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Small Scale Leopard Gecko Breeding 101

small scale leopard gecko breeding 101 breeder tips

Small scale leopard gecko breeding can be both fun and educational.  We have been breeding geckos on a small scale since 2011.  The anticipation and elation when you produce life is nothing short of breathtaking.  Even after all these years, it still doesn’t get old.  Perhaps you are a gecko hobbyist ready to take the next step.  In this article, we will help you start your own adventure to small scale leopard gecko breeding.

Small Scale Leopard Gecko Breeding 101 – Budget

We are going to jump right into it, because we know that’s why you are here.  Here are our tips and suggestions for small scale leopard gecko breeding.

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Importance of incubators

For a leopard gecko breeder, there are a few things that affect your season’s success. One of which is finding good breeder geckos, something we covered in a previous Gecko Breeder Chronicle article. The other however, is having good incubators. As a breeder, your eggs are everything. Without the eggs hatching, you have no season, and you can’t advance your projects.

Importance of Incubators – Unexpected Failures

During our first year of breeding, we had an incubator that died overnight.  There were 12 eggs in that incubator, and all 12 turned out bad. It was not surprising to us that the eggs went bad after the incident, we expected it. Although it was disheartening, because the eggs looked firm and fertile before.  They were from several projects we were working on that year, many of which included our Super Giant and Radar projects. That incubator was incubating for males, so we had a season with no male holdbacks to further our projects. Continue reading “Importance of incubators”