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I have a male and female dragon both 2 years old. Both housed seperatly in 90 gallon tanks. I have a few friends that want a pet dragon, so I was thinking about breeding my pair to give them a baby so they can enjoy all that I have from my dragons. I bred leopard geckos for 3 years with reasonable success. I know the clutch is usually from 10 to 30 eggs of those on average how many hatch? I also have a friend who is the reptile manager at a pet store and will be able to sell the rest of the babies for me via the store. I know they can also multi-clutch (lay several clutches in a season) is this due to sperm retention or does copulation have to occur before each clutch is produced. Any input would be great.

Thanks in Advance.
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1.0.0 Tangerine Albino Leopard Gecko
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons

A single clutch can involve anything from 10-30 eggs, although 20-25 seems to be the norm from what i've read. And yes multiple clutches are common, usually 3 but but i've seen reports of up to 5 clutches per breeding.
The babies should be housed in groups no larger than 5 or so, so you 'll need an array of containers, each with UV and heat. Clutches can consume 1000s of pinhead crix every week. Also they should not be sold or shipped unitl at least 6 weeks ols, and by that point you can expect the next clutch to be hatching on you.

If you are only only interested in breeding to produce one baby for your friends, I would strongly recommend browsing the classified section of kingsnake. The cost associated with raising baby dragons from eggs is very high. Do not think that breeding a single pair is profitable. The market is flooded with dragons at the moment, and even large breeders cannot shift wholesale lots at ridiculously low prices.

I commend you for not keeping male and females together. Your dragons have great large enclosures, and you're researching before you try anything. If only every one was responsible like you. Good work.
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Ross

0.2 Bearded Dragons (1 Yellow, 1 Chris Allen/Sandfire)

Thanks for the input. I know how much it costs to feed little ones, I incubated a clutch of 20 for my cousin last year . She had a friend take care of her dragon for a week and her friend thought it would be fun to put his dragon in with hers overnight. Well a month or so later I got a call and 20 eggs the next day. About 12 hatched out of the 20 but im pretty sure a bunch died in the car on the way to my house. I think she rolled a bunch picking them up. That on top of my 8 gecko hatchlings broke me for a few months.
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The universe is vast and we are so small.
There is only one thing we can truly control.
Whether we are good or evil.
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1.0.0 Tangerine Albino Leopard Gecko
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons

I don't like raising them for profit. I enjoy every aspect of breeding/hatching/further care. I just enjoy raising these animals and then watching other people learn and laugh with them.
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The universe is vast and we are so small.
There is only one thing we can truly control.
Whether we are good or evil.
__________________________________________
1.0.0 Tangerine Albino Leopard Gecko
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons