Housing Leopard Geckos Together?? Responding To YOU 

Please watch the whole video if you can! See what happens at the end, and my final thoughts on wheee I stand on this controversial topic ❤️🙌 happy Sunday!

Can we all give Kristen credit for taking the advice of people and trying to give her animals the best possible life!!!!!

OMG I FORGOT TO ADD YOSHI SOUNDS 😭😭😭

Thanks for the shout out and looking into this subject. A few years it was commonly accepted that females can live together but I think over time people realised that the bond last forever, and it doesn't always work out. Your geckos look healthy and they have lovely large tanks, so I am sure they'll do really well :)

I remember reading somewhere that when they cuddle, they’re actually trying to fight for heat and the best hiding spaces. The female Leo I just adopted about 2 weeks ago was housed with another female Leo and mine had cuts and bites all over her so I’d never want to house her with anyone else again.

I have had my two females together for over two years and have never had a problem, but I still really enjoyed this video and how you took criticism and researched it yourself.

I love how much you truly care about your animals. It’s unfortunate people are so quick to be hostile instead of educating/helping. It’s apparent your genuine care and love for all species. I’ve binge watched your animal channel and seeing you get these animals out of HORRIBLE situations has my heart so full. Even animals you know nothing about and are so willing to dive head first and dedicate so much time and money. I applaud you, youre amazing 💕

Omg so many videos lately haha I love it.

Loving the multiple animal videos lately. Enjoying them more than the beauty videos that I follow along to also. ❤️🤟❤️🤟

I am loving that you addressed this so quickly, this leads to such a wonderful community regarding your channel.

When she’s exploring, it just hit me that that music reminds me of playing banjo kazooie

If everyone would take care of their pets the way that you do, there wouldn't be animals suffering! Thanks for being so nice ❤

In love with your channel and constant education!! When I'm established I want to rescue animals like you :) thanks for always inspiring me

I love your channel more and more every minute I watch. The immense of time and money you put into proper care just shows how much you love doing what you do. Xoxo

Amazing vide. I really love how chill and humble you are! Always happy to watch your content.

Thank you so much for taking advice from people! We all just want what’s best for your pets and anyone’s pets for that matter!

I love that you take the time to continue to learn and improve so bag your animals are the happiest they can be

Thank you this is one of my BIG questions

I have been binge watching u the past week and I’m absolutely in love with u and all of your animals! It’s comforting to see that u put ur animals first, and give them the best care they can get, even though we all make mistakes! Credit to u for not being offended by people questioning your techniques and taking the time to do the research to figure this out! Looking forward to seeing more videos showing your beautiful animals!!❤️

Just came across your channel and so far I’m absolutely in love! I currently have a beardie and want several other reptiles and I love how informative your channel is!

Leopard gecko has the best channel. Goherping is fantastic also! Good choices in references

I love that you were willing to look into it and change your mind. This is awesome! Know better, do better! We all make mistakes sometimes with our pets! They're such cute little geckos!

I also want to point out that I love the concept of this video. You’re listening to your audience, using your own knowledge and continuously learning (as humans we aren’t perfect), and I love that your taking the time and your resources to do an experiment which is the only true way to see how your two geckos will flourish! You are super responsible and I admire that!

Your heat mats should ALWAYS be outside of the tank love. If there’s a malfunction with your thermostat your animal can get burned badly. Depending on the animal they can also get under there and move the probe causing it to overheat. I run a BP rescue and we just lost a beautiful baby girl to a horrible burn. Please put your mats under the tank. You’ll have to turn your thermostat up higher to compensate. Love your videos!

Love animal queen who can take advice without getting defensive or offended and change things for the better and learn from it! People should really look up to you! It is obvious that you love and care for ever single of your animals and like you said we are all people we make mistakes. Love you!! And love all the videos coming our way!

You’re amazing for what you do for all your animals. I hope people do watch the WHOLE video before they start spewing their opinions at you. I hope they continue to thrive in these enclosures ❤️

Props to you!! You handle this like a pro. Always love your vids. Your such a amazing animal mama. People be more like her when it comes to animals and dealing with issues like this. You didn’t blow up nor show any sign of being pissed you truly too peoples comments into consideration and you want nothing but what is best for all of your babies! Can deff see all the love and care plus time you put into each and every baby of yours!! SML can’t wait till next vid!!! 👏🤩🙃🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Love your videos and love you. You are amazing and I wish there was less negativity for you!

