Living Together

[SpookyCorn]

Hi
I'm new here and I've been reading through some of the post and it seems that most people have more than one gecko per tank? How do you get them to live together? I have 3 geckos in 3 different tanks. The last time I tried to introduce 2 of them, they got right into a scrap. It scared me and my daughter and I'm sure it didn't do much for the geckos. I really love to have them living together if its possible.

Kim

[leoncurrie]

What kind of gecko's do you have?

[sketchy4]

if there are two males then they will fight but if you have two females they should fit in with eachother.

[SpookyCorn]

I have 3 leopard geckos. I'm not sure if they are males or females. Guess I'd better find out.

[LISA127]

if they are male, they need to live alone. if they are female, try rearranging the cage totally so no one "recognizes" it as their territory, and then put them together. if they're female, all should go well. just make sure they are all approximately the same size. I have 3 adult females, one is almost twice the size of the other two and she has to live by herself because she bullies the smaller ones. But usually females can live together fine.

[leoncurrie]

Hehehehe... sounds like you have at least two healthy males there. It's a territorial thing. Just find out what sex they are and you should be good to go. :)

[SpookyCorn]

What if they are male and female, will they still fight?

[klein]

no but they will try and breed, and that isn't a good think in younger leos. Most people usually wait around 12 months before breeding, because breeding a female to young can be harmfull. how old are your leo's?

[SpookyCorn]

My youngest is close to 2 and the others are about 3.5 to 4yrs.

[Ixidor]

well, then if you want to breed them, you can put them together but be ready to incubate the eggs, you can use an aquarium heater, about two inches of water, and a ten gallon aquarium it works great