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... How much aggression do you accept? The male will obviously bite the female at least somewhat and in my geckos' case the females could bite back. But to what extent should they be left alone? Is leaving marks OK? I'm scared tails will drop so I separate them when they get too bad.
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~Andrea

2.8.1 Leopard geckos
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Normally, when the females bite back, I take that as a sign they're not ready. Most females will let the male give 'em the love bites and do their thing without fighting back when they're ready.

If the female still tries to bite the male I'd separate them for a couple days and try again.

I just left my males in with my females until I saw them mate (usually withing an hour) or overnight if they didn't look aggressive. I made the mistake of leaving a blizzard male with two females for a couple days and he was a little too...amourous... and got a good nip on the head because the females couldn't stand him.

But then some males are all around easy going and can be housed with a group of females all year round. My albino male was like that.

A couple lilttle nips aren't too bad, but if there's any blood/tearing of the skin definetly get them outta there. Some males or females are more aggressive than others, Use your best judgement.

I've left my male with my female year round....He has a couple marks on his tail and neck where she bit him but its more a bit of bruising than it was torn skin.. She tells him when to back off and he usually listens... leaves her along for a while...I swab the spots with a bit of neosporin just as a preventative and everything settles down again. I figure, as long as there are no open wounds then some agression is acceptable... It helps that my female is almost as big as my male is.. he might weigh a bit more but not by much *l*

My female is 60grams while the male is 130grams and she tried to beat him up! I think she is just stressed so she will not live w/ anyone until next season. He stays in w/ my other females year round too with no problems either.

Thanks for the replies
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~Andrea

2.8.1 Leopard geckos
0.0.1 Bearded dragon
0.0.2 Viper geckos
0.1.0 Rescued anole
2 dogs
hamsters

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they get pretty darn agressive sometimes. I would say that bloodshed is quite a good reason to seperate. My male blizz lives with his females year round.
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