Yasss, another animal video! I’m only a dog mom but I just love these animal videos! So educating and fascinating to me 💕 So since you decided to house them separately now, will you be letting them hang out together(supervised obvi.) outside of their enclosures since they did enjoy each other before?

I love how willing you are you try new things for your babies!

Ball pythons do good in large enclosures, you just need enough hiding spaces and foliage to let it feel safe. My boy has a pretty large cage(but I wanna get a bigger one) and he uses every bit of it.

I really respect you for doing this video! So many interneters think they are experts and/or have a micro second of experience and think they know it all...you actually thought about things, reflected, researched, and changed for the better..with no ego! Awesome! Love you geckos and vids!

Love how much care you give your babies, the subtrate I would say to get a shallower more rectangular dish so she can walk around a but more in it

love all your videos! and im glad you decided on housing seperately, and how youre actually willing to take advice! i thought i might point out that looking into placement of heat pads and thermostat probes might be something else to do a little extra research on ? also Emma sampson on youtube has some great videos on leopard gecko setups ! worth checking out her channel!

Love people that can take constructive criticism and understand that it was out of love. I’ve had it many times with my aquariums and thanks to people’s advice and criticisms I now have a wonderful environment for my fish! You go girl. New subscriber 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Awesome vid! It’s so nice to see someone take constructive criticism and try new things out regardless of their opinion, it really shows how much you love your animals! The comments on your recent videos have been really mean and just putting you down instead of giving you their opinion with info to back it up. Much love 🖤

You have one of the best attitudes towards pet care and criticism I have seen on RU-vid. Husbandry is always evolving as we learn more about the animals we keep and it should be an open dialogue.

Hi, I love your channel! I highly recommend putting the thermostat probe on top of the substrate mat so you can know the exact temperature that the gecko feels, not just the temperature under the mat :)

Hi, so I don’t know what the instructions say for that heat mat. But usually they need to be placed under the tank. They have a paper over the adhesive tape that you stick on the bottom. Then you stick the probe on the inside over it. I’ve never heard of them being kept on the inside. Just wanting to point that out so you could look into it. 😊

I’m very glad you separated them! I just care about leopard geckos so much, and my leo right now is a rescue, so I always try to educate others, or tell others on what they might be doing wrong. Thank you, Kristen! ❤️

I’m just here to say you are an amazing animal momma! You care for your non human family members better than some do for their actual children. You do SOOOO much research on each animal and go above and beyond to give them the best and most comfortable life, boarding on luxurious life! Props to you for always putting their needs and wants so high!

I loved your last video with the sound effects when the babies stuck their tongue out - so funny and cute!

I just watched for the Leopard Gecko and I gotta say #worthit!! She's got a pretty nice set up now, if I was a Leopard Gecko I would be very happy in that enclosure. I also respect the fact that you read all your comments and respond in some way, and I love that you took advice from your followers. You don't see that very much these days.

So glad you listened. Know you’ll see them so much happier. At least your giving it a chance. So many people spread false information.

Wow, I never knew any of this about geckos🤷‍♀️. A friend of mine has one, but I never asked any questions about him. I guess you really do learn something new every day💜

Been loving all your videos I have 4 reptiles and I've actually learned quite a bit more from watching you! I have 2 female leopard geckos and we had them together when they were young but once they got a little bigger they started fighting so we had to separate them and they couldn't be happier 😊

Dang girl you were super quick to this lol I had just read the comment addressing this on your last vid

GoHerping made a great RU-vid video mentioning everything you said. You’re a great animal keeper don’t question or second guess yourself!! You did the perfect job monitoring your female leopard geckos and if they do get along I don’t see a reason why you’d really have to house them separately unless you’d really like to see if they’d thrive alone.

Actually very helpful keep on the good work 👍

I love your videos I wasn't trying to get on your case about them being in the same tank its just something that I didn't know if it was the safest

I’m happy you made a response ! These gossip pet RU-vid channels are trash . Your doing an amazing job rescuing and caring for all your animals !

