alan
05-18-03, 02:54 AM
I bought a male Giant Day Gecko on Friday and put it into the same tank as where the female lives, and to my suprise, there were immidiate courtship. Originally I was worried that the two might not like each other so I stayed to watch them for awhile. About an hour after the male gecko was relieased into the tank (luckily I got my computer beside the tank, so I can surf while watching them), the female found out the presence of the male. After staring at him for around 10 mintues, she began to move towards him and ended up at the other end of the leaf the male one was on. The two began licking each other for awhile and the male suddenly jumped away. Scared, the female gecko jumped to the other side of the tank and the two stared at each other for another minute or two. Then the male gecko started walking towards the female slowly while shaking his body, moving his head to either side repeatly while flicking his tounge at the same time. The female gecko then started flicking her tounge while staring at the male and moved her front legs up and down. However, when the male gecko was half way to the female, he stopped what he was doing and looked away. This happened on and off for several times during the next 30 minutes or so until I have to leave and go to work. By that time, I am pretty sure the two like each other and no fights will break out. I am hoping that the male backed off because he was in a new environment and he was nervous. However, seeing what happened already made the money I spent on them worthed. Too bad I didn't have a video camera with me. I was also afraid that the clicking sound of the camera would make them stop doing what they were doing and that's why I did not take any pictures. I don't know if all lizards courtship like this, so may be most of you have experienced this already. But I have never seen anything like this before and I am pretty excited about it. :D I didn't see any courtship again yesterday but I am hoping that they will mate once the male gecko get used to the environment.