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I just got my new adult female dragon in today from a provate breeder. DANG she is fat!!! Like, my male ralph is fat, but compared to her he is anerexic! She weighs in at 467g, i geuss this is normal but ive never had one that big! she has a cool looking body color but an AWESOME beard! bright orange and yellow, and also extremely laid back! Shes got some serious fat on her though, thinking about getting her on a better diet than what she was on. I really want her to go in my other females cage, as her cage is very large. The big female is in quaretine tank right now, a much smaller screen cage. Ill keep her there for about a week, then must put her in a larger cage. I really want Artemis and the new girl to get along, but the new one is lots bigger than her (130 g bigger) and im afraid to put them in together. Whats a safe way to do so? Artemis is very dominant, but smaller, so any suggestions? im of course going to wait till artemis lays her eggs before stressing her out. Any safe suggestions> is it safe to let them make their own pecking order, even if it looks kinda rough in the begining?
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After a proper quarantine period start to introduce them slowly out of their cages for short supervised periods each day. At first you might get some signs maybe head bobbing or waving. I never had any bite or mount out of aggression, and if I did I would not have housed them together. Introduce them slowly and over a length of time instead of just putting them together right away in a confined area where one or the other cannot escape, and stress or feel dominated. Getting them together slowly and separating each for feeding and sleeping will let them get use to each other without being in aggressive situations like eating, and basking right away. If they are getting along together in the short periods together, and you decide to house them together change the tank around so it's not like the new female is invading her territory, but both getting use to new surrounding together. Supervise big time, watch closely for subtle signs of stress or aggression. This has worked well for me, but I'll say this, I never housed any females together that bit or showed aggression with each other at any time they were introduced. I'd rather be safe then sorry personally. I now house 2 adult females together that have been together for 15 months, and also have a group of three sub adult females that have been together for over 7 months as well. Never once did one bite or display aggression by biting the back of the neck/legs, tail of a cage mate or mounted out of aggression. Each female was well sociallized to begin with, and not aggressive animals. Good luck with your new female, and I hope they take to each other without problems. Take it slow, and be safe.
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