near each other. I know what "might" happen, as it did happen to me. by the way, it hurt like hell, and my hands are always being smashed around.
You can figure how much damage this would do to a leopard gecko.

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4.4 Leopard Geckos
1.0 Marbled Gecko
1.1 Red Eared Sliders
0.2 Siamese Mice

I don't think the presence of a female is all it would take. Even just the scent of a female may set them off.
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chickabowwow

3.2.3 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)

Where there was a group that researched a breeding group of leos. They started out with one male and a couple of females if memory serves me. They allowed them to breed naturally and the eggs hatched in the cage with the adults (it was a huge set-up). According to them, the oldest male was the dominant one and the hatchling males all staked out smaller areas for themselves. Nothing happened between them.

I think they tried introducing another male tho and all hell broke loose... every male there ganged up on the new one. It was really nteresting to read. I just wish I still had the link

I have mainly albinos and albino hets. I have kept clutchmates together that were both male and have never seen any aggression, but I do seperate them before they reach sexual maturity. I think if they have grown up together sharing the same enclosure (without females, before sexual maturity) you don't get that aggression or territorialism. I don't put males that have not been housed together since they were babies together though, and I do not keep adult males together.

Actually, the only aggression I have ever seen (besides mating behavior) in my leos was quite some time ago, it was one of my females that I was keeping in a 20 gallon, and I tried to add another female to the enclosure (I did not change around the furniture and remove all scent traces first- I know better now). The old female first began sniffing, then biting the new female (yes I am sure she is a female). I seperated them.

I think a lot of leo aggression is territorialism.
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