Breeding Question

[beardeds4life]

as babies or adults? im talking about adults and im talking about top of the line super hypo tangerine carrot tail baldies with like 75% carrot tail

[BarelyBreathing]

I have a SHTCT carrot tail baldy that I bought for $40 as an adult.

[BarelyBreathing]

And please don't take this the wrong way. I just want to give you a heads up as to what actually happens with unwanted geckos. Breed if you want, it won't bother me. In fact, depending on what part of the country you're in, I might buy. I just think it's wise to be sure you have homes for any animal before you breed it.

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by beardeds4life

I have decided to wait till next year and I will pick up babies this year while there still cheap

Shouldn't geckos be around 3 years old before you breed them?

[beardeds4life]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Shouldn't geckos be around 3 years old before you breed them?

no they dont 8 months of age and 55 grams

[BarelyBreathing]

I don't breed anything under two.

[beardeds4life]

Are you breeding turkmanicus?

[KORBIN5895]

I did some research today and found two camps of though. First was between 7--9 months as long as she was up to WEIGHT. the second camp was no earlier than 18 months because it would not be mature . Both were con concerned about the female becoming egg bound earlier than 18 months. Also as I mentioned in another post I have a few price list from reptile breeders that wholesale to pet stores. Even considering that Canadian pet stores DO pay more for everything the most expensive leopard morphs are all well under 100 dollars. Just don't sink too much capital into a project that sounds this risky. I would hate to see you lose any female especially when the return could be less than 500 dollars.

[beardeds4life]

Ok thanks for the advice and may I ask where are your sources? Ron Tremper breeds whenever as long a they are 50 grams and has never ever had one get egg bound and all of his are less than a year old and he is the biggest breeder of leopard geckos in the U.S. and one of the biggest in the world. He sells hundreds upon hundreds of geckos on his site and also sells a ton wholesale.

[KORBIN5895]

My sources as in what I read? Try Googling "at what age I can breed my leopard gecko". One that sticks out was" leopard geckos for dummies. " As far as pricing goes that is something I got from my local pet store.

[beardeds4life]

I have read many books on reptiles that are "for dummies" and all of them have been mainly incorrect so I would not ever follow what they say in there.