breeding age and weight?

[SnowSnake]

Hello,

If my female leopard gecko is <u>about</u> 10 months old (probably more) and weighs over 45 grams can I put her with my male?

thank you,
SnowSnake

[peregrinefalcon]

In my opinion, I would still wait for a few more months so she can get some more fat on her.
Adam

Your female needs to weigh atleast 56 Grams to Breed.

[geckoguy157]

well it should be ok they say u can breed them at 8 months but i usaly wait 10 months to a year because the sooner u start the quicker they will burn out but for size she sould be ok leo land where did u get the 56 gram thing from because that sounds a bit off and it relly depends on the size of the leo some leo's olny get that size full grown i have a female leo who is a year old and olny 51/2 inches long and isnt 56 grams she has laid twice for me this year

[Linds]

I would wait a while. I like to give them at least one full year to mature before any attempts at breeding are made, if you can wait even longer that's better. They should also be very beefed up prior to this, as the whole process takes a long time, and a lot out of them, as well as she most likely won't be feeding steadily to help support her.

[Tim and Julie B]

Well, I've been breeding them for 4 years and if my females become gravid on their own-they don't need to be bred to develope eggs-then I put them with a male. I give the female and her possible boyfriend some time to court and if he makes advances and she doesn't accept them, I'll seperate them for about 2 weeks and try again. If she's healthy, happy and always hungry, and if she likes her possible mate then I don't think it could do any harm. After her first clutch just make sure she doesn't lose too much weight-supplement her diet with a pinkie mouse lightly dusted with calcium&D3 once every 7-10 days for about 30 days. I do this for all my breeding females and they've all remained fat and healthy with healthy little ones! Good luck and happy herpin'! I agree with gecko guy. One of my best females, at 2 yrs. is only 5" but produces 4-6 clutches a year(since she was 8.5 mths.) She's very healthy. Oh, and if my females all weighed 56 grams half would be extremely obese. That may be "okay" for some females, maybe 7-9 inches, but definately not for smaller specimens. You need to be able to determine what is healthy and acceptable for each female, there is no 'general' weight.