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PHLdyPayne
at Thu Jan 14 12:47:03 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHLdyPayne ]
Bearded dragons do much better housed alone. Though they can do well housed together, either two or more females or babies under 6 months of age (no adults and babies in the same cage as there is high risk the baby will end up eaten by the adult at worse) there are many risks as Angiehusk indicated.
Besides the risk of babies nipping off eachother's toes or tail tips, mistaken them for food, more dominant ones can prevent less dominate one from getting a fair share of food, the best basking spots etc. which can lead to one dragon far outgrowing the other. There is also the added complication its harder to monitor who eats how much, who is pooping regularly and the spread of disease and parasites.
As dragons get older they can become territorial and even two dragons who have been living in harmony for a few years can suddenly turn on each other, causing damage, even loss of limbs. This won't happen every time two dragons are together but it will always be a risk.
The only real reason dragons interact in the wild is to mate. If they encounter eachother in the wild and both are male or both are female, they will be territorial. They don't hang out in social groups like social animal species do, like wolves, mice, herd beasts etc.
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RE: single or groups - PHLdyPayne, Thu Jan 14 12:47:03 2010