Are my beardies fighting or playing?

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They seem to be chasing each other but they haven't bitten each other yet. This is the first time seing them like this. Or could it be that they like the water? Because i put a new water bowl that is a little deeper than the one they used to have and they seem to like it better.
 

kingofnobbys

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Are they sharing an enclosure ? They may look very cute together but beardies . even as hatchlings are NOT social beings when it comes to other beardies , there will always be a dominant who will get the lion's share of the food and the best basking and sleeping spot and will grow faster, and the "pal" will loose out and fail to thrive and will be continuously under great stress and will often be bullied too.

If so - they ARE NOT PLAYING - this is dominance behaviour and can quickly escalate to biting and vicious attacks (beardies are fully capable of killing each other) --- SEPARATE THEM IMMEDIATELY and KEEP them SEPARATED .

It is very unwize to let two beardies be out together too (unless M and F and it's a brief romantic encounter).
 

Gail

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Nope, not playing. Dragons don't play, any chasing is the beginning of aggressive behavior, it won't be long before biting starts. I would separate asap.
 

SDragons

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Have to agree with the others. Beardies don't like hanging out with each other... They aren't playing they are trying to show dominance over each other. I would separate them ever they hurt each other
 
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