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I would like your opinions. Do you think it is possible to house 3 beardies together from babies in a 72 by 24 by 28 tank without major fighting if I have two females and one male ?
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Ryan
beardeduro@yahoo.com
2.1 mali's Drakkin/Fina
2.1 Snow beardies soon to come

No, you cannot have males with anything else.
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1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (Zeo)
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos (Vienna, Chomps)
1.0.0 Golden Retriever (Rocky, 11 y.o.)

If you scroll through the archives you will see that male beardies are very domineering and territorial. After the age of 6 months it is not advisable to house males with any other cagemate. Males who have reached sexual maturity should be housed by themselves. I learnt this the hard way about 5 yrs ago (ended up treating the victim for 2 broken legs). Females tend to be more complacent but, should also be closely supervised because they at times tend to be aggressive. Females on whole housed together will get along, even if not raised together (your size enclosure is enough to house 2-3 females).

starting as babies – at a young age, they would have a "very" hard time chasing down food in a cage that large.

Once the male becomes mature enough to breed (while the females are too young) he would probably try to breed them which could cause egg binding and/or extra stress.

Housing any group of beardies together throughout their growing period will cause stress for the less dominant ones and cause them to eat less (and usually grow slower).

It's best to raise the females separate from the male until they're all full grown adults. Then you can place them all in the same cage... if the male is overly aggressive, he should only be with the females during breeding.

Hope this helps.