Bad first impression

[GrestedCeckos]

So I introduced Neko (male) to Mango(female) today, in hopes they might live happily ever after... Only to come back into the room a minute later to see Mangos leg caught in Nekos mouth. I snatched her back out of there and split them up again. They are both about 30 grams.

I had a question though. Is there a better way to put a female with a male for the first time? I thought that it might have been the fact that Mango was on Nekos turf all the sudden. Will they learn to get along? I'd hate for them to start scrappin. Or is it not meant to be. Any comments or suggestions?

[Koiscale451]

Actually it's better to just let them be, they can be a bit rough with the mating process. Quite alarming to first-time breeders.
What might help is cleaning the entire cage, accessories and all then re-introduce the geckos so the whole thing is new to them and they don't know who's territory is who's (thats what I did)

[Misskiwi67]

They'll be rough for a few days, but usually calm down and do more "courting" and less biting after that. I think their squeaks and clicks are SO CUTE after they've been together for a while.

[GrestedCeckos]

Actually it's better to just let them be, they can be a bit rough with the mating process. Quite alarming to first-time breeders.
What might help is cleaning the entire cage, accessories and all then re-introduce the geckos so the whole thing is new to them and they don't know who's territory is who's (thats what I did)

Well, I had them together for about 90 seconds, they weren't mating I don't think... Just looked like she didn't quite appreciate him trying to eat her leg. I'll try rearranging the cage even though I can't change much because it's a vivarium. I appreciate your comments though. Thankyou very much. I am a bit more at ease. Just don't want them to lose their tails so soon.

[mikey]

I say use your own judgment, that should be influenced by all of the replies you get to this question.

For me, I kept my pair together for a few weeks until I just got fed up of hearing the female squeaking and the male running after her daily and abusing her. He was extremely rough, but that was probably because he was a bit bigger than her. It seemed she wasn't really eating when housed together with the male.

I think it varies from situation to situation. For me, the best thing for the animals I felt was separating them so the female got her own 18 x18 x 24 tank. If you feel after a few weeks that things aren't so bad, then by all means keep them together. However, aggression is pretty normal to start off with. Good luck!