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I was at a reptile show not to long ago and they had sulcata's in with beardies. I was wondering if it was ok.. the peopel who had them together said it's fine because there requirements are about the same. What do you think?
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lizliz710@yahoo.com

Its a bad idea to mix species. I don't know much about care requirements for tortoises but I know it is a bad idea to house 2 different species together. The beardie could give the tortoise some kind of bacteria that is not natural to the tortoise or visa-versa.

I don't think there is much similiarity in the requirements of tortoises and bearded dragons. They may like similar temps but tortoises are much larger than dragons by weight, need larger spaces and most likely will trample dragons if they happen to be in their path. I don't think either have diseases that can transmute from one species to the other but it is always possible.

Also, there will be some competition for food as Tortoises almost all eat greens and dragons will have to compete with them to get their share.

All that said, it may be possible to house these reptiles together but I certainly do not recommend it with anybody who doesn't know all the requirements of both species and is willing to put in the extra effort to ensure they can co-habitate without either being a risk to the other, intentionally or accidently.
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PHLdyPayne

A sulcatta will grow to be nearly 200lbs, whereas a dragon will grow to be under a pound. Dragons can fall asleep anywhere, and are not easily awoken. therefore we can deduct that at least some of the dragons would be killed unintentionally.