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Is it a good idea to put a grown male with two grown females? I want them to mate and lay eggs. I know that two males together fight, but I don't know if it's a good idea to put a male with two females.

Also, where can I find good information on how to breed? I know you need a humidity place with soil that the two can mate in.
Or is that wrong?

I would really appreciate any help on this matter.

Ken

Do a google search on Leopard Gecko breeding before you jump into this, it will be better for you and the geckos. Also, consider that 2 females in a season will produce from 6 to 22 eggs each, depending on size, age, etc. Be prepared to take care of up to 40 geckos. And if you think you can use the money from selling the babies to get rich, don't count on it! At best you may break even or turn a slight profit your first year, but that really depends on how much you invest into your breeding stock, and the demand for your offspring.

Breeding isn't something that should be gotten into without a lot of thought on the responsibilities and expense that come with producing all those babies.

And I don't mean to be condescending, but just the questions asked in your post tell me you haven't done a lot of homework on this.

The wet soil thing you referred to, that would be the lay box, it is used by the female to deposit her eggs, not for them to breed in, though they may breed in the lay box if that's where she is hiding. Most of my females don't make it ten steps in my males cage before he is on her, then she gets moved back into her own cage.

Hope this helped.
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Sam
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I agree completley with gecko_den! Very well said.
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There's NO way to pull a profit breeding just a few leos. I operate at a loss every day of the week. The few I do sell HELP pay the costs... but don't even come CLOSE to what I spend on cages, heating, food, food for the food, dishes, disinfectant, vet trips, rubbermaid containers... and the free stuff like time and effort. And I'm not even doing shows yet...

Just thought I'd throw that out there to anything thinking about breeding for profit. Oh yeah, and I agree with what Sam said.

To make money breeding you need a GREAT reputation and hundreds of breeding leos (the great reputation is what helps you sell that many babies). Alternatively, you could have a few geckos but have really good morphs (an abberant high yellow won't cut it...I'm thinking blazing blizzards, LVPA carrot tail, ect) The problem is simple: too many people are breeding leos now.
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Brian Skibinski
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I think it is great when people want to get more info about their animals and maybe breed them. It is so neat to see something that you helped create, not that we really do much but put them together and let nature take its course. I have seen a lot more people get into breeding thinking they are going to make money, which is a bad reason to breed anything. Many of the babies produced will be dead before they reach a year old (pisses me off every time I think about it!) I have seen people "stuck" with a ton of hatchlings that they can't house or take care of. Hopefully this isn't what happens to the person who originally posted the question. BTW...I agree with Brian, it is next to impossible to turn a profit breeding geckos, I do it for a hobby and to teach kids about genetics, animal behavior, and reproduction. I have one big advantage over some others...I get grants and tax breaks for some of the stuff I do in my classroom, but that stuff is sold only to keep the projects going. I also do some other breeding projects for my own profit.