Can I keep a trio

I have a 20 long tank with just a female in it. I was wondering if I can put another female and male in their with her that are the approximate same size as her?

Yes, that should be fine

Make sure you're ready for babies! Up to 32+ :D

I am personally against housing Ball Pythons together in a single enclosure because usually at least 1 of them will try to establish dominance and stress out the others.

Bp's are solitary snakes and I strongly believe they have a better quality of life housed alone.

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Originally Posted by Agent73

I am personally against housing Ball Pythons together in a single enclosure because usually at least 1 of them will try to establish dominance and stress out the others.

Bp's are solitary snakes and I strongly believe they have a better quality of life housed alone.

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LOL I was talking about leos not BP, I know that about BPs. Thanks though!

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Originally Posted by MiamiRoyalPythons

Make sure you're ready for babies! Up to 32+ :D

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Yay you made me excited. never got that many eggs before.

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Originally Posted by dkoehl26

LOL I was talking about leos not BP, I know that about BPs. Thanks though!

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My bad, I really shouldn't respond to posts half awake:confused:

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My bad, I really shouldn't respond to posts half awake:confused:

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LOL it's cool we all do it.

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My bad, I really shouldn't respond to posts half awake:confused:

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LOL I was about to do the same thing but then I looked at the comments other people left. Thanks for saving me! :P

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Originally Posted by Agent73

I am personally against housing LEOS together in a single enclosure because usually at least 1 of them will try to establish dominance and stress out the others.

LEOS are solitary GECKOS and I strongly believe they have a better quality of life housed alone.

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There, I fixed it.
I do actually think Leos are best by themselves. Sometimes groupings will work but you have to be prepared to split them up if things don't work out.
I also think a 20 long is the right size for a single Leo, not two or three...more geckos = much bigger tank IMO.

Go ahead and have a separate enclosure set up for them just in case. When I tried to pair my two females together the slightly larger one nipped at the smaller one and constantly harassed her. I'm going to try again when I get my new rack in, but it's not looking good based on their first interaction.

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Originally Posted by Dabonus

Go ahead and have a separate enclosure set up for them just in case. When I tried to pair my two females together the slightly larger one nipped at the smaller one and constantly harassed her. I'm going to try again when I get my new rack in, but it's not looking good based on their first interaction.

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I will do that if I decide to do the trio. I am not sure I want to commit to breeding them yet.

It really depends on the individual geckos if they'll play nice together. I've had quite a few leos, and of them I've had animals that will live together in groups just fine (0.2 for adults or 0.2 or 0.3 for babies or small juvies). Anyone thats losing weight or being bullied gets separated immediately. I have some geckos that are living in 0.2s right now, but others that are just singles in their boxes. I almost always house new arrivals separately (the only exception being if I picked up two same sized animals from the same breeder and they were being housed together before) so I can keep better track of them, know who is pooping, etc.

I have 1 male to 4 females in 32q tubs and they all get along well together :) It's nice i can use some of my old snake racks for them.