baby burdies

buffalo_frenchy · 04-10-04, 11:01 PM

hello guys,

First of all, I wanted to say that you all are lucky to have so nice dragons. I love looking at your pix.

Secondly, since a while I am thinking about buying one but my gf thinks we should buy two so that they are not alone. So I am fine with the idea to have two. My question is if you have a couple, I saw in your messages and pix that then you have some babies. I also heard that they could have a lot of babies per year. I hope my question is not stupid (I just try to know what I am doing before buying one) but what do you do with all these babies ?? I do not really want a 100 dragons in my house...

Thank you for answers :w

buffalo_frenchy · 04-10-04, 11:12 PM

I meant Beardies (not burdies) in my subject lolo>

Beardeddragon · 04-10-04, 11:28 PM

well most people sell them on reptibid or locally and if your looking for 2 babies keep in mind you can't know for sure what sex they turn out to be. most likely u will need to seperate them when they get older unless u get lucky and have 2 females.

Pia · 04-11-04, 02:47 AM

Beardies are social and more than one can be housed together in combinations of one male and one or more females or several females without a male. Two males shouldn't be housed together because they will fight. Some things to keep in mind when considering more than one dragon are that you will need a larger enclosure (I would recommend 6ft x 2ft for two adults) and additional heat lights to provide additional basking areas. Also, since beardies are hard to sex when young, there is a possibility of ending up with two males which would have to be separated, so you would be looking at getting a separate enclosure or finding a new home for one of them. Also, if you have a male and a female together, they may breed too young. They are capable of it as early as 8 months old but it is very hard on the females and most people wait until they are about 18 months. Also, I wouldn't breed a male and a female from the same clutch since they are too closely related. Hope this helps :-)

buffalo_frenchy · 04-11-04, 09:25 AM

Thank you for your answers