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well i got my female yesterday and from what it looked like to me theyve already begun. i got a 1 yr old, female at the NARBC in Chicago yesterday and im sooo excited! ive been wanting to get my Bixby a ladyfriend for some time now. he seems ecstatic about it also.... ; ) now i just have to wait and see what happens. this is toooooo much! LOL! any tips out there for a newbie at breeding?

First tip is NOT to put them together yet.
You need to quarantine any new dragon for 3 mo to be sure you aren't introducing parasites or coccidia (and get fecals done).

Secondly, one year is not old enough to breed. She should be 18 mo so you can make sure she is done growing before having to produce eggs.

Beyond that..Congrats on your new dragon.
I hope you don't have them together already. Putting her in a strange place with a male dragon could make her stress real easily.
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TheClassyLizard

they actually are together and theyve already started mating. i believe. she doesnt seem too stressed, other than being in a new enviroment and all. im taking all my beardies to my vet in the next week anyways so i dont think it will be much of a big deal. i have two babies i just got also that are going to go.

Man, guess Christy couldnt post soon enough. One day is no where near enough time to really see if a dragon is stressed out, but almost every dragon will be stressed to some point from just moving, forget about getting tossed in with a horny male. I would put her in her own enclosure asap, as she should not be left with him regardless, in my own opinion.

Give her some time. Just curious how big is she also?

First post says 1 yr old female. ARGH!! Poor baby girl!
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TheClassyLizard

shes over a year old and shes had two clutches already.

be undone and risk the life of your animals.

There are pleanty of online sources if you do not want to get information from people on forums.

Not quarantining has cost many people all their beardies, including while colonies of breeders that *THOUGHT* they were careful, you were not even that, you were eager, one day quaratine has to be a record. There is not only parasites and worm, there are virus infections that are going around in many colonies and you just exposed you male to the potential of that.... and they are not treatable or curable. It is also passed to offspring through the eggs. Hopefully you'll be lucky and not have to deal with that

Enough said about your existing colony you have jeopardized, Glad I am not the breeder that sold that 1 year old to you, I would probably be booking a flight to rescue it and kicking myself for being so foolish. NO, I would never put a year old at that risk to begin with.

Also, you might want to study up on brumation, and when bearded dragons brumate and why, like now, since this is the season for sleeping, not breeding, hopefully since she is so young (to young to be in with a male certainly) she will not want to brumate this year, they rarely do until they are mature.

And you really should not leave a lone female in with a male, EVEN AFTER quarantine, unless you just don't care for the female and identify with the male so strongly.

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Yeah, don't put her in with a male on Day 1.

1) She's gonna be stressed out from the move to a new home as it is.
2) She's DEFINITELY gonna be stressed out with the addition of a male.
3) She's WAY too young to breed.
4) You have no idea WHAT you're bringing home from a show. You could've just infected your male with yellow fungus, adenovirus, coccidia, or a whole host of other problems.
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Axe
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