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This is for anyone with muliple dragons

Over the past few years Ive noticed this quite a few times. A lot actually. It seems that when one dragon starts to shed they all do or the majority of them do. Mightnot all be full body , but some shed their heads , some tails and others full body. I know they shed at different times of the year and all but this happens with babies all the way up to the adults. Im not sure if there is a chemical or pharamone released when they shed that triggers others to shed. Kinda like when one hatches they all start. Just an idea though. im curious to see if anyone else has noticed their dragons doing this?

peace,
nate

Oddly enough I have noticed this, but only with my females that are housed together. Males seem to work on their own schedule.
J Marchon Reptiles

That is wierd. All of mine are also. Both male and female.
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Cheryl

just a thought....

at least for me anyway i have noticed this too. sometimes i'll feed them a lot of food for like a week....and go back to normal feeding.....maybe they are just growing. When there is a lot of food, they feast. Don't get me wrong, i never deny them food. But if you get a box of crix in the mail, don't you mass feed them so the crickets don't die off. And then when you are waiting for the crickets in the mail and you go to the local pet shop you feed them less?

or maybe it has something to do with change of seasons or humidity.
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a free range dragon is a happy dragon

My males dragons shed around the same time. What is interesting is my female leopard geckos also shed within a few days of each other.

Ive noticed this with other species of reptiles too. Like when I had colubrids in my baby rack they all went into shed at the same time. Also when I bred satanic leaftails they often shed at the same time. Its weird i wuonder if they release some sort of chemical or pharamone? Kinda neat if you ask me Im glad others have noticed this too!

peace,
nate
Uluru Dragons

HHmm I've never even noticed this.. i guess I never really thought about, and figured my babies all do it around the same times as they are the same age recieving the same amounts of food etc..

I did notice that whenever one of my females are cycling eggs my girl Myah will do her rounds trying to mate them all.. I know after seeing Myah trying to mate them that if I don't get a male on them soon I'll be getting a batch of infertiles shortly

also anyone who has females close to laying.. if your pretty good at feeling eggs try counting as many as you can feel then times that number by 3. I've been within 1-2 eggs with every clutch for 3 years now doing that LOL.. I know my gf or mom could never do this as they have a hard time feeling them, but for me I know what I'm getting before they lay. If your pretty good at feeling them give it a shot floating them on your hand in warm water will let you feel them a little easier
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I have two girls, and its kinda funny that you noticed this as well. They both shed at the same time.