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In march i wrote this post and would like to bring it up again.

I have a male leo about two years old. When last checked he was 55 grams. So he is a healthy young male.to an extent. I have bred this male two times. To two different females. Both of which layed one clutch and then died. The second female i was lucky enough to have the eggs hatch. But im still wondering why this happened. The set ups were right. Plenty of calcium. And adequate lay boxes. Is there something wrong with the male? UNfortunatley i dont have a herp vet close by. Should i pull him from any further breeding?? Thanks for any help and advice.

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4.7.2 leopard geckos (super hypo tangs, blizzards,albinos)
1.0.2 crested geckos (lite cream fire, buckskin, tiger)
1.2 golden geckos
1.1 texas collared lizards
1.1 veiled chameleons
1.0 Bearded dragon

no one has any thing to say??anyone with similar experiences???thanks in advance.

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www.reptilefreaks.tk
4.7.2 leopard geckos (super hypo tangs, blizzards,albinos)
1.0.2 crested geckos (lite cream fire, buckskin, tiger)
1.2 golden geckos
1.1 texas collared lizards
1.1 veiled chameleons
1.0 Bearded dragon

i have yet to start breeding my geckoes, but i figured i would hazard a guess, since no one else is helping you out. it is my guess that your male is either harbouring a parasite or some other sickness, and that he transferred it to hte females during mating. while he can maintain a certain parasite load, the female is under too much stress when she lays her eggs, and so it's killing her & not him. you should have taken the corpses, immediately (like, same day, or within 2 days, in the fridge in the meantime), to any vet, and they can send tissue samples off to specialist pathologists, to determine the cause of death. your male needs to get to a vet. any vet is better than no vet, at he very least, they can refer you out to the nearest person with the experience to help you. i would definitely not breed him to any females until he has seen a vet &, at minimum, had a fecal exam done (meaning, bring his recent poops with you when you go).

also, because i'm being lazy, in response to your post above, about smaller tanks- it is my interpretation that he has changed color because he is forced to be closer to the heat source (assuming you have a UTH), in a smaller cage. it is similar with my geckos. one is temporarily in quarantine in a 5 gallon, and is constantly lighter in color. one is in a 20L, and varies. it's because there's less of a temperature gradient in smaller tanks, and so they are less able to regulate their body temperature. (he would have seemed darker before, as most reptiles only go to hotter areas while processing meals.)
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marla
currently: 0.1.0 axolotls, 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8 leopard geckoes, 0.0.20 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders