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I have a chance to get an 8 1/2 month old 17.75 inch female. I have two adult males right now that are about two years old. If I put the female in with one of them, would they be likely to breed? The males have never been brumated to my knowledge. I have never bred beardies and I'm just kind of wondering if the males would have any interest in breeding so late in the year. Thanks in advance-Scott

The female is a littl too young for healthy breeding. They say the earliest is a year old but I would personally wait at least 18 mos. If you do end up getting her keep her isolated from the males because with or without brumation thay still may try yo copulate with her which could end up with fatal consequences. Good Luck

definitely not a good idea to put her in with a male for many reasons.

One: she is too young to be bred

Two: Males will try and breed her without being brumated

Three: males and females can and do fight so putting them together can cause stress for one or both which may result in both dragons suffering injuries or one failing to thrive.

Four: Any new addition to a collection should automatically be put in a separate cage away from your collection for at least one month for quarantine purposes. This should be in a completely different room if at all possible. This way if your new addition has any disease, parasites etc that is commutable, it won't infect your entire collection. Three months is a much better time for quarantine, this way you can get 3 fecals done by a vet that are clean of internal parasites and at least one full examination to search for other issues.

Five: It is best to keep dragons separately housed normally to avoid stress etc.
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PHLdyPayne

Length is meaningless. At 17" I have dragons 200 grams to almost 600 grams. Mating a 200 gram dragon is a big mistake. A 600 gram dragon no problem.

I dont think there is any one particular value or measurement that says a dragon is ready to breed.

Males......depends on the individual. Some will want or try to mate no matter when or where. Having brumated, not, young, old, etc......depends.

Females.......again depends on the dragon. Some grow quicker, mature faster, where others may take a bit longer. As stated, I wouldn't place so much emphasis on length, as I would weight.

I would definately keep them seperated though, and get them in your care and determine if she is healthy enough to even brumate and decide from there. You could always cool them down in late spring when she will be say 12-14 months old, and by the time she gets to mate is 14-16 months old.

Do you know her weight now?