I am going to purchase a new bearded dragon for my son. I've read the tips/care sheets and they recommend I avoid petco and reptile shows and buy a dragon from a breeder. My question to the community, is there a shortlist of reputable breeders you can recommend? I'm in the SF Bay area.
Color isn't that important to me, but my son does seem to want a red dragon. I think he can be talked out of that. Price is less important than the animals' health.
Are you looking for someone local or is shipping an option for you? A lot of really good reputable breeders will ship, and that's probably what I'd recommend. The worst part is the anxiety you have waiting for them to show up
I don't know of any breeders in that area. There is a breeder out of Ohio, who I have been
working with. She has tested her dragons for adeno & has worked very hard in doing so &
does have a negative colony.
I highly recommend her. Here is her link if you want to contact her:
That's one of the breeders id recommended. I bought one of my girls from them. It's all overnight air so it doesn't really matter where in the us you are, they all have about the same shipping times.
I strongly recommend 7thgalaxydragons.com
I did a huge amount of research back in August, when looking to get a new baby beardie after my first dragon died very unexpectedly at only 3 years old. I emailed a lot of breeders, with temperament and health being my priority when making a selection. Ryan at 7th Galaxy Dragons was beyond helpful, sent pictures of my baby and his parents and answered all my questions. There is also a lot of good information on the 7thgalaxydragons website. Ordering was very simple, and my baby arrived safe and well. Walter is growing like a weed and eating hundreds of roaches a week. Haven’t seen a black beard or a stress mark on him yet, and he is very confident and curious. he’s a little nervous of being handled, and a bit skittish, but this is pretty normal for baby dragons, and he gets tamer and tamer every day/
Thanks for the recommendation Brightstar. I went with Bloodmoondragons because my son wanted a non-leatherback and most of the others I saw were leatherbacks. It comes on Thursday.
I bought a female - is that a problem later due to egg binding? I don’t plan to breed. I thought females might be mellower.