breeders of white lined geckos, tokays, goldens...question!

[marisa]

Hi! Soon enough I am going to be picking up a female Golden Gecko for my male and I want to attempt some breeding. There is like nill on info out there for Golden Geckos specifically, but I have been told Tokay gecko information is the same and they require much the same stuff so its fine to use that.

I do have a couple questions....

1. What is the pairing up situation? I read that the male should be placed in the females enclosure, or both into a neutral enclosure to avoid any territory fights. I was planning on this anyways....but would it be better to have a trio? Or just a pair?

2. I read you can stimulate breeding by upping humidity and maybe temps, offering a lot more food....is this how you other keepers have done it?

Thanks
Marisa

[JeffT]

I keep my white lines and goldens in the same cage, In the wild they supposedly interbreed lots. I have my temps at about 75-80F and humidity at 65%-70% if even that, they are all fed every other day. Mine are on a non stop cyclce it seems and the female white line is laying lots of fertile eggs. So I guess I am some what unintentionally stimulating the breeding.

Good luck with it Marisa,

Jeff

[Stockwell]

I've bred white lines and goldens and several others.
Most geckos can only really be kept as sexual pairs unless the cage is really big.(day geckos too)
I bred those in 20 Talls, and along with males fighting until one gets injured or stops eating and fades away, females will also fight once one has bonded with the male and starts laying eggs.

All 3 of those species are gluers. The eggs are almost always stuck right to the glass or to bark.
Little conditioning is required, but lots of food is. They do well in a high humidity tank with lots of bark slabs and a misting system.The eggs take about 3 months to hatch and they must be incubated in situ.
Low humidity will kill the eggs, so it's common to place a small cup of moist moss over them.

[marisa]

Thanks guys!

I will be using a 30 gallon tank for breeding although my male lives in a custom 3ft tall enclosure, it's just too full of foliage for me to have any clue where eggs might end up. I will be moving him to her cage after a lengthy qaurrenteen.

One more question to any of you, most all Goldens are W.C. and the one I will be purchasing is probably no exception. Wee (my male) is 6 years old now, I have never gotten a fecal from him or wormed him, as he has always been healthy, "fat" and active. I definitly think it's important to get the new one wormed, and probably Wee while I am at it. Do you agree? Or if she is healthy, with good weight and active should I worm them?

Also what would be the most likely med used for worming them? I wouldn't want a vet giving me something that's not correct, if worming them is indeed needed.

Marisa