Interesting question. I'm a 43 year old single man and live in a 4BR house alone. I never had my own pet before. I now have 3 bearded dragons. 2 females Taylor & Simone and 1 male Toby. I interact with them a lot. (except for Taylor who has been sleeping since Nov. 5th lol) I think interaction is the key to having a tame mammal type relationship with them. When they were babies I always removed everything from their cages before feeding. This meant that I picked them up at least twice a day. Most days I let them out of the cage for maybe an hour to roam the floor. I have a heat lamp over a log on the floor so they can warm up if they get cold. Later in the evening when I want to relax and watch TV for an hour or so I would take each one on a rotating basis and put them on the couch with me. At first they would stay for a few minutes and then want to roam the house. Well, I didn't feel like keeping and eye on them so I would then put them back. Amazingly over time they all learned that if the stayed on the couch they could stay out. One of mine Simone will wander around and then snuggle up under my chin as I lay on the couch. It's just too cute. If I try to put her back she climbs up my sleeve to to tell me no. If I fall asleep she finds a place usually between my arm and body under the couch blanket and falls asleep herself. Of my three she is the most loving.



Otherwise, the intereaction between the 3 is very interesting. All of mine are in separate quarters no (Toby and Taylor were cage mates at first until she got too big) with slide in visual barriers. Right now if I remove the barrier between Simone and Toby he slams into the glass after the whole head bob arm waving thing. Therefore, I only let them interact together on the floor. There is lots of courting that goes on there. It's very interesting to watch him tilt and flatten his body to show her how big he is (even though she's got 100 grams on him lol) I have pictures of the tight circle they make as the chase each other around.



I don't plan to breed mine this year so I keep a close eye on them and break up his attempts. I'm sure he does'nt love this but seems OK with it. None of mine have ever been aggressive toward me or anyone else or tried to bite and I trust them implicitly.



I guess to answer your question is they make great pets. As long as you are able to take care of their needs, understand that they are a little higher maintenance than some pets, and have the time to interact with them. If you decide to get them. I highly recomend you get 2 babies of the same size that can be housed together if you get 2 girls or housed together initially if you get one of each.



I'm planning on getting 1 or 2 more myself.



Have a Great Holiday Season Everyone!



Steve

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