I tried introducing my male leo, Gizmo, with my female leo, Esther, in a tank that I use for transporting them to the vet. Esther is pregnant with possibly fertile eggs, and I was told by a breeder to keep her with my male leo for a day or two to get her interested in laying the eggs. First Esther just laid there in the tank and Gizmo seemed more interested in getting out and literally walked over her and she didn’t even move. Then he seemed to notice her and walked right up to her and kept licking her and she licked him a few times too. This is what kind of scared me... his tail started flicking or rattling like it does when leos are about to eat an insect. He did this twice and Esther just sat there staring and licking at him. I’m afraid because Esther, as of a week ago, weighed 35 grams (she doesn’t weigh much because she was impacted with sand when I rescued her from Petco) and Gizmo, as of a month ago, weighed 54 grams. He’s so much bigger than she is that he could hurt her if he wanted to. I put them back in their seperate tanks until I find out what I should do. My question is... why did Gizmo flick his tail like that? Any advice in introducing leos would be great. Thanx!
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Introducing two leos
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wow you're full of misinformation...
firstly she is way too small to be laying eggs i hope for the safety of your gecko that she's not pregnant for that reason DO NOT put the male and female together anymore until you are ready for them to breed and IMPORTANTLY she is well over 50gs and healthy. If she is around 30grams she has a high chance of becoming impacted by the eggs.
The male does not have to be in the cage to induce her to lay, she will lay when she is ready
Next tail flicking is normal that means the male wants to mate, its standard behavior, I suggest you keep them apart till you're more used to keeping them.
good luck
I didn't plan on breeding her. She was kept with about 10 leopard geckos at Petco, and I'm sure that at least one of them had to have been male. Yes, there is a chance that the eggs could be infertile, but the possibility of them being fertile is there also. I noticed the eggs in her stomach several days ago, and I was aware that since she is underweight that they could cause physical damage. I'm doing all I can to help her have them safely. Thanx for your help.
