How to Breed Crested Geckos
Breeding crested geckos is relatively simple, and your success usually depends on the geckos' ages, the air temperature in the aquarium, and the quality and quantity of food you're feeding the geckos. You'll also need to provide a spot in the enclosure where your female crested geckos can lay their clutches of eggs. If you follow the basic guidelines for breeding crested geckos, all of your females can produce 10 to 20 clutches per year. Each clutch holds two eggs.
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Things You'll Need
- 1 male crested gecko
- 4 to 5 female crested geckos
- Loose substrate
- Egg-laying container (optional)
Instructions
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Place one male gecko and four or five female geckos in your aquarium. This is a typical breeding group. Make sure the geckos are of proper breeding age, which is at least nine months old for males and 12 to 14 months old for females.
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Maintain a temperature of between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and no more than 5 degrees colder at night. The warmer temperatures will induce breeding.
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Mist the aquarium with water once or twice daily to keep the habitat moist. Feed your geckos well with gut-loaded insects and crickets dusted with calcium and vitamin D3 powder. This promotes healthy breeding.
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Line an area of the enclosure with moist peat moss and vermiculite, or put an egg-laying container lined with the same kind of loose substrate in the aquarium. The female geckos will lay their eggs in this material.
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Look for eggs every day and remove them right away. Place the eggs in a lidded container lined with at least two inches of moist substrate. The baby crested geckos will hatch in 65 to 80 days.
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Tips & Warnings
To keep your female geckos healthy and producing large clutches of eggs, give them a rest from the breeding cycle. After a female lays a clutch of eggs, place her in an aquarium that is kept at 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit for three to four months.
Determining whether a female crested gecko is carrying eggs can be harder than in other gecko species, such as the leopard gecko. You should, however, be able to see a slight bulge in the crested gecko's lower abdomen when you look closely.
Don't let the temperature in your crested gecko enclosure reach 82 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter while the females are laying eggs. Higher temperatures can damage or kill the eggs.
Avoid putting two males in your crested gecko breeding group. The males will likely become competitive and combative toward each other.
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Comments
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she can retain sperm from the one mate, but I don't think its possible to have nonstop eggs poppin out. But definately possible for a second lay.
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crestiegal
Jun 09, 2010
People say that after you breed your crestie female ONCE, she will KEEP laying clutches throughout the year unstopped. Is this true? Even if you only breed her once?
