i have recently been thinking about trying to breed my leo. she is a female about 5 years old, who i never weighed. normal pattern. anyway she is in a 20L viv, i would clean it out, and redo it before adding her and a male into it. would i need to keep another female too to keep the male from overfertilizing her? also, i read that hatchlings can be kept with the adults, but its risky what is your take? how much work is raising a hatchling leo? and finally, does anyone know where i can get a cheap adult male (preffirably hypotangerine or high yellow or jungle)?
One male and one female can work. It's not an issue of overfertilizing, but rather the extent to which the male may bother her. That depends on the male and the female. You could always have a spare tank and separate them for awhile if necessary. I have found that keeping my males and females together, the males lose interest after awhile,.
If you keep hatchlings with adults, or even smaller hatchlings with bigger ones, it is likely that the smaller ones, or at least their tails, will end up as dinner (it's possible that there may be more success with this if someone had a huge tank with many hiding places, but it's still risky).
If you've raised other hatchlings, it's about the same amount of work: keep in a smaller version of its natural habitat, keep hydrated, feed small versions of adult food daily after shed . . . I'm going to be writing an article for Gecko Time on-line blog (
Gecko Time: A blog about geckos) about care and feeding of hatchling geckos, probably by the middle to end of July.
Check out the White Plains, NY show on 7/12 to see if you can get a male you're happy with. Remember to quarantine him from the female for at least a month to be sure no one is going to get anyone sick.
ALiza