Absolutely in love with you and your channel and adore how much you genuinely care for all of your animals. My ultimate goal is to be able to rescue and rehabilitate animals when I’m more set up and have the necessary funds, and your videos inspire me to want to do it even more! Side note - I’m really curious as to the size and branding of that viv that you put June in as I’ve been wanting to get a 4x2x2 terrarium for my girl but for some reason I can’t seem to find any! If anyone on here happens to know which terrarium this is I’d be very appreciative!!

Wonderful video. I have two geckos, one likes to dig and the other doesn't. I tried giving them both a moist hide with paper towels or eco earth at different points. But one refuses to use the moist hide with eco earth to shed in. I find leopard gecko's ability to have so many individual preferences on so many things really charming.

Great video even though i know next to nothing about leopard geckos, I feel like i learned something though. I really appreciate your ability to research and change.

200% correct! I rescued two female and they are in a 40 gal terrarium with mutiple hides and followed labored gecko pros guidelines. Your content is of my favs to view as i care for my critters. Your vedio are the best!

So much respect for Kristen and how she does everything she possibly can for these animals. Saving and adopting animals is hard and you never quite know what you're getting into, but Kristen does all the research and work to give these animals their best lives! ❤

Great video, i also would like to know where did you get the vanity desk from that the aquarium is on? 😊

This is so so awesome. I had no idea they could not be housed together. Leopard gecko does have awesome advice and wisdom. Sorry for anyone being rude. The pet community gets INTENSE sometimes but please never let that make you even consider to stop posting! Your videos are amazing and goals!!

I love that you're experimenting like this and taking people's concerns into consideration! I can't remember where I read it so I don't want to say it's a fact but I remember reading that the "cuddling" behavior could actually be a dominance thing, but again I'm not sure the source on that so it could be false. As for the eco earth thing, I use eco earth in the humid hide for my gecko and she loves digging in there. I think it's especially beneficial to females since they sometimes can lay infertile eggs during spring so having a place they know they can dig and lay in I think is good for them and may make it less likely for them to struggle with laying. Either way my girl does enjoy digging so I gave her that option but the rest of the enclosure is tile.

Thank you for being so kind and receptive to peoples concerns! I wont keep leos together again since my two females were raised together from hatchlings and suddenly started attacking each other relentlessly after almost 10 years of living together. They stressed each other out to the point of them not eating and left bite marks all along the sides of each others heads.

Thank you for seperating. I lost one of my female leopard geckos 12 years ago to a sibling attack, after she got what I now believe was stick tail or another wasting disease, and despite me attempting to treat whatever condition she had with vet visits and food supplementation, it seems her sister who had been with my sick girl her whole life decided from her own instincts that something was wrong, and attacked her one night- she died the next day. It was very hard to love my surviving leo after what she did, but she is still with me today.

I think you did everything perfectly fine including giving them as much space and hides as you could

I see you saw our comments! ❤️ I was trying to talk to people who were freaking out yesterday and were uneducated. I appreciate you sharing the information that we found to be true as well. I have that exact same book and I also watch leopard gecko on RU-vid. Even though we’re all human and even she gets information wrong sometimes. But I am happy you fact check with multiple websites and shared this information. You’ll have to keep us posted on what you find especially about the digging in moss or eco earth. I wanted to do it after her video on RU-vid! Also I’ve been curious if using that kind of bedding rips her nails out? I hope it’s not a silly question just was curious because it’s kinda cool. Lastly I love your new tank. I’d set your thermostat to 90 if it isn’t already. They like their belly heat up to 94 degrees so gives you some wiggle room. Side note every LEO I’ve had lives climbing up! It’s so cool and fun to see. Some climb to the very top of their tanks. I see we both have the same hammock you could try moving it up higher and even using the cork bark or something as a bridge to get up there. They enjoy climbing more then walking on the ground. Which is why rock backgrounds work so well for them. Here’s three hide my leopard geckos use every single night that they climb up and down on! Ugh wish I could send pictures. (I have no affliction with these companies just great products.) (Moss house my Leo does “yoga” on the top handle and will sleep on here and climb up and down for many hours every night.) petsonbroadway.com/collections/bird-supplies/products/green-moss-bird-bungalow-hanging-house-habitat-addition (I would get the large one. It allows complete darkness and no light which is important: Also I put moss in there and it works as their wet hide and they can sleep on top for more heat or on the bottom for less. I have three of these in my tank and my two geckos are in them 80 percent of the time. Especially since the rock retains hear from the day and they can get belly heat and over all heat. Not to mention have perfect sheds since you need a shed box.) Exo Terra Reptile Den, Medium www.amazon.com/dp/B0002AR5BU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lu7ZCb2B40R04 (Lastly this will help you fill in some of that climbing tank space area and the suction cups on this thing is crazy! My leopard geckos climb on and down on this thing and sleep in it. You can put moss in there and away you go.) etsy.me/2Jcw2o0

