Gravid Phelsuma rejects male

As is visibly evident the plump gecko on the right is the pregnant female. This romantic couple gets along very well and in this scene the female exhibits a full body wiggling behavior in order to discourage the male from copulating with her since she is already pregnant. Two hours after shooting this video the female laid two healthy eggs.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• phelsuma
• gecko
• giant day gecko
• lizard

[issane288]

did he bite her? i heard they bite when they mate. i have one big and one small, so we wait till she grovs bigger and then try to mate...but im afraide they dont bite each other. so please reponese so i know did he or her bite him od her.

thanks

[ci6n1]

@issane288 Yes, the males grab on to the females with their mouths when mating and even rip pieces of skin off sometimes. However this is normal and natural mating behavior. Although large pieces of skin being ripped off may look scary and bad, they recover quickly and grow new skin. 

[paputo123]

Mi female is gravid bt Idk is Thad healthy cus she's not fully grown and the male is what can o do if she lays the eggs never bred them before HELP

[Ash22531]

Lol....REJECTION. xD

[stickanimator2000]

how much will they go for and could i keep 2 in a 50 gallon?

[bonerears]

wat size cage do you need for them

[adamkwas]

@Skiilla Wall to wall. nanan see anana aannnaa

[Skiilla]

funy thing is they are on the wall :D:D

[realityexplorations]

there gona do it hehe

[hotvws3]

cool video.can't belive how green they are.