L. Williamsii female calcium pouches

[Frinta]

Hello fellow hobbyists


So i have a female Lygodactylus left from my trio i had previosly through sad accidents to others i only have this one left.

Ive had her for 2 years now, and now im introducing 1.3 that im getting from German to her


The female has laid eggs at her previous owners care, and as he had no male to mate with, she has grown MASSIVE pouches on her throat.

So what im wondering is how will this afflict the hierarchy in the 1.4 that im going to have, and in general how do you think it will go between 9 month old ones and this 2 year veteran

 

[hexentanz]

Firstly I would honestly wait until the newer animals are fully adults (1 year) before placing them all together. If you put all of them together when they arrive to you the younger females will breed far too early with the male and can die as a result. Also if they have anything parasite wise, etc, you do not really want them passing it on to a gecko you have had for a long time, so it is really best to keep them separate for awhile. A nice quarantine of 3-4 months is best before putting any new animals with existing ones in your collection.

As for the females calcium sacs, dial down the calcium levels a bit and you will not have to worry about the calcium sacs hardening at some point because she is not being bred.

Nobody can really answer 100% if all of your females will get along, it really depends on the attitude of the females, how big the enclosure is, how well planted. My best advice is before you finally put them all together remove the female and redo the layout inside the enclosure a bit, if they are all to go in the tank she is currently in now. After you do this you can start adding them all in, but do so as closely together as possible time wise and this can help aide in them all getting along well together.