that concept...... they are not cuddling, they are trying to steal heat from each other or get the best spot.



They never are together in the wild, UNLESS it is to mate and then separate. In captivity, they will tolerate each other if forced to, but given a choice they would be apart from their own kind.



Only in small babies have we seen a wasting effect at times when separated from clutchmates they have been with, but I think this is more a result of a change and fear on the part of the dragon, not the need for companionship. We forced them together til it became the "known" to them, then separated them and put them into a new enviroment. It an owner created situation, not something that is natural to them.



In the wild, babies hatch, dig out and will spend a day or two on low bushes, then separate from each other (sometimes eating each other)it is not their nature to be a pack.
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