Age to breed beardie females

[beardie parents]

No, I'm not trying to breed my girls but I went into our local Petsmart to look at, you know, the pretty baby beardies. They looked, to my inexperienced eyes, to be not much older than hatchlings, I didn't measure them but they seemed to be about 4 inches. The lady I was chatting with said they just got them in and they were about one month old, seriously I doubt that. She also said that females shouldn't be bred until they were 4 years old. Somehow, I think 4 is a little old to be breeding females but I wanted to come on here and check with our experienced breeders.

Thanks all for your input.

Lori

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

I tend to breed my females between 18 months to 2 years for the 1st time and I tend to retire them around 4 yrs

 

[beardie parents]

Thanks Tom. That's what I thought, based on my reading on here. I know that those at Petsmart don't always know what they are talking about, they just know what they are told.