[salasie]

Friday just gone I purchased 4 geckos from a family who'd brought them for her son about a year back and he'd got bored. There's a male and female and two captive bred unsexed juvis. But I have a few problems and questions I really need answering.

1. I've read that the stenos need dry and hot yet the tank that the mother and children are in is very damp, infact on what I've read I don't even understand how they managed to have kids. I ordered some new sand that should come today and I've going to dry and sort it out, but I wanted confirmation that this is the right thing.
2. The previous owners seperated the male and female when the children where born so now my boy, salasie, is on his own but whenever I try to re-introduce the male and female together they "fight". I've heard their mating rituals can be quite violent, I don't mind them mating but I don't want them to kill eachother! Can anyone offer me some more in-depth behavioural tips to better understand whats going on. He's jumping on her and biting her legs, head and body but after they stop fighting they avoid eachother for a bit and then I get nervous or have to leave and can't watch them so I split them up.
3. The mother (Rosie) also worries me alot because she has this huge belly, they where all quite thin when I got them and Im gradually trying to bulk them out a bit but she just has like this sack on her belly that means she walks much higher than the others. The previous owners said, quote "she always looks pregnant but she's not". There's also like a little black spot on her belly, that looks like a scar or discolouration. I'm really concerned whether this is normal or not?

I feel bad on them for not being an expert in helping them but I think I'm taking better care of them then they had before and I'm really trying to look into it as much as I can, I just need some help really

Thanks, Tasha x