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I purchased a yearling about a month ago and she is doing fine. She is flighty when I try to pick her up but she has never tried to bite (just hisses and opens her mouth). She is handled daily and we just love her and hope that she becomes completely tame someday. I can't help but wonder if she's lonely for iguana companionship. I know she was living with her siblings before she came to me. I don't want to breed her so if I were to get another it would be a female, do they get along okay as adults?
Also, I have bearded dragon adults, can they spend time together (her with a female beardie)? The female beardies are calm, but I have not had them around the rhino at all. Are the different species threatened by eachother or are they less threatened by a different species?

Thanks for any info, sorry so long.

Your Rhino does not need the companionship of another iguana to be happy. Keeping 2 Rhinos together could cause more problems than anything else. I have 2 yearlings that were kept separate and then I put them together in a larger enclosure. After 3 months I was seeing signs of dominance in one of them and have had to separate them. Getting 2 females is no guarantee that they would get along. None of my female Cyclura will tolerate another female in their space.

If you want a calm, docile companion lizard, keep your single Rhino and continue to spend time with it. Give it a little freedom to explore in your presence. Treat it with repect and kindness.

Here is an example of what a Rhino can do to another. The wound went right thru to the inside of the mouth and the jaw was broken and had to be wired together for healing.

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