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My males don´t want to work

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My males don´t want to work

Hello together. This will be my first season. I live in Belgium so my English is not so fine.
I have problems with breeding.
I have three groups leopardgeckos and the males don´t want to breed. In Winter ( from 05.October until 25.November ) I hold the geckos by 15-18°C so they sleep.
Now six weeks after waking up they dont have eggs and dont want to breed.

What is my mistake? What can I do that they want to breed?
I hope you can help me.
Thanks.
 
15-18 sounds a little low to be holding them. I would hold them in the mid 70's as they are in the 80's and the 90's under the hot spot. Could be they're too cold. Cooling also isn't all that necessary for Leos to breed. It is recommended but not necessary. Try holding the hot spot around 90 and the rest of the cage in the high 70's. Hopefully they'll just breed on their own.
 
Welcome to the forums!
Yeah cooling is only a reccomendation, I dont cool mine and they had a pretty good amount of eggs. They make thier own seasons wether you change the temps or not.
 
Yes definately warm them up. Cooling them down is very risky considering that you don't have to do it at all. If the bowels have not been completely cleared it can be down right fatal. The feces, if any left, will poison the gecko. I would say warm them up and gradually. Within a weeks time and hold the warm side at 90 and the cool side around 75-80.
 
uh, didn't you guys realize that he is talking celsius? good god... 18 degrees celcius is 65 degrees farenheit. hermann, are they up to about 32 degrees Celcius right now?
 
Thanks for answer.
Yes they are up to 28-35°Celsius. Since 4 weeks they have 9 hours per day "sunshine" (light) and the temperature is right.

But I haven´t seen that one male want to breed, and no female has some eggs.

Before I put the temperature down I don´t feed for three weeks so their bowl was clean. They lost in the cold time no weight. And now they are all healthy. They eat very well and looks very fit.
But they don´t want to breed-whyever... :bawling: :bawling: :bawling:
 
what ages are the geckos? what is their weight in grams? its possible the male is too young and doesn't know what to do yet.
 
One group is a Blazing Blizzard Group and they are all proven breeders. I bought this group from another breeder. Their weight:
Male 72g
and the two females 57g and 62g.

The second group is a Tremper male 87g (2 years old) and three female all between 55g and 70g. Age 9-12 month.

The third group is a Hypo group and the male is 13month old (70g). The female are between 10 and 15 month (55-60g)
 
Hello, I would take out the males for awhile. They can get used to being around them and not be that interested. Also may be because you just cooled them, and they just need a little more time. Either way I would take the males out, this way they will become excited when re-introduced :hehe:
 
I think they will be ready to go in a week but maybe two weeks. Just try to ad a female in a week or two, you should see some difference in the males when they meet them again.

Good luck
 
If you have another male, you can put some of his poos in with the group you would like to breed. Once the male thinks that he has competition, he usually gets busy ;) If your females are ovulating, he may be breeding on the sly; some males don't do a lot of tail shaking and the actual couplings are over in a flash. I'd ben breeding leos for two years (they were in a big tank with lots of hides) before I actually witnessed a mating.

-Alice
 
sometimes actally introducing a smaller male or same size male make shim want to breed, only do it under supervision for a few minutes or so,
 
LeosForLess said:
sometimes actally introducing a smaller male or same size male make shim want to breed, only do it under supervision for a few minutes or so,
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I really wouldn't suggest this! If you do something like this, wear gloves. Even a little male can deliver quite a bite when he wants to and if he thinks that your hand reaching in to remove him is the other male attacking...

-Alice
 
LeosForLess said:
You could always put one in a clear container inside of their housing unit, but not too long it could lead to stress.
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It is more about scent than visual cues. I agree that a fresh poop from another sexually active male is the best way to go. You still have to use caution that the female does not walk through it and get the scent on her. The male that you are trying to get to bred to her could mistake her for a male.
 
Seperating them may do the trick. Distance makes the heart grow fonder ;P

If that doesn't work, the poo trick i heard works well however I have never had to try it.
 
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