>>You could put beardies together. They love to cuddle as long as it is not two males and all the beardies are roughly the same size.

fist let me say when I read this post I read it as house male and females together. I know you didnt write that but let me say this to those that think that's OK.



without a disclaimer of "ONLY DO THIS IF YOU WANT A LOT OF BABIES AND POSSABLE DEATH OF ADULTS" that may not be such a good idea. I dont know how much experience you have wih BDs but after almost a dozen years of raising BDs and more babies than I care to mention I feel that I can speak from experience.



so point 1 is: they are not cuddling and do not hang out together because they enjoy the company.



Research and my personal experience shows BDs are not neccessarily social animals with each other. By that I mean they don't hang out together if given enough space to seperate. People assign their own personal interpretations when they see beardies stacking. They are not cuddling. one BD on top of another is just the one on top getting the best basking spot. they do this cause they dont hae the option to do otherwise.



Point 2: breeding is a complicated process for us to understand. Housing a female and male together permanently can lead to more babies that you can deal with and the death of one or both BDs, not always but it can and people need to know that it can and does happen. When a female is housed with a male several things can happen.



a)the male will harrass the female to the point where the stress on her makes her stop eating and rapidly lose weight and possibly DIE.



b)the female will not allow the male to breed. he may develop a prolapse and infection. he may also be spreoccupied with breeding that he does not eat. Either way it can be fatal or extremely dangerous for the male.



c)they can breed so often with no rest inbetween that the female is bred to death or bred so much so that her life is shortened.



d) a BD can produce 20 - 100 eggs in a season. raising BDs is expensive and time consuming. if you are not prepared for it, you will be in over your head in no time.



it can get complicated wih many variations and combinations of these situations.







as to keeping multiple females together, Yes it can work but I have personally seen females go at it like cats and dogs so there is no guarantee there.





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having said all of this keep in mind, every BD is different and this is not true in every case, it is not an absolute. It is a general rule and ONLY ADVANCED HERPERS should stray from the general rule.

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I am in this business and on this forum because I love animals. I find some comments made here insulting so lets keep it proffesional, OK?
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