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When do Beardies hit "puberty"??

clarinet45 Jul 02, 2005 01:27 PM

Hey, i've been trying to find some good info on Google or beardie sites, but no luck. What age do male dragons hit puberty? i have my male in a spearte cage, but they all bask outside together and i don't want any 'accidental' amting before the females are of proper age. He's only 2 months now, Feng is 4 and Tak is 3 months.
thanks
-Sara

Replies (3)

AlteredMind99 Jul 02, 2005 03:15 PM

Im not sure exactly when it happens, but if it were me i would play it safe and not allow them contact after he hits 5-6months old. This is when you can generally begin to see some sexual characteristics (larger head, thicker tale, dominance, even occasionally pores and bulges, although those usually take longer) so that is what i would do personally.

Just curious, do you have an outdoor basking spot? Or put them all in a basking cage together? Just confused as to how they end up basking together when they are housed apart?


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0.0.1 Tokay Gecko
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
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0.0.1 Red Tegu
0.1 Bullmastiff
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clarinet45 Jul 02, 2005 03:24 PM

My boyfriend is making me a mesh outdoor basking box, thing. When i feel it is warm enough out, i just pick them up and take them outside on the grass. there is no where they can go, and i just watch them for now. But they are fast and i'm gunna go with separate mesh tanks.
Thanks!
-sara

AlteredMind99 Jul 02, 2005 04:11 PM

cool! Its great you get to take them outside, mine absolutely loves it! she hates it when its time to come back in
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican Black kingsnake
1.1 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Tokay Gecko
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Anerythristic Corn
0.0.1 Red Tegu
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

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