knobtailed gecko question

[kel]

i will be picking up a pair of knobtailed gecko hatchlings this weeek just wondering everyones views on if they should be kept together or should i seperate them, they are from the same parents but i have read the can attack each other, i would like to know what experience others have had with them

[Pyror]

Hey Kel,

In my experiences, i have never had young knobbies attack each other if kept together. Even multiple males won't fight until they start to become sexually mature.

However i would recommend you keep them seperated for the first few months of their life - if you have the means to do so. Keeping them seperated while young allows you to monitor their food intake and make sure that one of them isn't pigging out, while the other is missing out. Once they have grown a bit and have become much more competent at hunting (hatchling knobbies usually start off pretty hopeless), you could then stick them together.

Alternatively some breeders prefer to keep them seperated througout their life, only introducing them to mate, and then seperating them again when the female becomes gravid.

Keeping them seperated while young allows you to monitor their food intake and make sure that one of them isn't pigging out, while the other is missing out.

very good advice...

[JasonL]

A dominant hatchling sometimes will bite and harass another one, the biting wont cause any damage to the other gecko but the constant harassment will cause the weaker gecko to stop eating (the biting ect. is always over food) this sort of behavour can be sorted out by removing the larger for a few months untill they are the same size. keeping them in pairs rarely causes any problems if both geckos are the same size. I have raised many pairs together and never had a problem other than having to move the odd one on it's own for a little while, I have never seen any aggresion in adults but have always kept males on their own, as it may cause added stress to one or both.

[hornet]

just wondering who r u gettin them off and where are you located?

[kel]

thanks all for the advise im in nsw but im not sure if i should say who has them until i get them it might jinx it lol