Omg you literally took criticism so kindly like that’s the nicest I’ve ever seen someone react to criticism on here in many channels. Luv ya❤️

Thanks so much, I’m getting another girl and this is so helpful!!

I'm so tempted to get one of these guys. They're so cool!

Omg I love how 5 min in you can see alittle head pop up in the terrarium behind you, the fact that you are all about CC and not all about thinking you know better love you Kristen

June is in the background watching like, hey you talking about me. Too cute.

Your geckos enclosure is so spacious & looks great! So many places for them to hide

Must be difficult at times to have your pet care so public. Does allow for improvements however. I truly appreciate how kind you are to your followers and your animals

From personal experience- I will never house female leopard geckos together ever again. I had been keeping two together for 3 years, because they came to me that way, and they were in a long 40 gallon tank. They were always fine together till one day, my ever so slightly larger one attacked my other. It seemed completely unprovoked as they’d been together for years. My SLIGHTLY smaller leo lost a toes and had some pretty awful injuries to her leg. I personally think that even if it does work for a while, it’s a recipe for disaster. It’s also problematic in my eyes to say in some circumstances they can be housed together. A lot of the people get Leo’s at chain pet stores and not every employee will know how to properly check gender, and all it takes is one slip up and you end up with a male and female or male and male. It’s almost just easier to say “they’re solitary and must never be together.” thank you for looking for opinions from other keepers and for housing them separately!

When I went to school, it was a school specifically where you studied about animals and we had a lot of animals there. And there was a huge tank with 3 female geckos in it. And they were very healthy and happy. I didn’t study much about reptiles myself but that was what I could see for myself😊

"Hey guys. It's me again, Kristen, from yesterday."... that gave me giggles. It can be so difficult because so many sites give such different info. I wanted to know everything I could before getting my leos and had to take so much extra time to decipher who was actually giving the correct info. I have a girl and a boy, both about 1 1/2 yrs old. They each live in their own 55 gallon and then I made a huge enclosed "play area" on the floor in their room. They both know to come to a certain spot in their tank if they want to come out to play that night... it's adorable. My boy comes out every night to play and my girl every 2-3 days. Her breeder had her housed with a male and she's been laying fertile eggs so she's not always in the mood for hanging with the lil man.

Thank you so much for taking what everyone said into consideration! Keep in mind once separated they make take a little bit to adjust and possibly might refuse food but that’s completely normally. They will get right back on track. Also I hope they do enjoy digging! I know mine does. (Side note the carpet is fine to use but just be cautious that it can rip their claws out and their teeth)

You seem like a great mom and do your best, would be great if you could do more animal vids.

I wasn’t able to find a definitive answer in this when I was researching but my experience as a vet tech did. We saw an overwhelming number of people who would come in with geckos who did not survive their fight injuries from their tank mates that they had been with for years with no issue broke our hearts. One fight while you’re asleep could be devastating so in my opinion it’s just not worth it.

I rescued my 2 female leopard geckos about 2-3 years ago and they love each other!❤️

When my dad was breeding leopard geckos we kept the hatched babies (they were all female) in one enclosure for a while and eventually as they got older, they'd started getting fussy with each other. So yes you can keep them together as babies with no issues, but once they start fighting over food/space, it's best to move them to their own space. We kept the babies in a 10g space until they got big enough to have their own space

Hey not sure if it was a mistake/misunderstanding but the GoHerping video you linked sys "he's a yes" when that isn't his position in the video... Super happy to see you willing to do research & learn! Looking forward to your next video!!

