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About how old should my female collared be before I put her together with a full grown male?
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My Pets:
1.0 Golden Retriever
1.0 Blizzard Lizzard
1.0 Bearded Dragon

Also, I forgot to ask if its ok to put a CB with a WC. Im not positive he is WC, but he acts pretty crazy and has bitten me before. Will she be able to defend herself if I put her with him? HOw can I really tell if he is WC?
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My Pets:
1.0 Golden Retriever
1.0 Blizzard Lizzard
1.0 Bearded Dragon

well anytime you put two lizards together, you need to make sure that they are about the same size and that they are not being mean to each other. how long have you had the boy and the girl? are you sure that they are both healthy and parasite free? when she is first introduced he may show mating behaviors which can look pretty mean. he may drag his behind and may bite her on the back of the neck and try to pin her down. normally this does not hurt her but sometimes it can go wrong. this summer one of my females got a little chunk of her neck bitten off. also she may just flat out reject him. she will stand up on all fours and sway back and forth and try to look all big and bad. if they chose to do this type of behavior, it hopefully will not last long. even if everything looks like it is going ok just make sure that they are both eating and no intimidation is going on. i don't think WC or CB should matter because i have no idea what mine are, although i think CBs
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vonnie
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