leo housing

can i keep multiple female leos in the same tub?
how many?
how big does the tub need to be?

anyone?

I personally don't keep any leos together, just to stay on the safe side.

O have kept 3 female's in a 32qt tube I wouldn't recommend it cause one of them regurg and I had no idea who did it so seperation is the best way to go. No to mention that one of the females wouldn't let the others eat till she was full

Another 'I keep them separate' here.
Some folks do keep multiples together successfully but I like to err on the side of caution. Five Leo's in my house, five tanks.

ok my reptile room has an ambient temp of 70-75F. what temp should the hot side be?

88 - 92 on the ground, they do best with belly heat.

We do both we keep some in groups all year round others alone. We keep 4-5 females in a 32 qt iris sweater box and put a male in during breeding season. We keep singles in a 12 qt iris bin. All of our racks are back heated to 89-91 degrees.

I also keep all mine separate :)

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Originally Posted by meeistom

We do both we keep some in groups all year round others alone. We keep 4-5 females in a 32 qt iris sweater box and put a male in during breeding season. We keep singles in a 12 qt iris bin. All of our racks are back heated to 89-91 degrees.

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Not to highjack the thread, but when you keep multiple females together and introduce a male, how do you know who's eggs are who's? This question is honestly out of curiosity :)

I keep mine 2-3 females in 32 qt tubs. 90 hot spot. The males are kept in 15 qt tubs. Works great for me :)

ok thanks for the info.
will it be okay to keep 5 females in a 41qt tub untill summer when i can buy a rack?

You can keep 5 in a 41 qt bin so long as they aren't too aggressive toward each other.

As for how do we know which eggs came from who it doesn't matter as all the females are the same. All trempers, all SHCT, or all mack snows. They get breed to the same males every year for the past 3 years. We keep our hets, first year breeders, project, and prove outs separate.

I keep 3 females and one male in a 32qt with no issues

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Originally Posted by Clementine_3

Five Leo's in my house, five tanks.

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What size do you recommend? I swapped out the 20L that our guy was in to house a 3.0 group of garters. The 10 gallon we moved him to just doesn't seem big enough! Maybe I need to give him a more normal hide and take the big log climby-thing out. He doesn't really climb much...

Also, my lps was out of hinged screen lids, so we got a hinged glass versi-lid. Not really digging it! The hinge allows the (12 yo) owner easier access to the cage without having to remove the light fixture first.

Mine each have a 20 long.
My screen tops are just full tops, no hinges, and covered with a sheet of plexiglass. They also have RHP's attached to them (in addition to uth's).
I may not really be the one to ask if you are looking for economical or space saving keeping/housing. My guys are way spoiled and I've gone a bit too far...

a 10 gallon is fine for 1 leo. The bins we keep our single geckos in is smaller then a 10 gallon and they are just fine.

I keep 3 girls and 1 male in a 32 qt. Keep lots of hides and they will be fine. Good luck