i have one 7 month male norm and are concidering buying a new female but am worried my male will pester her to much and she will get very stessed. i only have a 24" by 18" viv and are wonderind if i could split it in two or will it be not much of a prob
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males over pestering females
leosaint
Jan 28, 2006 01:57 PM
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jasonw
Jan 28, 2006 02:24 PM
Ok I will take a crack at this and hopefully the pros will back me. First of all a 24X11 is only 4 inches longer and 1 inch wider than a 10G tank. I would not recommend 2 be kept together in such a small enclosure. Also according to my literature Leopard Geckos must be a minimum of about 18 months before they are bread, Your Gecko is less than half that age. Please scroll down and see the problems I had with housing a young breeding pair together. BTW everyone Kirmy and Alberto are still doing great. Alberto now lives in an enclosure on top of Kirmys and Kirmy has that huge 55G tank all to her self. They are both eating normal now. I plan to weigh them in today and will report there weights here. thanks
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Shelley1063
Jan 28, 2006 06:10 PM
Actually he said the Viv is 24" x 18" which would be big enough to house 2 Leos. I'm not sure about dividing the tank, in my opinion the sections would be a bit small. I know people say they divide 20 gal long tanks to house 2 Leos, but I would never do it, but then again I wouldn't keep an adult in a 10 gal either LOL The smallest tanks I have for single adults are 15 gal which are 24" x 12".
Housing a single female with a male is not a good idea. Yes, he can stress her out by continual attempts at breeding. And with that, are you ready to incubate eggs and raise a whole bunch of babies? It can cost a lot of money to house all those babies & care for them. They don't have to be 18 months old to breed. Recommendations are basically, at least 1 yr old and females should be a minimum of 50 grams in weight but 60 grams is even better.
And don't forget even if you did get a female to house with him, you still need to quarantine her for at least 60 days to help be sure she isn't sick or carrying parasites. So, you would need a 2nd enclosure anyway.
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