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This is sweet Zookie, over 1000 grams and 24 inches(even with a tail nip) and a big softy. We need to custom make him a cage as he is so large... he is in the bottom Neodesha and has his door open so he can roam the livingroom, so no yelling at me his cage is too small... lol its 22 x 18 foot!

He's a gentle as he is big and the biggest baby of all our dragons. He's pure GG and will be bred soon to our large female Gold GG Sandy, we hope to have some really big, hearty babies from these two

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WOW! Zookie is huge and beautiful! Hook me up with one of them babies!!
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Tracey
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Hey Cheri think we will have better luck getting me a femle for Foster this time around LOL j/k?? Great looking dragon you got there.
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and then they grow up and get one with Foster!! We can start a whole new line American Gigantis!
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Very funny Cheri, but yes that would definitely be awesome for sure. Hey my two have some size too..Foster 23 and Candy just a hair short of 22. Maybe we can do a baby swap LOL No but really it's great to see such nice big dragons around.. I'm glad you got him.
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KB

how close in size do Beardies have to be to breed. How hard will it be to find a mate for your stud?
Can the boy be smaller than the girl? I know that with snakes, males can be significantly smaller than the females with no problem.
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Bennett

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A friend has a fairly large female that will ONLY mate with this one smaller male. But I think the majority of females mate with larger males. They can be very fussy and selective when they know there are other males around.

We have 2 adult males and 2 sub adult males, but the girls all start tank dancing when they see Zookie and not when the see the other males, I think it is the natural instinct of the females to be attracted to a larger or stonger looking male dragon..... not all the time as the one above shows.. and then there is Kathryn's females that only love the chuckwalla... a totally different species!

And funny thing, the dragon that thinks he's the biggest stud around here is only 6 1/2 months old and we have to keep him away from anything that looks female! He just goes nuts, he grew and matured very fast and we had to separate him from him sibling early, who still do not display like he does yet.. that boy is determined to breed and will probably be an excellent breeder.. if we can keep him hidden long enough to grow up!
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Or a brown iguana? What a whopper! He should make beautiful babies!
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Stacey

What have you been feeding him?

he sits there and eats slices out of your hand, he really loves them, but I only let him have them 1-2 times a week, since they can give them the runs.

He has salad all day, some pellets he is not real crazy about and a few superworms 2-3 times a week. He is not a real big eater, but he eats a balanced diet, as long as it is green, white or yellow..... no red, purples or orange colors

He is most happy wrapped in his felt baby blanket(yellow) and eating apples hand fed... he really is a big old softy, thank heavens... can you imagine a dragon that size with a bad attitude!

He is the only dragon we can trust to roam free and not get into something and when he runs, he looks like a little rhino stomping around
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Man he is huge. Nice, very nice.

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Cheri,

That's got to be one of the most impressive dragons i've seen... what an awesoe dragon to have in your collection. Way to go on getting that guy.

About the breeding and all.. it's been my experience that it is much better to have a large male and a smaller female then a large female and a small male. I say that because a larger male will be able to "force himself" and breed on a smaller female. A larger female if not in the mood could severly hurt or attack a smaller male if she's not suited for the event lol.

Anyway, what an awesome awesome dragon!

brandon
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Dragons by Nature

You, Chris, Joel, Matt and a few larger breeders, all have nice size young 'en that I think will produce some awesome offspring too. Hopefully down the road when those are grown, adding Zookie and Sandy's offsping to those lines and imported ones will get us back to the nice plump dragons of the past with hearty immune systems.

That my goal anyway, its nice to find others that are working towards the same thing and remembering most, its the dragons that are important, selling them is secondary.
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I agree 100% Cheri.. we are really striving to produce large healthy babies.. that's our goal as we do this for a hobby not a business. we produced some incredibly large healthy dragons last year that have grown to really big sizes. The majority of our Red x Orange cross reached 300g by 6 months of age and many reached higher then that. I was really very happy with the out come of our breeders last year.

This year, we will have a few more new breeders including a 670g female x with our Ceasar who is huge as well... that should produce very nice large guys with the two crosses last year.

That has always been our goal. To produce awesome, LARGE, healthy dragons... and that is still our goal. We've cut lose some gorgeous dragons bc they are just too small and don't work into our goals of breeding the larger dragons. I know not all will get big, but that is something we are really working on.

In 2005 we should be breeding about 20 females that if all goes as planned will throw nice, large, healthy babies. We have babies that were produced last year (may 2003) that are large enough to breed right now by length and weight, but we are going to hold back an extra year to do it right. They will be ready to go 2005.

I will absoultely take the largest healthiest male/female you got available just let me know! If I thought I had ANY chance of getting that male from you I would fly down to your house and beg on my knees... but I know you too well. You care to much so I know I have no chance! lol... but a baby i def gotta have!

Please keep me updated on the status of them. I'm very excited to see such a large dragon exists!

brandon

You, Chris, Joel, Matt and a few larger breeders, all have nice size young 'en that I think will produce some awesome offspring too. Hopefully down the road when those are grown, adding Zookie and Sandy's offsping to those lines and imported ones will get us back to the nice plump dragons of the past with hearty immune systems.

That my goal anyway, its nice to find others that are working towards the same thing and remembering most, its the dragons that are important, selling them is secondary.
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