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Hey everyone.. I have these geckos for more than 1 year now.. I was wondering if they all can be kept in a 20 gal long take with lots of hides. I know that they have the possibility that they will breed. Currently the 2 females are kept together. If i put them all together and they do breed, can i leave the eggs inside the take? will they keep breeding and breeding? or will they stop?...I just want to keep all of them together thats why im asking this question.. thanks

Hi

One of my setups is 20 gallon long that houses one male and two female leopard geckos. They are thriving and have bred and laid eggs - I have 10 eggs from this group.

If you are planning on breeding, take some time to do a google search or a search on here for breeding leopard geckos and find out what the next step is for breeding and incubating eggs.

Good luck!

Terry

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Terry Brashear
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The thing is... If they do breed. I was planning on leaving the eggs inside the tank, just like how it would happen in their natural environment... I dont want to deal with the whole incubating process. I just want the 3 leos in 1 tank ..

If the females lay the eggs, could i just take a container and put the moist soil in the warm side of the tank?

You can do that, if you don't want the eggs to hatch. If you want the eggs to hatch, you have to get an incubator. You need the incubator because you have to be able to regulate the proper temps and humidity. If the humidity is not rite It is very likely the eggs will dry out or mold, depending on whether the humidity is too high or too low. And to be able to control the humidity it is best to use perilite or vermiculite, not soil.

Id find it highly unnecessary to breed any gecko unless you were absolutely positive you want the babies, and are willing to give them a chance to hatch.
Breeding and egg laying takes alot out of geckos, so if your not really wanting the babies, or arent going to make an extreme effort to hatch them, why breed them? Just curious. Not bashing you or anything.
But it just sounds to me that you just want the 3 geckos, and not really interested in the outcome of eggs.
Then why put them through the stress at all in that case?

~Crystal
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)

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