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Just wondered how many of you keep your dragons housed together all the time, and how many do you keep together.
over here in the uk it is very common to see a pair (male and female) kept together on a permanent basis
I realise most experienced breeders recommend keeping males on there own when not breeding but you can keep females together depending on the individual.

i have asked several experienced breeders who have said it is perfectly fine to keep 1 male and 1 female in a 4'x2'x2' viv.
how many of you do this?
i understand that the female may get stressed when the male wants to breed as he only has one target to breed with which can stress the female out too much

i currently have one male on his own, and im very tempted to add more if im sure there will be no long term problems

thanks in advance

Basically he will breed her to death. Males and females should only be introduced for breeding purposes and that's it. The stress that they will give each other is no good for either of them.

Sean
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Heart Mountain Herps

In my experience, and i'm but 3 years in the hobby now, it's not very wise to keep just 1.1 together.

With my Beardies the male is a voracious breeder. On her all the time til I split them up. She did, indeed, get very stressed and fragile looking. Once seperated she thrived again and has ever since.

Now every animal is different, and you may not experience the same problems w/ your animals, but it should be taken into consideration and a back-up plan should be devised in the event this does happen.

If you have the resources to supply BOTH animals w/ the PROPER housing if it doesn't work out then I say go for it. But if you don't i'd maybe wait til I do, and then give it a shot.

Hope everything works out for you and the Beardies!

Ray

I personally never house my females with males...even in larger groups....my males are all relentless breeders and I wouldn't subject any of my girls to a life of being harassed day and night by a male only doing what comes naturally.

I do believe you can do social groupings if you give enough space as I know some who do with success....but when I say space I mean an a 1.4 grouping in a 10 x 8 multilevel or bigger space with 5 basking spots, and at leasts 10 hides in various areas.
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Tracey
Tracey's Beardies
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It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood" ~Maya Angelou

cheers guys n gals

i thought as much

think ill wait until i have more space and experience