Earliest age to cool levis levis

[knobfan]

Whats the earliest age you cool your nephrurus levis levis? Would as little as two months be possible? Say, just say, I don't know the facts, but in nature spring/summer time would be where most the breeding begins and fall/winter would be the hatching...Reason I ask, is I don't even use temperature control in this great california weather and it'd be a natural cool down come winter time. Your help/experience much appreciative.

 

[chilli]

unfortunately you have made a few bad assumptions : first matings occur in winter; eggs start hatching early spring in the wild. the bulk of wild births would occur in spring and summer. cooling only wastes your breeding potential; it is unnecessary and geckos should not be confused with corn snakes. egg laying will continue throughtout the year, as will matings if needed, if they are not cooled. cooling is a very over-rated theory and does not benefit breeding any aussie gex.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Certain species of geckos need to go through a cooling period to get the females to ovulate. I've not found this to really be the case with levis though. However, if you read back through the older posts, there are certainly plenty of other breeders that say they always brumate their levis and have better egg production because of it. So it's really a matter of choice. I don't see much point in cooling a 2 month old though. All you'd be doing is slowing down it's growth.

 

[knobfan]

interesting, so you both have had successful breeding without cooling your nephrurus levis levis at all? I'd like to hear others input as well. This would give the convenience of breeding anytime instead of seasonal(I don't mean over exhausting my females though) but instead I can actually breed one of my females in the winter instead of waiting till springtime. The point in cooling say a 2 month old was to not utilize electricity but I did not know that it could stunt growth, so I will opt outta that option.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Well, it's not just as easy as putting 2 geckos together and they're for certain going to breed. The female has to be ovulating. But it's not always temps that dictate when a female goes into ovulation. And even if it was, you could always just cool them at a different time of year.

 

[knobfan]

Well, it's not just as easy as putting 2 geckos together and they're for certain going to breed. The female has to be ovulating. But it's not always temps that dictate when a female goes into ovulation. And even if it was, you could always just cool them at a different time of year.

Thank you for your input. Very helpful.

crappy picture of geckos gland after mating(bored so posted this):