Jennsnoopy
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Hello,
We are new to crested geckos but not reptiles. My daughter has had bearded dragons for the past 3 years. She does a fabulous job with them, feeds, cleans and even takes them to the vet for annual checks, We've been thinking about getting her a crested gecko and we've been reading up on them the last few months. We have been slowly gathering supplies for the habitat and researching them to make sure this is a good fit.
Recently we have been made aware of a crested gecko that needs to be rehomed. It's a female around 2 years. It's been housed with a male around 3 years old. The owner says the pair is bonded and likes to be in the same tank together. My daughter says this is a fallacy and that the female is most likely getting constantly mated to by the male and is likely getting stressed out. From the owner: 5 months ago she had a few eggs that were left in the cage. One survived although it wasn't a very healthy hatchling.
Our daughter wants to take the female and the person will split them up (even though he says they are "bonded" and separating them "could be hard"). Is this true or is our daughter correct that the female is getting "harassed" and likely stressed and will probably be better off alone?
Also, our daughter said we may need to get supplies ready if we get her as she could be storing fertile eggs or sperm. I'm skeptical that she could still have sperm. It's winter now so wouldn't the sperm or fertile eggs die inside? I've read that a drop below 68 degrees will basically make thing non viable or a female won't ovulate.
The pair are still in the same tank together until we make the decision.
She really likes the female but I'm worried about offspring. Is this a possibility? Even if the last time she had a clutch it was only 2 eggs and it was 5 months ago? The owner says he thinks one or both is now sterile.
If it is a possibility she could lay fertile eggs and what would we need to deal with that?
We would like to provide a home for this sweet girl but we want to go into it with our eyes open. The current owner cannot answer these questions.
Thank you for any help.
We are new to crested geckos but not reptiles. My daughter has had bearded dragons for the past 3 years. She does a fabulous job with them, feeds, cleans and even takes them to the vet for annual checks, We've been thinking about getting her a crested gecko and we've been reading up on them the last few months. We have been slowly gathering supplies for the habitat and researching them to make sure this is a good fit.
Recently we have been made aware of a crested gecko that needs to be rehomed. It's a female around 2 years. It's been housed with a male around 3 years old. The owner says the pair is bonded and likes to be in the same tank together. My daughter says this is a fallacy and that the female is most likely getting constantly mated to by the male and is likely getting stressed out. From the owner: 5 months ago she had a few eggs that were left in the cage. One survived although it wasn't a very healthy hatchling.
Our daughter wants to take the female and the person will split them up (even though he says they are "bonded" and separating them "could be hard"). Is this true or is our daughter correct that the female is getting "harassed" and likely stressed and will probably be better off alone?
Also, our daughter said we may need to get supplies ready if we get her as she could be storing fertile eggs or sperm. I'm skeptical that she could still have sperm. It's winter now so wouldn't the sperm or fertile eggs die inside? I've read that a drop below 68 degrees will basically make thing non viable or a female won't ovulate.
The pair are still in the same tank together until we make the decision.
She really likes the female but I'm worried about offspring. Is this a possibility? Even if the last time she had a clutch it was only 2 eggs and it was 5 months ago? The owner says he thinks one or both is now sterile.
If it is a possibility she could lay fertile eggs and what would we need to deal with that?
We would like to provide a home for this sweet girl but we want to go into it with our eyes open. The current owner cannot answer these questions.
Thank you for any help.
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