when do tokay geckos start calling/barking

[papa smurf]

So I picked up what I believe to be a female and male tokay gecko at the lakeland fire expo:biggrin:. They are not adults their like 4 months old my question is at what age does the male tokay start calling and is there a spesific breeding season for tokays? I've heard they breed year round is this true?

 

[Ingo]

In a stimulating enviroment (other calling tokays), many males start barking (albeit with a Mickey Mouse type of voice) as early as at 6-8 months of age.
For my tokays, there is a breeding season. Typically vocalizations start in January and get fewer and fewer during summer. Between August and December I hardly hear my tokays calling .
Most clutches are laid between March and September. Clutches in other months are possible, but an exception.
To be clear: That is, what my tokays do. Dependent on your circaannual temperature and lighting period scheme that may differ for your specimens.

 

[Marauderhex]

My male tokay calls year round. I have no idea how old he is, as he came to me full grown. I also believe he was a member of the invasive population from Florida originally.

 

[papa smurf]

Is urs single I hear adding a female reduces calling

 

[Marauderhex]

Yes, he's single, but I have no plans for breeding tokay, so no female. I don't mind the calling.

 

[billewicz]

Both sexes of Tokay will bark and squawk if they feel threatened. As noted by others, males may start calling as soon as 8 months but really closer to a year before their voice 'drops'.

Generally speaking the Tokay season will start in late December/early January. Some pairs will typically produce 1 to 3 clutches of 2 eggs, roughly every 30 days and stop.

Other pairs will just keep going and going. (Feel free to read through the older thread about most of this.)

Calling year round has been know to happen, even with a female present. Some females are either too young, or just not interested in that male. Males are ready to breed much sooner than females as is true with many reptiles. I don't breed female inside of 18 months usually.

 

[papa smurf]

They are housed together so I separate them when I hear calling to avoid early (under weight/age) breeding?

 

[billewicz]

Yes please!

 

[Kita]

I recommend separating now, before he is calling, because he may not call to announce that he is ready if he already has a female in with him, thus you may not realize they have started breeding until you find eggs.