2 corns in one viv?

[beardeds4life]

Originally Posted by Aleks

Rules for all reptile... one animal one vivarium! It reduce stress... disease and other problems cause by stress (ex : stop eating).... in the wild there isn’t one reptile that will live whit another except when it’s time to breed! And even when breeding at home... u will not let both together for a long period

I agree that this is a blanket statement and not entirely true. It is true for some things but not all. I know these are not snakes but since you said "all reptiles" leopard geckos live in colonies with quite a few females and 1-2 males.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by beardeds4life

I agree that this is a blanket statement and not entirely true. It is true for some things but not all. I know these are not snakes but since you said "all reptiles" leopard geckos live in colonies with quite a few females and 1-2 males.

Leopard geckos don't naturally live in colonies. They're solitary animals. Some breeders house them together because it's more convenient, but even they agree that it should only be done by professionals because there are a multitude of problems that arise from it - bullying, fights, etc. Some of the leos can be hurt, not allowed food, or prevented from proper thermoregulation because they get pushed out of the best spots. Many people say no to ever housing leos together because they aren't communal reptiles. Also, no two males should ever, ever, ever be housed together, so I have no idea where you got the 1-2 males idea from.

Mourning geckos, however, are truly communal and do best in groups.

~Maggot

[beardeds4life]

[QUOTE]"In 1994, Philippe De Vosjolie experimented with developing naturalistic vivaria where lizards bred, eggs hatched and the offspring allowed to grow in the same enclosure. His initial were tiny geckos of the genus Tropiocolotes. He initially called this approach to enclosure design self sustaining vivaria, based on the idea that the population would grow and become self sustaining. For obvious reasons this was a poor choice of terminology. The population in these vivaria eventually grew so large that animals had to be regularly removed. A better descriptive term would be multi-generation vivaria. In any case, many hobbyists were inspired by the concept and worked on replicating them. Patrick Huddleson, a hobbyist from Iowa who played a important role in helping the Vivarium magazine popularize naturalistic vivaria, decided to ignore all of the expert advice and replicate de Vosjolis experiment using Leopard Geckos. He assembled a 48-inch long vivarium complete with sandy soil, stacked rocks that formed rocks and crevices, a moist egg laying area, and live plants. He introduced and adult pair of leopard geckos and did not remove any eggs laid from the enclosure. The eggs hatched and to his surprise, the adults did not eat the babies but displayed frequent tongue-flicking. At differant times, babies or adults showed signs of following each other. The babies grew up and in there turn bred in the same enclosure. He ended the experiment after the F2 generation. At that time the tank held 18 geckos including 3 males. During the last year of the experiment he had started removing geckos from the tank because it was becoming over crowded and he was noticing signs of aggression between males. For the serious herpers who read his vivarium article, the experiment turned many of their preconceptions upside down, not to mention that Patrick Huddleson had just presented a revolutionary and much more advanced approach to keeping and displaying these lizards.

-taken from "The Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos: Twenty Seven Generations of Living At"- /QUOTE]

[Aleks]

true! and I did breed some for some years and did keep some together... lost one female becose of it!

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

Leopard geckos don't naturally live in colonies. They're solitary animals. Some breeders house them together because it's more convenient, but even they agree that it should only be done by professionals because there are a multitude of problems that arise from it - bullying, fights, etc. Some of the leos can be hurt, not allowed food, or prevented from proper thermoregulation because they get pushed out of the best spots. Many people say no to ever housing leos together because they aren't communal reptiles. Also, no two males should ever, ever, ever be housed together, so I have no idea where you got the 1-2 males idea from.

Mourning geckos, however, are truly communal and do best in groups.

~Maggot