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Hi all i have a high yellow female that is weighing in at 57grms and she is still small in my opinion.When i got her she was only a tiny baby and as my first i had some trouble with lack of calcium. After correcting my error she started picking up and her leg luckily corrected itself and she is a healthy eater now. My question is due to the lack of calcium at the start of her life could this possibly have an affect on how big she will grow??? I was hoping to breed her this year but she is no where near the size of my male who is weighing in at 89grms. If i put a UV light on top of my enclosure do u think she will get any bigger from this? Will it help her size increase??? Thankyou Gilbery007

Your girl will never weight 89 grams!!!! What you have is a normal sized female and a huge male 57 grams is a good weight for a female, I doubt she's undersized at all. I have a male who's over 90 grams and he towers over the females, so I can see where you'd think your girl was small. But she's fine.
About the UVB though, you can certainly put UVB light on leopard geckos. Unless they are albinos - I hear that their eyes are quite sensitive to light. But when using UVB light you must also be sure to offer calcium.

NP

They sound perfect for each other

Plz someone help me out can i breed my 57 grm female with a 89 grm male???Thankyou Gilbery007

I've bred my 90 gram male with females 50-60 grams for several seasons now, and produced many offspring. And the females are fine after the experience. Its okay, really.

That is, assuming she's old enough.

What signs are bad and what are good when i put them together?Also should i put her in his tank if so, for how long? Thankyou Gilbery007

Well, I would consider her still a bit too young to breed, but I am cautious about that. I feel 18 months is the minimum.

About breeding, if this is your first time, I can't fit all the info you need in one post Here's a good article on breeding. And there are plenty of others.
Leo Land ... breeding and incubating

in theory, leopard geckos do not require uv light, since they are nocturnal. they just need a calcium dish, with some source of vitamin d3 occasionally. i'd imagine a bright uv light might actually stress her out. but, yeah, your male is big & your female is about average. what counts is how healthy they look, relative to their length.
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marla
currently: 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8.3 leopard geckoes, 0.0.13 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders