introducing geckos

[urd]

hi all. i currently have a 1.1 pair of leos but i am considering introducing another female into the group. how would i go about this? i have plenty of space in the tank and am planning to breed in the future.

i am worried the new female will be bullied etc so was wondering if any of you have ever done this......

any help greatly appreciated

oh, and by the way they are about 5 months old and so will be the new addition, dont know how much this matters but just thought i would mention it just in case

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[SnowSnake]

You shouldn't house a 5 month old female with a male. They can mate and at 5 months the female is too young to have eggs (in most cases).
You can put the females together and keep the male alone until next breeding season.

[urd]

oh, i didnt know that. they were from the same litter so kept in the same tank in the shop see, so i just thought it would be ok. thanks for pointing it out :)

so how would i go about inroducing the new female to my current one?

[Matt.B]

You can just drop her in and closely watch them for twenty minutes if anything happens(most likely not) then you seperate them. just keep a closer eye on them for the week after introduction and you should have no problems.
Matt

[Icefire]

they may mate at 5-6 months but I had some that didn't
I even had eggs from a 7-10months old female that never was
with a male lol

so to play safe you should wait 5-6 month or you "could" just drop her in and carefully look for the few days

look if she get food.
are they all same size?

you could separate the terrarium with a glass maybe

[Matt.B]

I said that asuming that the male was already taken out.
Matt

[urd]

cheers matt.b, i think i will try that :)

[crazyboy]

URD: you said they were from the smae litter, i think you mean clutch. but anyways if you bred those to together that would be inbreeding and could cause deformaties. they cant be ralated

[drewlowe]

Originally posted by Matt.B
You can just drop her in and closely watch them for twenty minutes if anything happens(most likely not) then you seperate them. just keep a closer eye on them for the week after introduction and you should have no problems.
Matt

This should only happen after PROPER quarentine has been done!!!!!!!!

The 2 clutchmates should not be house together because of the reason stated above (about breeding too soon). So in all honestly right now you should have 3 seperate enclosures for your leos. One each for your pair that you've had for awhile and one for your new aquire. Quarintine differs between people it can be from 30-90 days i prefer 90 days for observation. In this time you should observe your new animal, feeding, temps, and fecals. During the quarintine time you should also take a fecal to the vet to be tested to ensure there are no parasites and possible take her in just for a checkup.

For example say the new girl you just brought in looks healthy as can be, you brought her home and placed her in the tank with the other 2. Next thing you know your 2 new ones are getting sick (not eating and other things) and then your new one is too. You take a trip to the vet to find out whats going on, get a fecal done and it comes out positive for (insert parasite name). Now you have to quarintine all 3 keep strick cage cleanlyness and give all 3 meds to eliminate all parasites. When something like this can be avoided by quarentining any new herp before introduction to future housemate. *** This is just something that can happen not saying it will, but why take the chance ***

Jamie

[Matt.B]

Uggg the basics are the first things that you forget about.(idiot matt idiot matt) Yes that is the first thing that you NEED to do. oh man the same thing happened to me and i lost three geckos because of that. PLZ if your asking questions wait for two or three replies because like i just did one of us can forget.:)
Matt