Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Assuming I had them housed together all along? The mating seems to be a nightly thing the past few nights. Is he gonna stop eventually? Do I seperate after he's lost interest or seperate after the first session? It's not a coclony, 1 to 1.

If hes been mating a few times then it is probobly a good idea to separate them. That way the female doesnt stress out. And because like you said it is not a colony , then it is definatley a good idea to separate after mating. Although im not sure how many matings is to much.

Reptile
-----

www.reptilefreaks.tk
4.5.2 leopard geckos (super hypo tangs, blizzards,albinos)
1.0.1 crested geckos
1.2 golden geckos
1.1 texas collared lizards
1.1 veiled chameleons
0.0.1 Bearded dragon

This is a tough question to answer, because leo attitudes are very different. I have a 1.1 pair that live together, all the time. They have been together in a 20L for about five months now. I occasionally got eggs. They mated a bunch at first, and there was also some "bickering". i.e. the female striking at the male when she wanted him to stop being a hornball, although no harm came from it. But now they live together very happily.
It really depends on if the leopard geckos grew up with others, if the male will stress out the female by trying to mate, if the male will chase away the female from food or hiding spots, if either the male of female is overly aggressive and leaves bite marks on its mate... the list goes on.

If you just want them together for mating, I would suggest keeping them apart until you plan to mate them. If you want them to co-exist together with an occasional egg here and there, and if you do not think they will fight, I would say it's fiine.