[eirinmc]

To All May Concern:

When is breeding season for Crested Geckos to breed? I have several Crested Geckos and this is my first time breeding them. I want to breed them to sell them.

Thank You

From:

EirinMc

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I am responding to all of the replies regarding my post above as of Thursday 10/16/08. I wanted to find out when Breeding season is for Crested Geckos, I also wanted to sell babies and I have place for them already. I am new at breeding Crested Geckos and I love Crested Geckos. I have several Crested Geckos and Leopard Geckos that I have. This is why I am asking these questions.

From:

EirinMc

[rhacoboy]

Originally Posted by eirinmc

To All May Concern:

When is breeding season for Crested Geckos to breed? I have several Crested Geckos and this is my first time breeding them. I want to breed them to sell them.

Thank You

From:

EirinMc

If sell them is the only thing you want to breed them for, you will not enjoy all of the hard work and caring you have to do to get your geckos to successfully breed and hatch. It is not a cheap nor easy job to do when you really don't care for the species, but care for the money only. I can understand you wanting to breed them because you like them, and sell them when you have some you would not like to keep, but breeding just to sell? I'm not sure your going to enjoy the experience.

However, to answer the question asked: I take my males out of the breeding cages in mid October or early November. I re-introduce the groups in late February or early March. Also, how old are your animals and how many grams do they weigh? Females should not start breeding until at least a year old and 30 grams. I breed females starting at 30 grams. Also, I advise cooling because it gives the females time to store up on calcium and to gain weight.

[Jateui]

rhacoboy is right, it's best not to breed them if you only want to sell. It's a lot of hard work.

It normally depends where you live, but a lot of people just introduce their geckos in the early spring, when the weather naturally gets warmer. So they start their cooling season once the temperature just automatically drops anyway. (Mid or early fall, normally) so they can fatten up their groups.

Actually, it's a billion times better to wait for the females to weigh 35 grams, at least, before you breed. Breeding at 30 grams has too much of a risk of the females becoming eggbound, getting kinked tails, or having calcium crashes. Some people even say that 40 grams is best. Otherwise you can garantee that your female will get a kinked tail, that sometimes takes almost a year to completely heal. (and no, having the tail dropped wont benefit them at all. because then the females will start giving the eggs calcium directly from her body and bones instead of mainly her tail)
And the breeder females I've seen at 40 grams look much healthier than the ones bred at 30 or even 35 grams. And when potential buyers see that the breeders are nice and healthy, they're much more likely to buy.

[rhacoboy]

I have never had issues breeding 30 grammers. I have not ended up with any egg bound females nor any unhealthy females with lack of calcium. My gals are offered calcium in everything they eat. nd lots of it. Also, almost all of the eggs i have except a few newbie females eggs have been fully calcified. However it is good to wait until 35 grams. You are deffinitly taking ZERO risks by waiting that long or even 40 g's.

[Saille]

Agreed with all of the above.
Also, (reality check!!!!!) there is a glut of Crestie breeders on the market currently, so don't expect to make much money back or even to break even unless you have some truly spectacular specimens and a very good reputation to back it.
I personally would never get into breeding an animal (any animal!) just for the money. If it happens down the road, great, but I wouldn't expect it. These are living things that take time,effort and money themselves. They deserve to be well treated and respected simply for the beautiful creatures they are. I try to treat all living things that way.