The one I've had longest is too young to properly identify. I checked and I can't tell if it's a male or female but the pet store said it was male. I've read that they don't really start showing their gender until they're older, which makes sense. Seems quite a few people mistake them for being one gender and they turn out to be the opposite. Was how it went with the male I just adopted. Previous owner thought he was a female the entire time he had her because that's what he was told.
The one I just adopted is pretty aggressive (read: establishing his dominance) towards everyone and everything except when I pick him up. Lots of head bobbing, and trying to climb out of the tank as well as generally pushing against the glass. But he does it towards me too. When I pick him up he's fairly chill, and I've even gone out on walks with him on my shoulder while taking my dog out.
<<< shoulder surfing while standing is very bad practice and not to be encouraged (by keepers or their pets). Shoulder surfing while walking about is an extremely bad idea.
A dragon can easily leap off , or fall or slip or roll off and if it lands on a hard very unforgiving surface like concrete or a hard floor surface (tiles, lino, timber) it will very likely suffer very serious injuries ( bones broken , internal organ damage (the sudden high G force stop) ) , and if outside , it can easily be spooked by something flying overhead or another animal on the ground and they can move a lot faster to get away than any human can run .
Please resist the urge to let the dragon shoulder surf unless you are seated on a bed , or the floor, or the lounge.
It's not a good idea to take a dragon out in public , they not dogs and it is very stressful to them.
The younger one has more or less started ignoring him. I'll notice the little arm waves and stuff from time to time now but for the most part the little one seems pretty disinterested and content to do its own thing.
Gonna be getting some background to block the view as I'm more or less in a studio apartment so there aren't separate rooms. I'll be moving end of July though. If I have the different rooms, I'll keep them in separate ones.
<<< very easy to set up a stacked tanks
All you need is
4 lengths of threadbar (I'd buy stainless) and some nuts and washers to suit
ie
one tank on the floor , other above it = 4 threadbars + 8 nuts and 8 washers + one length of plywood (needs 4 holes drilled to pass the threadbar through).
Procedure :
Decide where the 4 holes need to be drilled , drill them to allow place for the lower tank under the shelf.
Then screw on the lower bolts , drop a washer onto each bolt.
Slip the sheet of plywood onto the four threadbars.
Adjust so the shelf of plywood is level, drop a washer onto each threadbar and screw on another bolt onto each threadbar, tighten.
Place top tank on the shelf …. hey presto - stacked tanks.
Thanks for the feedback.