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MY BEARDIE IS 14 INCHES LONG AND HER WEIGHT IS FINE...IM GONNA BUY HER A MALE AT THE REPTILE SHOW IN DAYTONA...SO SHE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIGGER BY THEN....HOW BIG SHOULD THE MALE BE?I DONT WANT MY LITTLE GIRL TO GET HURT...IM THINKIN OF GETTING A VERY RED MALE THATS GONNA BE BOUT 20 INCHES LONG..IS THAT OK?
ALSO IM GONNA HAVE BOUT 400 DOLLLARS WILL THAT BE ENOUGH FOR A VERY PRETTY MALE THATS 20 INCHES LONG?AND IM GONNA BREED THEM...HOW MUCH SHOULD I SELL THE VERY RED BABIES?LESS RED?
NOT RED AT ALL?

How about waiting til the dragon is mature and you know she is a fit breeder that can suvivie egg production and laying, which you can not know at the size she is at.

2 years old is best, but you should not breed before she is 18 months old and if she is 18 months old and only 14 inches, I would question whether she should be bred ever.

Then, when she is old enough, use some of that $400 to take her to a vet and have her checked prior to breeding and know that she is clear of parasites and can produce offsping that should be physically able to survive.

Making health a priority over color babies would be a better start to enter breeding animals than how many red babies you can produce and count on for sales.

First, please do not type in all caps, it is difficult to read. Secondly, I agree with the other advise you were given. As to the price to sell you beardies at, when your female is ready to be bred, the price could be different then what it is today. Who knows if perhaps next summer a bunch of people who thought breeding their beardies would be a good way to earn some quick cash will be flooding the market with their red beardies? Then people start to realize the market is flooded and they have to lower their prices. If you are going to sell you have to consider what your costs were to go into it. Figure out what money your are putting into each baby, then decide on what your average markup will be. At least that's what I would do. Some lesser colored babies are lower then your average, and the high colored ones are higher, but it figures out close to that average number. Also, have a plan for what to do if reds, ro blues, or fuschia colored dragons just aren't selling. Do you keep them so that you don't lower the market value, or do you selling them cheaply just to get your money back?