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I have two female and one male in the same cage. I was wondering if they will breed on their own, if not encouraged. And if not, when is the best time of year to get them to breed? I heard they can breed year around. What is the best way to encourage them, if they need it?
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------Misty-------

You can add more light to their day and food, or cool down, taeke away light and less food for a week then rais temps introduce food. Just search the forums, its somewhere

You do not have to cool them down. And turning the lighting back & not feeding for a week isn't going to do a thing. They will breed on their own when it's time. This time of the year is not "generally" breeding season. Give them until late winter/early spring and see what happens.

I have a male and a female living together in the same enclosure, and I do nothing to promote breeding. Yet every spring I must bust out the incubator & nesting box cause she gets quite gravid. She usually lays two clutches every spring or early summer.

Make sure you keep an eye on your females come spring, even if you do not witness mating, to see if they become gravid. Have a nesting box ready and an incubator set and running when you see that she will be laying soon. My female usually loses her appetite a day or two before she lays.

Good luck!

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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger & Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)

Actully breeding season can be anywhere from Mid November to end of June/July for leopard geckos. It depends on the female. I have no lighting save ambient lights for any of mine.. temps stay the same year round regardless since I use undertank heaters exclusively and I get clutch after clutch out of all my females... up to 9 clutches per female per breeding season while they maintain weight. You need do nothing with leos to get them to breed save give them the right conditions and the right support in the form of heat, humidity and supplemented food. As a matter of fact, just like monitors, when supported correctly, leo's are hard to get to stop breeding rather than difficult to start.

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Lucien

1.1 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)(Sutekh and Isis)
5.11.Leopard geckos (1.2 Blizzards (Caine, Phoenix, and Mirage), 0.2 Tangerine Albinos (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short, and Casper), 1.0 Tremper Albino (Mycah), 0.3 Poss. Het. Albino (Annika, Lace, and Aris), 1.1 dbl. het blizzard x tang albino (Malice, Malfeas), 1.0 Full Stripe Chocolate Tremper Albino (Discord), 0.1 pastel (Raven) and 1.2 Normals)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros) (R.I.P. November 18, 2005)
13 rats (plus pups)
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Ashe and Hercules)

Ahh, I wasn't aware they had such a wide breeding window. I was just going by what my geckos do. I apologize for giving false information to the original poster of this thread (forgot the username).
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger & Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)

It is true that some Leos will breed at different times of the year. Which is why in my post I emphasized that "generally" this is not the breeding season. This is the time of the year where many Leos go into brumation without any assistance, such as mine have. I do not change their lighting or their tanks temps but they still brumate. I know some experts think that the natural daylight cycle triggers this. During this time they have no interest in breeding. The most common breeding season though is anywhere from February through September. That is why I said you shouldn't worry about it and wait to see what happens in a couple of months.

What is the best type of laying box to use. For one male and two females, what size cage would be required to have a laying box, a humidity box and a hide box? Last, but not least, what is the best substrate, vermiculite?
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------Misty-------
5.12 Corn Snakes --- 1.0 Tokay Gecko
2.1 King Snakes --- 1.0 House Gecko
1.2 leopard Geckos --- 1.0 Golden Tegu
1.1 Bearded Dragon --- 0.0.1 Savanna Monitor
1.1 Green Iguana --- 0.0.1 Chinese Water Dragon
0.1 Crocodile Gecko --- 1.1 False Water Cobras
1.1 Jungle Corn --- 1.0 Ball Python
0.1 Kenya Sand Boa --- 0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.1 Emperor Scorpions --- 3.0 Ferrets
1.1 Congo African Grey (parrot)
0.0.3 Prairie Ringneck Snakes --- 0.1 Dog

If you are keeping all 3 leos in the same tank it needs to be at least a 30 gal breeder size. The laying box needs to be big enough for a female to be able to move around and dig. Vermiculite is never a good substrate for any type of hide, it is bad if the leo ingests it as it's very moisture absorbant. Vermiculite on the other hand is an excellant substrate for incubating the eggs. I use shredded coconut fiber in my laying laying hides and humid hides. I have also used spaghnum pete moss.