new and old beardie introduction

[ladybriann]

Hi people here's the situation. I recently acquired a new 6month bearded dragon girl and a blue belly spiny lizard. I already had my male 9 month bearded dragon (got him at 4 weeks old). The problem is my male BD's habitat is on one side of the room and the other two are side by side on the other side of the room. So needless to say, my male is doing a whole lot of head bobbing and black beard displaying. My baby female is waving to him sometimes but mostly ignoring him. As for the spiny lizard....he is hiding almost ALL the time, buried in his sand. My question is.... will they settle in and get used to seeing each other or is this too stressful for any of them. Should I give it more time (it's been a week) or should I move the male to the same side of the room (which would be a major endeavor) so they cannot see each other. I eventually would like to be able to put the two BDs together occasionally but right now my male is 475 grams and my female is only 150 grams. Any thoughts?? please share them.

 

[Gail]

They probably won't settle down, moving the male will probably be your best option. I recommend you keep them away from each other, it only takes about 5 seconds for a mating to happen and your female is way to small to handle eggs.