Breeding Leopards

[Doug]

I was wondering if it is better to have more males or more females together if i want to breed Leopards?

 

[jeffbens0n]

More females.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

More females than males for sure. 1.2 or 3 sounds perfect.

 

[Doug]

Thanks!

 

[TortieLuver]

Yes, definately more females. With this species (Unlike Sulcatas), it's fine to have several of both, both for fertility and breeding it's fine. I have 2.8 adult Leopard breeding group and my males seem quite content with that many girls lol. They are doing the job, although if a larger male came up, I would probably get another male. Also, males are smaller with this species and my males get the job done.

 

[Neal]

It seems in any case, having more females will yeild more hatchlings than having more males.

I think size compatibility plays a big part. If you had one small male with a bunch of big females, they may not produce as many viable eggs as a 1.1 pair that are of similar size to each other. In a lot of cases female leopards will grow bigger than males, but not by much, so finding adults of relativley similar sizes will be your best bet.