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#1726645
Deredevle
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Breeders Please Respond! 
Hello everyone I am Joe, I have owned many different reptiles in the last five years. mainly snakes and monitors but now i want to try something a little diffrent. I was thinking about breeding leos. How is it? Is it difficult? Are they a good lizard to start out breeding? how big of a tank would i need? how many females to 1 male? what would i need? And what do i need to do in order to get fertile eggs? I have been researching for quite some time now, I went out and got some books on leos but i would like to hear it from you guys that have bred leos. If you would answer me back I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks guys!
-Joe
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05/05/08 11:49pm
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#1726741
Tony23
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Message To: Deredevle In reference to Message Id: 1726645
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wot u will need is male and female make sure there both 1 year old and over 50 grams u can keep 1 male with 3 female in a 3 foot tank hot end should be 85/90f and they need 12 hours of light ull need a damp hide in there to this can all so be used as an egg laying box for them any thing else u need to know just ask
tony
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05/06/08 05:15am
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#1727018
BooByVu
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Message To: Deredevle In reference to Message Id: 1726645
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Hey, I also own monitors and snakes and compared to leos....leos are much easier to keep. Feeding is simple, housing is pretty cheap and simple compared to monitors. You can keep them in large plastic containers or a rack system. Doesnt need to be any larger then 40 gallon. I use a newspaper as substrate so thats real easy to clean...Over all simple to breed. One male, and about 3 females and you ll be getting a good amount of eggs. Incubation temps are up to you if you want males or females. Fertile eggs? well i think the male leo takes care of that huh? hehe
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05/06/08 02:29pm
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#1728503
Carolthelizardkid
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Message To: BooByVu In reference to Message Id: 1727018
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They’ll tell you everything. I just started breeding so my advice won’t be as great. 
So, you said you bred monitors? I love tegus. Do you keep tegus? They rock! 
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05/07/08 07:25pm
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#1729825
Luckyherps
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Message To: Carolthelizardkid In reference to Message Id: 1728503
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I prefer to keep my leos all separate. My males and females all go in different drawers in the rack then I do selective breeding and match my males with females to get desired results.
george
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05/08/08 09:20pm
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#1729961
BooByVu
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Message To: Carolthelizardkid In reference to Message Id: 1728503
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I keep a few tegus and had a monitor...my B/W arg tegus rock! they just eat so much! lol
Compared to them, leos are super easy
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05/09/08 12:01am
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#1732539
Deredevle
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Message To: BooByVu In reference to Message Id: 1729961
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wow thanks alot guys! this is probably the most friendliest forum i have ever been on! Yea i have a 3 and a half year old female b/w Tegu I raised from a hatch ling I love her! so you guys think i should just house 3 females and one male together all the time? In about a 3 foot long tank? or house the male in a diffrent tank from the females?
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05/11/08 10:49pm
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#1732614
Deredevle
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Message To: Deredevle In reference to Message Id: 1732539
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ALSO DO YOU GUYS KNOW OF A GOOD WEBSITE TO BUY LEOS ALREADY 1 YEAR OLD MALE AND FEMALE?
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05/12/08 12:45am
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#1733419
Deredevle
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Message To: Deredevle In reference to Message Id: 1732614
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well I went out and bought a 60 gallon tank! It is 4ft. long, and 16 in. deep, 18 in. tall here is a pic
where on the tank should i put a UTH on the same side as the heat lamp or on the cool side?
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05/12/08 08:38pm
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#1733452
BooByVu
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Message To: Deredevle In reference to Message Id: 1733419
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Hi, what kind of leos are you looking for? Morph? Try kingsnake. Lots of good stuff on there.
Thats a good tank for breeding but I dont use heat lamps. I only have a UTH on on the warm side undet a hide. Umm about the keeping them together. Some breeders have different views on this. Keeping them together would lower the chances of them not fight everytime they are introduced. Some say the males can annoy the females but i dont think so. Over breeding maybe...i dont know.
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05/12/08 08:54pm
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#1733629
Deredevle
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Message To: BooByVu In reference to Message Id: 1733452
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you don’t use heat lights? what do you use to keep the tank hot on one side? just a UTH? will that work for breeding also?
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05/12/08 10:53pm
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#1733665
BooByVu
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Message To: Deredevle In reference to Message Id: 1733629
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Yeah it works. Ive been to a few big breeder’s places and seen their systems. I havent seen any use heating lights. Either use UTH or heat tape will do. They UTH should be enough to keep your warm side hot enough. Unless you live far north and it freezes over alot. If you keep the leos inside the house i think it should be ok with just a UTH.
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05/12/08 11:27pm
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#1733722
Deredevle
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Message To: BooByVu In reference to Message Id: 1733665
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do you use a UVB light or any light at all to make it seem like it is daytime to them?
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05/13/08 12:21am
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