Getting Bowser in the mood (Leopard Gecko)

[Debbie7054]

Last time we put Bowser in with our females he was really interested and he impregnated both of the ladies he was put in with. This time he's just sitting at the top of the castle watching the telly. I can't move the telly or the vivarium and I was wondering if anyone knows of anything I can do to make him more interested in the ladies?

 

[M&S-328]

Just give him time. He'll probably do what comes naturally when the mood hits him. You can even leave him in there for a few days so he has plenty of time (unless you need to watch them cause he's very aggressive).
But, if you are very concerned, turn off the TV...
or put a sheet or something between the tank and the TV so he cant see it

 

[Debbie7054]

He's been in for three days he's a big softie so not worried about leaving him in there. The ladies have been all over him licking him and lying on top of him. Guess I'll have to hope he's showing more interest late at night when I'm not around.

 

[M&S-328]

its fine then to leave him in there as long as youd like. Some people even keep male and females colonized together year round. As long as theres no aggression, and the females dont feel pushed or anything, then there shouldnt be any issues. They'll probably mate when you dont see it - just wait around for some eggs to know for sure! haha

Good Luck

 

[Debbie7054]

I hate all the waiting lol got two mystery egg in the incubator now its driving me crazy. I can't wait to see what the babies are going to look like. The eggs are a funny shape compared to the others I've seen but there's def babies in there. Bowser has his own vivarium Pookie is evil when she's gravid and I wouldn't want my big softie Bowser getting the brunt of it.

 

[M&S-328]

What types of leos are they? The babies will most likely carry the dominant genes, but occasionally youll see a nice mix of both. Are you mixing to different morphs or keeping a "pure" line?

 

[Debbie7054]

Bowser is a normal he's pretty massive so I think he's a giant. We've had babies off him before with Princess who we bought as a mac snow I'm not convinced she is tho but her spots are so dense its hard to say. All princesses eggs hatched and the hatchlings are doing well now. We mated him with Yoshi too shes a hypo I was hoping to maybe get some giant babies with them since Yoshi is pretty big too. Unfortunately all her eggs were either infertile or grew and then died inside their shells. I was wanting to try again with her but if that happens again I won't put her through it again. We've also got another normal, a blizzard, a blazing blizzard and a chocolate albino that are old enough and a good weight. Not sure how the babies would turn out since normals are dominant genes I think and the albino gene is ressesive. I've tried looking on the morph calculator things but can't get my head around them lol. I'm wanting to get more organised eventually and try and keep things pure but I think it'd be impossible as you have to take breeders word for it as to what you're getting and everyone is always looking to create something amazing. I'm happy creating some random geckos for now but I'd really love to create some big, beautiful soft normals like Bowser. I think normals look amazing - I love all their spots. I'll have to looking into getting a giant female to have a good chance of creating them though and I'd have to be sure that she has a lovely temperament like Bowser which might be trickier. What do you breed?

 

[M&S-328]

Right now Ive only got 1 adult female (a hypo-tangerine-carrot tail) and 1 young juvie (a baldie-hypo-carrot tail, unsexed). So no breeding this season.
My male died a few months back due to a nasty virus =/ He was a tremper albino. Great chocolate color.
The babies always typically carried the albino gene, but occasionally some high yellows and "regulars" come through too.
We are hoping to get a new male (not positive what type yet) soon, followed by maybe another new juvie or female (considering a blazing blizzard or another albino).

Perhaps Princess is part of the "black" strains? Such as the "Black Pearls", "Midnights", etc.? Those typically are thought to be snows, but then get increasingly darker. Just a thought.
Sounds like you have a great collection! Is Bowser the only male you use to breed?

 

[Debbie7054]

Bowser is our only male we didn't set out to buy a male but Col saw him and asked to have a look at him and he was so friendly we ended up going home with him. Sorry to hear about your male my first Boo died of a nasty virus too so I know how horrible it is. I bet your male and my chocolate albino would have made some lovely babies she's really good chocolate colour too. I wasn't supposed to get her either the guy in the shop was showing me a pale chocolate one that he said would be a good breeder and Luma was clinging to her. I hadn't spotted her and fell in love with her straight away.
I would like to get another male too but I have so many different kinds of females its hard to decide what male morph would be a good one. Col's not keen on me getting another male though as he said I have enough gecko's but we'll see lol. My first Blazing blizzard Boo was totally pink but Boo II has some yellow on her back. Pookie my blizzard is lovely sometimes she's pinky grey and other times really dark grey. Its fun seeing what shade she's decided to be I only have two geckos that do that her and Yoshi my hypo - she's bright yellow but sometimes goes dark brown/yellow. I'd love to know why some geckos change shade but others don't.
You could be right about Princess some of her babies are really dark be interesting to see how they turn out.
Pookie was gravid when we got her I rang them to ask who she'd been breeding with and they said that she'd never been near a male. I decided to incubate her eggs anyway and they are definately fertile I can see all the veins. So I will definately get a suprise when they hatch. I've got photos on most of my geckos in an album on my profile if you'd like to see what they look like.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

If the females aren't ovulating, you're not likely to get breeding activity.

 

[M&S-328]

Definitely sounds like a lovely collection!
I never really experienced too much color changing with my own leos. Perhaps slightly darker and lighter every so often (aside from sheds), but nothing overtly noticeable. So Im afraid I cant be much help to answering your question on that. lol
Sound like you'll soon be having quite a few hatchlings on your hands! especially if Bowser and the 2 girls breed soon.
itll be interesting to see how your "unexpected" eggs hatch out - deciding what morph thay are/what mix they are should be good fun =]. But, I hope all the babies are healthy and colorful! Good Luck!