Will two female geckos fight?
Two females is the safest combination if you’re keeping multiple leopard geckos in the same enclosure. They generally won’t cause problems with each other. Even so, make sure each of your geckos has enough room and enough hiding places. You’ll still want to keep their relative size in consideration.
Why are my female geckos fighting?
Leopard geckos will fight each other when they feel their territory is being encroached upon, in competition for mates, or if their environmental conditions are not optimal. Leopard geckos need to have both a cool and a warm hiding place so one animal’s territory may span both warm and cool sides of the enclosure.
Do female day geckos fight?
Breeding day geckos should be kept in pairs to avoid fighting. Commonly if two males and occasionally if two females are housed in the same enclosure they will fight.
Can female geckos live together?
Pairs and Groups A male and female gecko pair can live happily together in a single tank or enclosure. Likewise, a group of females and a single male can also live together with the proper amount of space and care. A typical gecko group consists of four to five females and a single male.
Can you put two geckos together?
The only time it’s permissible to have two geckos, a male, and a female leopard gecko, housed together in the same unit is when you want baby geckos. Breeding geckos doesn’t seem to be too hard, and you can probably do it yourself.
Why are my geckos fighting all of a sudden?
For both male and female leopard geckos breeding time is a competition. Both sexes will become very territorial during this time. You can tell that it is mating time when they are wagging their tail, chasing after one another and even fighting.
How do you fight geckos?
Household Solutions
- If you have eggshells, you can place them around your home to scare off geckos.
- If you have mothballs, you can place them around to repel geckos.
- If you have coffee and tobacco, you can make a gecko poison.
- If you have garlic cloves, you can use them to repel geckos with the odor.
Do day geckos fight?
Males will fight with one another, and geckos of different sizes will bully and attack one another. Do not house males and females together unless you have researched breeding and are prepared for eggs and babies.