Ok everyone, my male and female gecko are both a year and a half old, both over 35g, and after winter cooling i am ready to put them together. I have tried once or twice but my male chaces the female and bites her on the neck, this maybe is normal for breeding, i didnt expect it to be dainty but the female really struggles to get away from the male. Does anyone have any pointers?
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I would let them go at it. As long as you provide plenty of space to hide for both the gackos, and you dont keep them together for extremely prolonged periods (so the female isnt over harassed) they should be ok. Just make shure he isnt ripping into her badly, if she drops her tail then there is a problem, my male sometimes leaves little whitish marks but nothing more. Sounds like you are doing everyhting right and you have a very eager male cresty, you sholdnt have any problems 
Good luck.
Good luck.jurassicpets
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Crested matting isn't very romantic. What you described seems par for the course from my experiences.
royalpeech
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This happened with my geckos the first time we put them together. It was scary to watch. I found that I could've done a few things differently to make it easier for them. My first mistake was putting the male in the females cage. Females are prone to be more accepting and docile when introduced to the male's environment. Secondly, the female needs to be well fed prior to mating or they will be more focused on eating and reject the male. We also bought a partition for the male's cage (the kind you can find for fish tanks) and kept them separated for a few hours to let her settle down first. Those few changes made a world of difference and we will be having babies in about a month or so. Good luck!
royalpeech
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I just talked to my vet yesterday about our lady and he said 55-60 days.