Breeding my Tangerine Carrot Tail

[Reptiliteer]

I have been thinking about breeding my LG but I am really new to the whole idea and Ive got a few questions. Is a 10 gallon tank big enough to breed one gecko? What do I need to provide for egg laying? What do I do about incubating? If I breed a different morph with my Tangerine Carrot Tail will they come out mixed or some of one morph and some of another?

[PythonWallace]

I always used a tupperware sandwich container with slightly damp peatmoss/sphagnum moss mix with the lid on and a 2" hole in the lid.

[Reptiliteer]

Do you separate the eggs from the tank with the LG?

[dsirkle]

There is no end to info on breeding Leo's to be found by doing a Google search. It is customary to hatch your eggs in an incubator. Sex of hatchlings is determined by the temperature that the eggs are incubated at. 80 degrees = females, 90 degrees = males, 85 degrees will give you both sexes. If you place a moist hide of any type in your enclosure your leo would lay eggs in it. I have read that you can place your eggs in a tupperware container filled with moist vermiculite and leave it in your cage and successfully hatch eggs without an incubator as long as the temperature remains in the right range. Of course you must have a male to fertilize your female. When you relocate the eggs put a dot on the top of the egg with a magic marker and keep the dot on top. Don't let the egg turn over or it will drown the embryo. When the babies hatch house them separately from the adults or they will be eaten. If you mix morphs you will get normals or unique looking ones. That is a quick answer to your question. You need to read up on it.