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Quick Beardie Question~

RyanR

RyanR

Canadian Boa Fanatic.
i have 1 male beardie already.. its about half grown.. 1.5 years old... its in a tank thats 3.5 ft long.. 2ft wide and 18' high.. and im looking into getting it a friend/mate... would this tank be to small to house both of them hapily? and if so.. what are the minimum requirements?
 
You could house a second beardie in that tank, but bigger is always better. Just be sure that the friend/mate you get is the same size as the one you have.

I know that a lot of beardie folks will object to housing two together, but they actually do very well in pairs or trios. You do have to watch for individual 'personality traits' that may make one dominate the other, but most do well together.

Good luck.
 
It's generally not recommended to house multiple reptiles to one cage. Reptiles do not need "friends" to live happily. It is especially discouraged to house a sexed pair (male and female) in the same cage. If you insist on housing two Beardies in the same cage, sometimes two females can successfully co-habitat as long as they are of similar size. A 6 foot x 4 foot cage would be sufficient to house a pair, with basking spots at opposite ends. It allows them enough space to get away from the other without one having to sacrifice a warm spot to bask.

Visit www.beardeddragon.org if you have further questions on co-habitation.
 
This enclosure would be fine for a while but not there whole lives. Keeping beardies together is a smart way of making them more 'social' without handling them.
 
Well, I've always housed mine together :) But I'll get into that later.

To answer your question:

-You would need a female, as males will fight each other.
-You need to find one of similiar size as yours. ( as someone else mentioned )
-You need to be prepared in case the dragon does not get along with yours, which is a possibility since he has had the reign for 1.5yrs now, he may not like having someone else thrown in with him.
-You should have the new one in it's own tank for quarentine purposes, then once your sure the health of it is fine, then move it over.
- If you get a male/female housed together, they will breed. So you should educated yourself on that matter. Especially on how taxing eggs can be on a female dragon.

As for my situation: I have had dragons for 6yrs now and I have bred them.. I house 1 male and 3 females together. 2 of the females went in together as juvies....( under 6mos old ). When they reached breeding size, a male was introduced. Then the 3rd female came. I watched them carefully for any signs of aggression because they were all adults now.

Some people will flame me for this one, but the 4 are kept in a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft tank. ( some will say that is way to small for 4 fullgrown dragons ) They all have their own basking spot, as well as they will bask together ( share the same branch, but there's adequate basking area's for 4 of them ).

Onto the only negative experience. The first 3rd female developed something wrong in her brain ( a tumor perhaps... I did not have a necroscopy done so I can't say what exactly).. she started acting very aggressive towards the others, nipping and whatnot. So I had to remove her to her own tank. One day I was cleaning tanks and I put her in with the others for a moment as she had been fine with them in the bath. I turned, and looked back and she had chomped on one of my other dragons tails, crushed it. I had to pry her mouth open to get her off. I put her back in her tank where she proceeded to literally eat her own leg off. We had her euthanized. ( The dragon she chomped on, had to have 2" of her tail amputated )

I relate that experience so you know that "things" can happen.... ( this was a physical illness that caused my dragon to "lose it"... but anything can happen and you need to be prepared in case ).

Personally, I see nothing wrong with housing multiple dragons, as long as you are prepared to deal with the "what-if's".

Just my opinion though.
 
I have a beardie, about 7 months old. I just got him a month ago, but in his previous owners care he had a female to keep him company. Now, he is by himself...do you think he can get "lonely"?
 
The danger of getting another beardie to go with your male is that you would have to get a female of similiar age. Now the male will be coming up on wanting to mate.... you do NOT want to mate a young female... it could potentially kill her. So no, in your case I would not put in a female with him.

JMO.
 
You don't want a female under 18months ( MINIMUM) breeding. He is going to be reaching sexual maturity anytime and will breed a female you put in with him. When he was with the other female, he was young enough to not be "thinking" of breeding... now he is approaching "puberty" and well..... need I say more ;) LOL Usually anytime between 6mos-1yr males will reach sexual maturity.
 
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