My two female leopard geckos live together since I got them and I tried to separate them but they would get stressed out and wouldn't eat . I always monitor them and they don't fight they even sleep and cuddle together. They both are healthy and beautiful.

Ok yes I'm a newbie.iv watched alot of your videos in a short period of time.very addictive iv rescued 2 female lepard gecko and they was quite skinny they cum to in the same viv.i got them back to health.and saw they cor be house today.i separated them like the video said and BOTH stopped eating 1because now it's in a really big viv and the other would not relax and constantly on each.so I put them back together and they started eating and back to regain. Morel to the story it works it don't work shud and shudnt. This woman takes her time energy money and can tell her world is her pets and she adors.so don't lesson to anyone U NO what makes ur animals happy.i onist think if I left mine in to tanks the one that was in a different tank wouldn't be hear now.keep up with the fantastic work ur doing wish there was more people like u In world.❤❤❤❤❤❤ this channel

I love your videos so much :P

I have 2 females together, they are sisters and have been together their whole life they are about 3 yrs old. They don't fight or anything they get along well

I've had 3 females and 1 male living together in a 40 breeder for 5 years with no issues.. they all hang out together and lay on top of each other under the ceramic heat lamp. I have at least three hides per gecko on warm side and cool side of tank but they all enjoy each other. I also have a uvb light on for half an hour each evening.

You could probably be okay with them together, but good for you for being safe! They will be fine alone, and you won’t have to closely monitor them...just enjoy them!

A RU-vidr has a channel called “Leopard Gecko” and just made an awesome video yesterday about this topic

I loved this video. I loved that you decided to separate them after considering all the research and others explanations. This is not something a lot of people would do, sadly.

Isnt the heat mat supposed to go on the underside of the tank?

I have had 2 female leopard geckos together for 3 years so far and they are doing great!

It would be really cool to put a divider down the center of that and put substrate on one side and the other side would just be reptile carpet. That would help a little with humidity and you would be able to feed them in their enclosure without having to worry about them ingesting it.

My leopard geckos have lived together their whole life. I think they are 5 years old and I assume two females. The spent the first 3 years of their life’s in my school in a really small tank. Then my science teacher decided that the school can’t take care of the animals how they needed to be taken care of. So they gave the Leo’s to my sisters best friend and she took care of them for 2 years. Unfortunately she doesn’t have time because she will be working full time and going into college so she asked me if I wanted to take care of them. I accepted and spent 2 months of researching about them then I took them less then a week ago. I was glad to see she tripled the tank size, gave them 4 different floors the could adventure between and had plenty of hides.

it’s ok to form a new opinion as you receive new information and knowledge!!!!!

i was your 100,000 subscriber :)))) congratulations 🎊

I took in my brothers geckos. I have three females together. One is blind and was his first gecko. The other two are sisters and they love each other and cuddle. They are in a 80 gal tank. with 5 hides. Which I plan on getting more but I have never had a problem.

Every time I lick one of those suctions I really question my entire life choices 😂

You did your research and watch them. My two females did better together. That’s been many years ago and they passed from age. Your doing a great job and thanks for sharing. Sorry for the asshole’s you have to deal with. What happened to respect? Tell Frankie I love him. His face is priceless✌️❤️🐾

Im having the same positive experience with two females that I rescued together that got abandoned due to eviction to animal control. They are healthy and I’m closely monitoring. They actually seem to cuddle and are very good together. It’s working just fine. The cage is 40 gallon and they have separate hides. I’m sure to separate most of the time to be sure they both get food. All is well. I will be mindful of if they just wake up one day and decide they’ve had a change of heart. 😉 and if I need to I’ll separate them but all is well.

I feel like you know your animals and how they respond. You know whats best for them. Its 2020 and people love to criticize 😔

Hi Kristen I have a ?...What size tank I bvb that behind you in this video? I am looking to purchase a new tank for my BD and I want a nice 1....thank you and love you video's!!!!!🥰

You know your babies better than anyone! If they get along and enjoy each other's company and don't show any aggression then they should be together.