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dougnet · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 8

Hi,

We currently have 2 gecko's and have had them for the past couple of
years - we are looking into starting breeding them.

How would you advise starting and any advice? Also if you ever need
any help with web design / Internet marketing etc. give me a shout

Thank

M

Scott W · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:47 am Post subject:

hi Mike, what species of gecko are they?
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dougnet · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 8

I was hoping you would help with that? Here they are (sorry about quality - camera phone)

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han_ban · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject:

You've had them for a couple of years, and don't know what they are? Confused

They are leopard geckos Smile

Lovely little geckos, my other half and i have 9.
Ok, do you know what sex they are? If a male/female pair, then they should just breed if you put them together. You need to put an egg laying box in their viv. Something like an ice cream tub with damp moss or vermiculite in it. You will get 1 or 2 eggs every couple of weeks. These should be placed in an incubator at about 83 degrees. On the same mixture in the laying box. After about 60days, they should hatch.
Hope this helps.
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dougnet · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 8

Apologies - I knew they were leopard geckos - just unsure of their morph???

Thanks

Mike

dougnet · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 8

Also - what temperature would you recommend having the Gecko's viv set too?

Is their a certain temperature they will mate best at?

Thanks

Mike

cjreptiles · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject:

Having kept your leos for 2 years now, you should really know the correct temperatures for them by now. A warm end of around 88-90F with a cool end of around 70-75.

Your two leos are a hypo and a normal. All you should need to do to get them to mate is put them in with each other, however if the photos are recent, they don't look anywhere near breeding size yet.

dougnet · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 8

Thanks for that - just wanted to see if there was a certain temp for breeding.

The photos are from around 12-18 months ago..

thanks

Mike

han_ban · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

stephenbloomfield · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: Hi

Ive been in the retail side of herps aswel as keeping them myself for a couple of years now and ive seen some animals in an awful state after a year or so of being kept by idiots!

YOURS LOOK FINE MATE.... nice bit of fat building up in the tail. If you are unsure of the sex find a local shop with friendly knowledgeable staff who will be glad to help you sex them and set up an incubator with you.

Good luck. Hope you get some cute leo babies in the not too distant future.

Stephen