The last post wasn't too informative or flashy, but I thought that it was necessary to get more information and background about myself out there. I do breed reptiles over varying species to include leopard geckos, crested geckos, gargoyle geckos, and soon to be knob tail geckos.

I've found that so many people decide that since they can handle one leopard gecko, they'll try their hand at breeding the species. That's great, more power to you. But, think about it. There's really a lot that is involved in breeding reptiles.


You need housing for all possible hatchlings for hte season, adequate heating and lighting, more feeders, at least one incubator, A LOT of patience, and A LOT of cash.

I mean, this year alone I've spent well ovver $1,000 on high quality breeding reptiles, to include 7 crested geckos, 3 gargoyle geckos, and 5 leopard geckos, and I know that this is just the start of the year. I have plans on introducing at least 1 more high qualtiy crested gecko, 4-5 low quality crested geckos, and 2 southern U. milii to my collection.

Of course the low quality crested geckos will be resold as they are wholesale quality. Now, if a few of them spark my interest, I will be keeping them for my plans as long as I can fit them in.

But, anyway... Breeding reptiles can be very expensive. I mean the housing alone is a killer. I currently have 2 leopard gecko racks and tons of other tubs and kritter keepers set up for my geckos. Although, I need to update a few pictures, you can see my reptile housing here. Let's say I've spent $300 per rack, $60 for all of my kritter keepers, $24 for 3- 66 quart tubs, and $10 for 2- 16 quart tubs, which totals about $694. But by the end of this year to sometime next year, I will be spending another $300 for a third rack, $100 for another thermostat, and about $60 on more tubs, bringing my total housing to $1,154.


But, then again, by just opting to breed your reptiles, it doesn't mean that you've opted to go to the extreme of a hobby business. Say you opt to breed maybe a 1.3 group. That's 1 male and 3 females. That means you need 4 enclosure, which is pretty simple. But then those 3 females (if leopard geckos) will lay about 2-10 clutches a season, which equals to 4-20 eggs. That means you have to be able to house up to 20 hatchlings per gecko, given if they are all fertile and hatch.

I just think it's hilarious that so many 13 year olds who have had their new reptile for all of one or two months find that they need to add another gecko to their responsibility. Now that's great, if they follow the proper quarantine rules and don't mix male and females or males and males. But so many times over I hear, "my male and female mated and the female's pregnant, how should I incubate them?" or rather they'll ask idiotic questions that they could have either 1) known as long as they already know how to care for their species or 2) done a simple search and found out.

Personally, if you're not willing to research and prepare, you're no where near ready to breed your pet reptiles.