I come to a small problem I have 2 leopard setups 1 is all my breeders 1.4 then 1 group is all my babys 0.0.7 about 3 months old.. I got lucky today and pick up 2 beautiful female Leopards 1 is a normal and 1 is a high-yellow but it has some tangerine on her back for a very good deal one of those deals when you know you werent going to leave unless the gecko's go too. LOL Well my problem is my new 2 females are around 6-7months old still way to small to breed but a good size difference then the babies.. Now where should I put my 2 new girls for the moment they are in a 3rd smaller cage that I dont have any heat on and I was wondering what group I would be better off mixing them with. Any help/opinions the sooner the better. Dont want them to get hurt by my ADULTS and dont want them hurting or bullying my babies. Im not buying any more geckos til I get a new tank and heat setup.
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i would suggest you don't put them in with either ones. not to mention quarantining...which i'm sure someone will...you are right to believe that they would bully the smaller ones and that your adults would bully them. also, your male might try to breed with them, and that just wouldn't be good. i would suggest going out now and picking up something to heat them with, if not a whole cage set up.
if none of that is possible at this very moment...what is the size of your breeding tank? are you keeping the new girls in a critter keeper? would it be possible to set the small cage with the girls in it in the big cage with the adults? i would block off any way they could see each other though--tape paper on the sides--give them little blindfolds--or something. i had a juvi die one time because she wouldn't eat anything ever, and only in retrospect did i realize that she could see an adult gecko from the other side of the room and maybe it intimidated her.
hope i helped, good luck,
amanda
I have the adults in a 40gallon and yup right now I have the 2 new females in a crittercage. I went and got a 5gallon heatpad and put it under 500wt rheostat. Yup I have Geckos in different rooms but it works out for me because I get the babies from one pet shop and the Adults from another. The babies are in a 20long if anyone was curious. Thanks for the advice.
