Leopard Gecko Breeding

Breeding leopard gecko is very exciting if you know how to do it properly as it requires certain skills and necessary familiarity, yet it can be done easily if you got the right ways.

The first step is to make sure that you have got male and female leopard geckos. Both are healthy and out of illness. Female should be maturity threshold with at least one year old.

The second step is to make sure that you have done the proper step on the leopard gecko tank. This is to ensure both leopard geckos are always in good environment during the breeding process.

Move them together into the tank that has been setup, ensure that these are only leopard geckos in the vivarium, no other leopard gecko in existence. Make sure the female leopard gecko doesn't fight back or ignoring the male gecko during the copulation process. If she is attacking male leopard gecko, quickly move her away from the male gecko. You have to know that male gecko will bite her at the back for few minutes.

The sex of baby leopard geckos can easily be decided by accurate temperature setting which is mainly based on incubator temperature where the laid eggs are placed.

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This is how to set the temperature. If the incubator temperature is adjusted at 88F, you can expect male leopard gecko babies will be born in approximately 48days. If temperature is set at 80F, most likely male leopard gecko babies will be born in 66 days.

These are the straightforward methods to breed leopard gecko babies. In order to having beautiful and colourful leopard gecko babies, you need to practice the leopard gecko breeding occasionally until you're familiar with the process, especially temperature handling.

Great leopard gecko breeders always can produce new generation of leopard gecko with different personalities and colour combination that are healthy. You'll need to breed more often to get the most beautiful, attractive and healthy leopard gecko ever.

About the Author:

Mike, pet leopard gecko owner and hobbyist. He has created a leopard gecko care website dedicated for leopard geckos at www.leopardgeckocare.net

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