(G. Grossmanni) Introducing Males - What to watch for?

Sabrina

New member
I also posted this on another forum I'm a member on. As a few of you may remember, my man and I entered this hobby somewhat abruptly at the beginning of this year as this post explains. Thanks to the members of this awesome forum (and others) pointing us in the right direction, things with Goo the Grossmans Gecko have since been going very well.

Recently an acquaintance of ours who works at a local pet shop offered to sell us his entire horribly inadequate setup, a 20g Reptiscreen type of enclosure containing two young G. Grossmanni and four young Green Anoles with a fixture and UVB light, for $30. Needless to say, they were all in terrible condition and I couldn't turn say no. Despite getting them all separated into proper QT enclosures right away and nursing them to the best of my ability, only two of the Anoles survived. :( The others, however, are only getting better each day. I determined that both of the Geckos are young males, the remaining Anoles are a young m/f pair. I will post pictures when I can, right now my only camera's broken.

Enough boring back-story, now to the point. Two days ago (after the QT process) we removed Goo, de/re-constructed our 110g enclosure and introduced all three Geckos. So far so so good, there's been minimal interaction and feeding time went over without a hitch. My question is, other than the obvious tail-wagging, aggressive vocalizations, chasing, etc. what sort of things should I lookout for? Any advice would be appreciated! :)
 

Riverside Reptiles

Administrator (HMFIC)
You really should separate them all and put them in individual enclosures. 3 males will NOT tolerate each other for long even in 110 gallon tank. It might not be tonight, it might might not be tomorrow, but sooner or later you WILL end up with one or more dead geckos. Even if you don't, one will always be dominant and the others will always be stressed.
 

Sabrina

New member
Thank you Ethan. Will do so ASAP.

ETA:

Done and done! :) The two juveniles have been transferred into separate enclosures. One, Lou, is now in a 30g and the youngest, Stu, is in a 10g temporarily. Thanks again, I'm a little disappointed they cannot live together, though I'm very glad I posted here!
 
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billewicz

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Great job. Even in 10' x 10' rooms, (3 meter x 3 meter) two males will eventually have at it. The first hint, if you are lucky, is a missing tail or heavy bites on one or both. If you let them go another night it's usually a done deal for one of them by morning.

Maybe you can sell or trade one of your boys, good luck.
 
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