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I have a Male Standings day gecko about four years old and a female who is probably two or three. They've been together for about eight months now and the male doesn't seem to be interested in breeding. I intend to seperate them but I firgured I'd see if anyone had any other suggestions before I do so. So any ideas?

ok, first off, mating season began about a month ago for the standings (april until october). they breed easily in captivity. have you noticed any aggression? do they seem to get along? any mating behavior at all? i seem to have the horniest male standings in the world, he is always mating with his girl. one thing is in the winter, decrease their temps at night and shorten their "daylight." once spring nears, start increasing everything to the norm and they should be ready to go. you're also gonna want to do that if they do start mating and she starts laying eggs because she will need a break and decreasing the day especially, will slow down the male mating behavior.

otherwise, they may just not be compatible. before you separate, watch them closely for awhile. they may just be shy...
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Lisa

1.0.0 P.m. grandis (Linus)
4.3.0 P. standingi (Toby & Kona and their 5 babies)

if you are positive that they are male and female then they will probably breed on their own eventually. the female has to be well nourished though. they are like clockwork - there is no need to do anything different with the time or temp. w/ standings it's completely unnecessary. the only thing beneficial about increasing the temp is that it will increase their appetite. what will change their view point of eachother would be to separate them for a month or so then put them back. i had two adult w.c. females about 12yrs ago which were housed together in a 30gal xhigh with a panther cham. they got along fine. i separated them for about a month or so and them reintroduced them and they ripped eachother up. the one female is still laying eggs today(she just layed her second clutch). check for V-shaped scars on the back of her neck. thats the #1 indicator that they mated.

They just seem to hang out with each other. When I first put her in with him in the 55 I had he took after her but no mating. then I changed cages and put them both into probably a 90 gallon or so(its custom built and like 36 tall by 32 inches by 18 or so) I'll get a pic on sometime. But would putting them in a new cage at the same time affect the male's agression? Since he didn't have any territory established and all.

if youre worried about the male being confident, you should take the female out of the enclosure and reintroduce her a little later on. all the different enclosure moves are very stressful to these animals though. for the sake of breeding, its more stressful to be moved from a smaller enclosure to a bigger one then it is to stay in the smaller enclosure. ive had subadult standings that had escaped and i let them roam free for a coulple months, but when i put them back into their tank they refused to eat for a while.

Well that would explain that. Thanks. I had a suspicion that was going on, but wanted to be sure it wouldn't be just more unecessary stress. I'll set up a cage for her tonight. Do you think keeping her out for two weeks should be enough?

Also, geckogirl, do you intend to sell the baby standings at all? or are they still babies? I am looking for another female for him to see if maybe that'd help out too.

sorry it took so long to reply. at this time i have no intentions on selling the little ones, which are now almost 2 years old. i thought i would try breeding, and got too attached to the babies. i may try to sell them in the future, but at this time it would be impossible. sorry.
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Lisa

1.0.0 P.m. grandis (Linus)
4.3.0 P. standingi (Toby & Kona and their 5 babies)

Its understandable. I have a crested baby I'll never be able to sell simply because he was the first gecko/reptile I've ever had from egg day one.