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My daughter has two Leopards, a male (Scamper) and a female (Spyro). They have been kept separate for a year (Scamper, the newer one, was bought just one year ago). We have done a few tests, putting them both in the same larger tank . One first meeting Scamper (M) started vibrating his tail and starting biting Spyros (F) side. We quickly seperated them. Is this normal? I guessed it was part of the mating process, but didn't want to take any chances. Please let me know how much violence I should expect. And yes, we are sure about the sexes, so this isn't two males having a bar room brawl.

Yes this is part of the breeding process! The male will wiggle his tail very fast looking at the female. He will than bite her trying to get to her neck so they could breed. I fyou want baby leopards than keep them in together. NOTE: If the male gets to violent seperate the me ASAP. THanks

- Ray
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3.3 Leopard Geckos
2.0 Green Tree Pythons
1.1 Rosy Boas
2.3 Russian Tortoises
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.3 Three Toe Box
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1.0 Malayan Leaf Turtle
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0.0.1 Red Foot Tortoise

Well, yes it is part of the mating process, one day I woke up to find my female have 2 large cuts on her back, I was also scared I didn't know what to do, but I contiued to look up, and saw some pics of mating leos, and the female had a large cut also, so don't worry, it's just mating, and if you decide to put them back together, it's ok, and be sure to keep a humid hide in with them (her), so if you have ANY more questions feel free to ask. Thank you.

From:Brent Allen email leosrule182@yahoo.com AIM albinoleodotcom

Thanks for the help. A bit of a different question. My daughter is very knowledgable and interested, but she is only 8. Assuming we do get fertile eggs, how much work is incubating etc. I will more than help, however I would hate to have her hopes get high and then end up with a bunch of dead hatchlings. I realize that it would be a lesson in life, etc, just not sure I want to go there at this point. How hard is it raise baby geckos and what is the mortality rate? thanks again

Many breeders have care sheets on their websites. For example (*not trying to promote my website - just giving an example*) if you go to my website, http://www.thegeckobarn.com/ and look up Care Sheet, it'll give you lots of information, although you can find plenty more information at other sites. Just look for the words "Care Sheet" or "Care Information" and things like that.

~~Dusty

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