Lemon Gecko
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I have had my female, Lemon for eight months now. She is roughly ten months old. I have never had any agressive issues with her. She was an "only child" during this time.
Two nights ago I adopted two male leopard geckos from a rescue. The healthier and smaller of the two we named Gruff and the other one, Glass, has MBD. These two were tank mates with the previous owner and we have them separated now. No one is sharing a tank.
With Lemon we have always let her out on our black leather couch to play. During the winter we would let her out for 20-30m, but now that we have 100 degree temps we allow her to play for 2-4 hours every night. Since we got the two new males we are doing the same thing. We let all three out together at the same time.
Gruff and Glass are not agressive with each other. In fact, Glass likes to snuggle with Gruff and vise versa. Lemon on the other hand has become the problem child. I cannot use Glass for breeding with his MBD, so I had hoped she would like Gruff. Sadly, this was not the case.
The first night we introduced them she ignored Glass, but showed interest in Gruff. Gruff tried to court Lemon, but she snapped at him and cut his nose. We have talen care of the cut and he is fine.
Yesterday, Gruff was sleeping on the opposite corner from Lemon. She approached Glass and licked him, but nothing else happened. They just walked away from each other again. The second she saw Gruff, however, she straight up attacked his face. He was sleeping and didn't provoke her.
What's going on here? Why is she sweet to everyone except for Gruff? I estimate that Gruff is between 6-8 months old and Glass to be 8-9 months old. Is it because he is smaller?
Two nights ago I adopted two male leopard geckos from a rescue. The healthier and smaller of the two we named Gruff and the other one, Glass, has MBD. These two were tank mates with the previous owner and we have them separated now. No one is sharing a tank.
With Lemon we have always let her out on our black leather couch to play. During the winter we would let her out for 20-30m, but now that we have 100 degree temps we allow her to play for 2-4 hours every night. Since we got the two new males we are doing the same thing. We let all three out together at the same time.
Gruff and Glass are not agressive with each other. In fact, Glass likes to snuggle with Gruff and vise versa. Lemon on the other hand has become the problem child. I cannot use Glass for breeding with his MBD, so I had hoped she would like Gruff. Sadly, this was not the case.
The first night we introduced them she ignored Glass, but showed interest in Gruff. Gruff tried to court Lemon, but she snapped at him and cut his nose. We have talen care of the cut and he is fine.
Yesterday, Gruff was sleeping on the opposite corner from Lemon. She approached Glass and licked him, but nothing else happened. They just walked away from each other again. The second she saw Gruff, however, she straight up attacked his face. He was sleeping and didn't provoke her.
What's going on here? Why is she sweet to everyone except for Gruff? I estimate that Gruff is between 6-8 months old and Glass to be 8-9 months old. Is it because he is smaller?