male or female

[Iowuk]

what sex does what or do they do both arm waveing head bobbing etc my little dragon arm waves at my 1 and a half year old there in separate vivs but when koby comes out littlen waves and head bobs ??

 

[fresnowitte]

Arm waving

This is seen in all Dragons contrary to what you may have read. It is a sign of submission. Basically what they are saying is "please calm down, I do not want trouble" or "you are the king and I am not worth the fuss." Most people believe that if you have two dragons in the same cage(not a good idea) the one that waves is the female. This is not 100% accurate. I have seen the males wave to the females. When two males are within sight of eachother one will sometimes wave to the other.

Head bobbing

For male Dragons, this simply means I am king. If two males are within sight of each other this is a must. If both males bob aggressively then a fight may result. However, in most cases, the less aggressive male will slow bob his head, while the dominant male bobs will have lots more motion.Females do a slight nod. In new studies, some herpetologists believe they also bob to judge distance.

Beard displaying

All Beardies will display this behavior but males have much larger beards. This is a sign of aggression or showing off for the females during breeding. Both male and female beards turn black when displayed (males are much darker and some times the darkness spreads down to their shoulders).

 

[Iowuk]

very well said but i wish i had a female as one day when there both ready have eggs as my local pet store will buy the babys 40pounds each lol

 

[Buggsy]

and it would cost about 4 times that to hatch and raise each baby to six weeks before you can responsibly sell them! Honestly from all ive read on here breeding is a money pit!

 

[fresnowitte]

Yup! Inorder to raise them up properly it does cost more than that just to feed them alone.
I suggest you get some bug colonies going asap or you will go into debt just in feeding them. That doesn't include all the other needed supplies.

Plus once you hatch those babies and care for them for 6 weeks you will most likely find it very hard to sentence them to a pet store.

 

[supertrisha]

Arm waving

This is seen in all Dragons contrary to what you may have read. It is a sign of submission. Basically what they are saying is "please calm down, I do not want trouble" or "you are the king and I am not worth the fuss." Most people believe that if you have two dragons in the same cage(not a good idea) the one that waves is the female. This is not 100% accurate. I have seen the males wave to the females. When two males are within sight of eachother one will sometimes wave to the other.

Head bobbing

For male Dragons, this simply means I am king. If two males are within sight of each other this is a must. If both males bob aggressively then a fight may result. However, in most cases, the less aggressive male will slow bob his head, while the dominant male bobs will have lots more motion.Females do a slight nod. In new studies, some herpetologists believe they also bob to judge distance.

Beard displaying

All Beardies will display this behavior but males have much larger beards. This is a sign of aggression or showing off for the females during breeding. Both male and female beards turn black when displayed (males are much darker and some times the darkness spreads down to their shoulders).

Question for you about the headbobbing.... Since getting Cap'n (male juvie for those of you who don't know) Dragon (4ish year old suspected male) has been doing a v-e-r-y slow headbob when he catches sight of Cap'n. It's almost like he is doing a push-up. When Cap'n bobs his head, it's a quick snapping motion, like he was nodding his head "yes." What does the slower, push-up-looking headbob mean? Have you ever seen that one?

 

[fresnowitte]

Trish long time no see girlie! :wave:

I'm thinking that Dragon doesn't realize that Cap'n is much smaller than him :lol: because of the badboy dominate head bobs that cap'n is displaying. There fore the slow head bobs are like those of the female is kind of a intimidated submission. I get this in my house too. As smart as they are they can not always tell through the glass that another beardie is bigger or smaller so they react to the dominate behaviour which is what you are discribing that Cap'n is displaying....does that make any sense to you?

 

[supertrisha]

Trish long time no see girlie! :wave:

I'm thinking that Dragon doesn't realize that Cap'n is much smaller than him :lol: because of the badboy dominate head bobs that cap'n is displaying. There fore the slow head bobs are like those of the female is kind of a intimidated submission. I get this in my house too. As smart as they are they can not always tell through the glass that another beardie is bigger or smaller so they react to the dominate behaviour which is what you are discribing that Cap'n is displaying....does that make any sense to you?

Poor booger.... so my fat boy Dragon just doesn't realize that Cap'n is still a midgit? Poor baby. Although, I see Dragon's point. Dragon is 15" (missing about 4 inches of tail from a tail nip) and Cap'n is already 14" long. I can see his point Both babies are doing great... they are doing their best to out-eat eachother. Ugh. My wallet hates crix. I get Pauley at the end of June! Just over 5 weeks... I can't wait! When James redecorated the boy's tanks, he went ahead and set up her tank, too. Now it's ready and waiting! Woot!

 

[Ronzie]

My gal has never bobbed or waved that I've seen.

 

[fresnowitte]

Ronzie is your gal the only beardie that you have?
Females don't normally display head bobs and such unless provoked by the presents of another beardie.

 

[Ronzie]

Ronzie is your gal the only beardie that you have?
Females don't normally display head bobs and such unless provoked by the presents of another beardie.

She's my only one. She's never puffed up either but has got a little black once on her neck.

 

[Buggsy]

I have a lonley female who will occasionally arm wave, and puffs up at flowers in the garden! V. funny!