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Hi there,
I have been doing weeks of research and I bought my first pair of leopard geckos. They are unrelated and have nice fat tails. I have been feeding them well and all is good, they seem happy and adjusted. The male I believe was cooled down before I got him, and my female might not have been. My female just shed last week and is always eating so much! My male is full grown and my female is just about full grown (sorry no weights yet).
They have been together for about 2 1/2 weeks, almost 3 and I have not seen any signs of mating and she is not gravid.
Could she be too young still? should I cool them down first?
could my huge male really be a female?? lol I doubt that but you never know Anyhelp would be great, thanx!!

Hello there,

Well, first of all...you need to make sure they are really male and female. For the male look for two buldges and for pre-anal pores. In the male, his head tends to be broader than the female's. Once you have figured out the sex, you can stick them together. The other important thing is to make sure they are both big enough, try to get some weights. I would suggest not less than 45 gr for the male, and no less than 50 or 55 g for the female. Although, a lot people do breed them at less weight, personally, i would not recomend it. If you need more help let me know...

David & Daniel Villar

Tundra Geckos

Well I checked and I definately have a male and female, the male has the glands and a definate v shape. My female has nothing like that at all.

He's much fatter now.

np

She should be 50 grams or above to breed. If she isnt, seperate her from the male, or else they will breed and if she doesnt weigh enough, die. Please do this soon because if they are kept together they could breed.
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-Adam
1.2 Bearded Dragons
2.8 Leopard geckos (including below)
1.5 albinos
1.1 patternless
0.2 Normals

np

Females need to be at least 50 grams before breeding.
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So Many Alleles, So Little Time...!
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~~The Gecko Barn~~

np

Female leos can lose a lot of weight when they are laying. The fact that she has gravid females under 50g tells you nothing about how much they weighed when they were bred.
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

-ignorance is not to be punished when one is trying to gain knowledge...what scares me is the vast number of people who, when given the information to gain knowledge, choose to ignore it.

Yes, I do, but they're all gravid. When female leos are gravid, they tend to lose weight - they quit eating. That's why you want to start at 50 grams, or else they won't have as much of a safety weight loss zone.

And not all of my females are gravid. The ones who aren't 50 grams or more yet are not breeding - and will not be bred until they're at 50g.

~~Dusty Windom
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So Many Alleles, So Little Time...!
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~~The Gecko Barn~~