thinking of setting up an outdoor 16' square habitat for next season. any thoughts on how many beardies could be housed without males fighting?
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Bennett
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How many males/females in a 16' outdoor enclosure?
beardiedragon
Dec 03, 2003 09:15 PM
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grimdog
Dec 03, 2003 09:25 PM
Just my opinion. I would make it into 16 4x4 enclosures. Would make things easier. Think of finding eggs from the females in such a huge enclosure. Or knowing whose eggs are whose. or who bred who. Or if you miss eggs and they hatch out like in the wild. the babies would be eaten almost certainly. Also would be nice to raise babies in seperate enclosures so smaller enclosures may be a better use of the space.
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Derek Affonce
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beardiedragon
Dec 03, 2003 09:44 PM
then I thought if all the girls were sisters and males were brothers i would know the bloodline. large pearock as a basic substrate with several laying boxes with sand and peatmoss. Just an idea I was tossing around, trying to look at all the options.
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Bennett
Christyj
Dec 03, 2003 11:09 PM
I dunno about pea rock...I know peoples dragons have eaten marbles, kinda scary. How could you clean it? You'd have poop covered pea rock..lol
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TheClassyLizard
beardiedragon
Dec 04, 2003 10:17 AM
Pea rock comes in a variety of sizes, I was thinking 1" or larger. just spray it down with water daily to hose the poop away. It is porus enough to let the poop through. It's what they use for drain fields.
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Bennett
