What to do when I get a second leopard gecko

Question

I have a year old leoard gecko and I wanted to get another female. If I put the female in my current leo's cage will they fight?

Answer 1

Nope only the males get into fights but even thats pretty ware!

Answer 2

2 females can be housed together, be sure to have another setup ready in case they do fight and make sure you quarantine the new gecko before introducing to the current one

Answer 3

Yes, they will.  In the wild, geckos are solitary reptiles meeting up only to mate, or fight.  The fights can end in maiming or death.

Two males cannot be kept together.  Once they become adults, they will fight to the death.

Geckos are territorial, even females.  If you want to introduce another gecko into the tank of the first (and I hope it's a 30 gal. reptile tank, or larger), then you have to take her out first and rearrange the entire tank, so she won't have an established territory when you put them in together.

Make sure both animals are of the same size/weight.  Make sure there are two hides, and two moisture hides.

Stand close, and monitor well for several hours.  Be ready to jump to one or the other's rescue, and a have a 2nd habitat set up and ready, in the event it's needed.

If they don't fight right off, be sure to monitor closely during feeding, to make sure one isn't being intimidating, and preventing the other from eating.  If this occurs, you will need to remove the intimidator while the other eats, and then return her.

Good luck, and enjoy your geckos.

I hope this has been helpful.

Answer 4

no