Hi Jason,
Female sexual maturity and male sexual maturity occuring at the same time makes
male geckos very aggressive. Folks who have immature geckos or very large set-ups
will not see this to this degree. Too bad!
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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> Hi-
> I have kept cepediana for 4 years and have never seen any aggression. Not
> even male to male agression.
> I have a tank with 1.5 or so I thought. They have been together for almost a
> year. Some even longer than that. Turns out it was really 2.4.
> Yesterday out of nowhere, not an hour after I did a head count, I witnessed
> my male with his jaws clamped around the face of a tailless cepediana-
> whipping him back and forth.
> When I got him into another tank it was obvious that he had taken a severe
> beating, and in a very short amount of time. I wonder if the change of season
> is spurring on this behavior? (amazingly, he seems to be ok btw, sans tail)
> I haven't felt this bad since my veiled ate my ornata male.
> Jason
>
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