Shakti75
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My two adults must be an exception to the rule then, because they actually do better when they are together rather than apart. They are male and female and no, they haven't mated and I doubt they ever will. He's a good bit older than her (though she is bigger than him) and is really docile. They don't exhibit the dominance thing with each other of stacking although every once in a while, she will climb over him to get to the food if he happens to be in her way. I didn't start out housing them together but when they seemed to take a liking to being together during basking time outside, I decided to try it when his UVB had gone out. When I got his UVB and put him back into his own viv, they both stopped eating. Put them back together and they were back to their normal selves. When she got a skin infection and I quarantined her, they both moped around their vivs, looking for each other. They are both now in a big 6ft long viv that I built for them and even though I built them separate basking areas, they still bask together, side by side, usually with one of them placing a front hand over the other, like they are holding hands (yes, I know they aren't, but it's still cute).They have NEVER attacked each other or shown any sign of aggression or stress at all and they have been together for about a year now. Again though, I am sure this is an exception and should not be taken by anyone to be me condoning housing dragons together because it generally doesn't work, I just wanted to share my contrary experience. I am pretty sure that they likely only get along the way they do because he is somewhat handicapped, due to the people who had him before I rescued him. Not only did they house him with a savannah monitor, who bit his right foot off, along with the tip of his tail, but they weren't giving him any UVB, so when I got him, he had a lovely little case of MBD going on. His back legs don't work too well (though better than when I got him) so he really doesn't get around too awfully much. Maybe she feels sorry for him, who knows, I just know that they do NOT like being apart.