one of my 3-year old female beardeds dropped its tail in its cage the other night. i was wondering if beardies will re-grow their tails. also, maybe someone could tell me why it may have dropped it. she is housed with one male and one female in a 5'x5'x4 enclosure. i have been keeping bearded for 6 years now and they are all thriving, i was curious because i have never had one drop its tail before. thanks
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dragon tail drop
demondrvn
May 21, 2003 04:42 PM
Replies (9)
dragongirly
May 21, 2003 07:40 PM
>>one of my 3-year old female beardeds dropped its tail in its cage the other night. i was wondering if beardies will re-grow their tails. also, maybe someone could tell me why it may have dropped it. she is housed with one male and one female in a 5'x5'x4 enclosure. i have been keeping bearded for 6 years now and they are all thriving, i was curious because i have never had one drop its tail before. thanks
I didnt know they could drop their tail, this is the first time I have heard of this? Are you sure one of the others didnt bite it off? Is it a clean break?
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demondrvn
May 21, 2003 07:50 PM
yeah its a clean break. no signs that it was chewed off by another dragon.
Turtlegirl
May 21, 2003 07:59 PM
Beardies can drop their tails?! lol I didn't know they could....
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-Lauren
dragongirly
May 22, 2003 11:44 AM
>>Beardies can drop their tails?! lol I didn't know they could....
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>> -Lauren
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>>groups.yahoo.com/group/LaurensLizards
I didnt know they could too, I'm going to call my breeder and ask him
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Owned by a bearded dragon, 2 Leapord geckos,iguana, 2 cats, dog , 2 wonderful kids and a wonderful husband
Turtlegirl
May 22, 2003 06:05 PM
Please let me know what he says! The 'tail-dropping' is news to me...
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-Lauren
the nerve
May 21, 2003 08:03 PM
That's weird... everything I've read said that beardies don't drop and regrow their tails. I've never heard of anything like that before. Keep us posted, I'm extremely curious to hear if it grows back or not.
Christyj
May 21, 2003 09:35 PM
Their tails don't fall off for no reason. There was either an injury or a bad shed that cut off circulation. When circulation is cut off the tail dies, so I doubt that happened because it turns black.
My guess is either something fell on it or it was bitten. It won't grow back.
grimdog
May 22, 2003 08:54 AM
I think I have heard that they can drop their tales. It is not nearly as easily done as with geckos, but I do think it can happen. They do not grow back. I have heard that they will drop tails if they are grabbed by the tail and can't escape. The way they drop them is also different, they do not have the usual tail vertebrae that others do that allow them to drop their tails.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
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dragongirly
May 23, 2003 06:22 PM
>>one of my 3-year old female beardeds dropped its tail in its cage the other night. i was wondering if beardies will re-grow their tails. also, maybe someone could tell me why it may have dropped it. she is housed with one male and one female in a 5'x5'x4 enclosure. i have been keeping bearded for 6 years now and they are all thriving, i was curious because i have never had one drop its tail before. thanks
I called him, he said "NO!" they do not lose their tail.he said your female had to have had her tail #1.bitten off (but you said it was a clean break or #2. The tail was PULLED off. Sorry but the tail will not grow back 
How is she doing now?
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