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 Mating issues

hey ive had these two geckos for about 9 months now and i havent seen an egg yet... the pet store personel told me they had found eggs while they in the store (they were the only two in the tank there also)... what am i doing wrong and what is the proper enviroment and setting for them to mate?
06/11/08  07:45pm

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   Message To: Nyg020308   In reference to Message Id: 1758218


 Mating issues

well.. for one.. unless you have a harem setup they shouldnt be housed together all the time, its overly stressful to the female.
are you sure you have a male and a female?
what is your current setup (temps, substrate, food, supplements, age, tank size, etc)?
do you have a proper incubation setup?
06/11/08  09:11pm

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 Mating issues

its a twenty gallon tank... about 3-4 inches of half eco-earth half cedar chips or (whatever petco used in the display)...there are three great hidin places/shelter... a shallow water dish with a variety of fake plant around(not touching ground so they can walk)... with the lamp off at night the humidity is at 85-90 and 80 degrees and no blue night light (they stopped selling them at the stores around me)... day time its around 90 degrees and humidity is around 65... i keep 15 crickets in the tank at all times (theres cricket food also)... ive tried meal and wax worms but they went untouched and fried... when the tank bedding was deeper they hid under their bowl a lot... and as for the incubator... i just lost 17 bearded dragon eggs because i was told not to disturb the next and use a heat pad... i cheaped out and the eggs cooked but i definately plan on buying an incubator in the next week... im not sure of their age but the lizard specialist at the store said he found eggs when it was just the two that i have in the tank... ive had them for about a year and havent seen an egg
06/12/08  12:10am

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 Mating issues

females can lay false eggs. or they lied to you. check to make sure you have a male a female. you should know better than to just listen to a person at a petstore. for all you know you could just have two females. and you really should know their ages. females should not e bred if they are under a year or over 6. is the air temp 90 degrees or the substrate temp? you want a warm substrate, not air, they thrive with belly heat. if you do have a male and a female separate them for a while. then try reintroducing them. usually you have to put them through a mild brumation period prior to mating.
im going to be honest, i read your post in the bearded dragon forums as well. you need to do a heck of a lot more research and have more money to invest in care before breeding. if youre being cheap on your equipment and care then chances are you wont hatch anything and then youre just stressing your animals for no reason. plus you have to look into investing for housing for the hatchlings. spend some more time doing some research and not listening to petstore associates. chances are they dont own any of these animals or care for them outside the store.
heres a link to help you get started.
aft care
06/12/08  03:15pm

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AllHailRain
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   Message To: Nyg020308   In reference to Message Id: 1758507


 Mating issues

smurf got everything except one point.
you absolutely can NOT leave that many crickets in the tank at all times.
that could be why he stopped eating..crickets eat the skin off of reptiles and that number of crickets is really stressing him out at the least, eating him alive to the point that he starves himself at the worst.
Food needs to go in at night, expect each one to eat between 4-8 depending on the gecko and then taken out in the morning.
my baby won’t even eat the next night even if i forget and leave 1 or 2 in during the day. it really freaks them out.

reptiles, like any animal, will slowly kill themselves if they are in a bad environment. if your gecko is not happy in his environment, which he isn’t because of those crickets, he doesn’t feel a motivation to live and will stop eating.


do research. like i said before, force feed and get a fecal done as well.
save your geckos, it’s not too late to make them healthy fatties with long lives.



06/14/08  07:59pm


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