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hi,i have a question about housing leopard geckos. i have a male a little over a year old,and a female within a month or so of the male and a female of unknown age but close in size.my problem is the female of unknown age i have tried to introduce her in the cage with the other 2 and they seem to start fighting.at first i thought she might be a he,so i checked and i am almost positive she is indeed a she(i could very well be wrong).so i waited a week or so and put her back in and the female that was in the cage instantly went after her and nipped at her twice and her tail was raised straight up in the air.i took the one back out again and put her back in her tank....any ideas?even if i am wrong about the sex of the supposed female and it is male what wouldd be the reasoning for the other female to act like that? the tank was new when i put all 3 in originally.they had all 3 been housed seperate for quaranteen purposes up until the first time i put them together
 
Sometimes females will do that. I have a Codom Snow Het Raptor that does not like the Male raptor I would like to breed her with. lol.
 
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so,do you think i should just keep them seperate? the female that is the aggressor is a tremper albino 100% het for blazing blizzard and raptor,and the male is a las vegas albino
 
Some females are aggressive due to the temperature that they were incubated at, something due to hormones. If you want to breed the unaggressive female to the male put him in her cage for a day or two. I don't think that I would put her in with the other female, just keep them seperate.
 
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thanks for the advice everyone,looks like i'm not going to save any cage space with this group...
 
it has been my experience that some female leos can be somewhat territorial and establish a sort of pecking order.
you can try cleaning the cage and all of the cage furniture to remove any pheromones or scents, and introduce the less aggressive female to the cage first, followed by the other two. just make sure you keep an eye on them. a squirt of water from a spray bottle is often a good way to break up fights. a nip or two here and there is not necessarily a fight. just keep a watchful eye .
good luck !
 
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ok,i will try that.although they were all 3 introduced into the new tank at about the same time.i might have jumped the gun and pulled her to fast
 
sorry i missed that part the first time i read you first post. you could also try introductions for a couple minutes a day until they get along. sometimes i have to do that when introducing a male to a female. eventually she gives in and tolerates him.
 
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so,do you think i should just keep them seperate? the female that is the aggressor is a tremper albino 100% het for blazing blizzard and raptor,and the male is a las vegas albino
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James, you might not want to breed her to this male anyway because of their genetcis. The two albino strains you are working with (female "Tremper") and (male "Las Vegas") are not compatible. All your offspring will be normals het Tremper het Las Vegas. You could breed them back to their parents and produce Trempers, if breed to the mother, and Las Vegas if breed to the father. But all of those 2nd generation Leos will have unknown hets for the opposite albino strain and if breed after that you will not really know which strain you will be producing.

If you have already thought this out then please just ignore my post :)
 
housing leopard geckos

yea i knew that wasnt a good idea,i was trying to put the normal female and the tremper female together to save cage space.and the tremper is aggresive to the normal ....but hey i wll listen to any good advice..even if i already knew it.........just reinforces it.. thanks
 
I thought they were solitary. To my understanding they were to be kept isolated like beardies. Hmm..
 
housing leopard geckos

as far as i know you can keep females together......except in my case these 2 wont get along
 
In general you can keep as many females together as your cage permits, but from my own experience and collection I have noticed that if a female is passive that all the other females will bully her. I have several females that get bullied with any gecko I put them with :shrug01: , I house these females seperately.
 
I would just say territorial issues. Right now I have 5 leos on one cage; 2 females and 3 males, all of different size. They are also in a 20G tank, and have some place to hide...None has ever attacked another... The longest one's I've has together was since 2003...My leos are really great together... there is a baby in there along with some adults and smaller ones and still get along great. What size tank do you have?
 
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these were going in a 30 gallon,but i have since determined that the supposed to be female is actually a male.thanks
 
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