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i have 3 leopard geckos, 2 female, and a newly introduced male. i just did a feeding, and when the bigger female went over to the male she immediately ran as fast as she could to the other side of the tank and started trying to get out. for a few minutes she would shake her tail, followed by running into the corner trying to get out. the male is an adult, the albino(the female running away) is probably about 7 months old and the other is probably 5 months old. the other female walked by the male, and he licked her face, followed by nipping at her tail. is this normal? what the hell is happening?

OK first off, seperate the male from the females its not just stressing but your females are too young to breed. Second the tail biting and licking is just normal male behavior when they're trying to mate.
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Leo Gex
1.3 noramls or hi-yellows
1.0 Giant normal phase het for temper albino
0.2 Giant temper albino
0.2 Temper albinos
1.0 Tangerine Temper albino
0.1 super-hypo Tangerine carrot tail/head
0.1 hypo and baldy Tangerine
0:1 Blizzared
1:0 patternless
0.1 jungle rainwater albino
Others:
1 snapping turtle
1 Giant plated lizard
1:1 dogs
and 2:0 chinchillas

Yes! PLEASE seperate the male from the females. They are WAY too young to breed and getting gravid could be potentially harmful if they become eggbound from being too small.
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Katie F.
Peach State Geckos
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