New Beardies arriving tomorrow!!!

[jjj]

Hey everyone. I'm new to this board and to the wonderful world of bearded dragons. I have a 7 year old son who has ALWAYS LOVED reptiles. It's all we ever read about or hear about and if it's warm out, I have to pull him in by the ear just to get him to take a break to eat because he is searching for new critters to research or add to his carefully managed stock tank (love farm life) and it's eco-system. ANYWAY, after researching for most of his life :study: , he and I have decided that bearded dragons would be the best pet reptile for us. I'm rather saddened by the condition of reptiles in pet stores and knew before we started that we would find a breeder. I wanted someone who knew their stuff but also loved their reptiles like pets or family members. Sooooo... tomorrow, we will finally welcome home Opal and Topaz (two lovely girls) to their new home (which I built around 6 mos ago):

We can't wait!!!

 

[zebedeepink]

They are beautiful and I love their names Welcome to the site

 

[beagle lover]

They are very pretty, I hope the tank has seperate areas for them. Good luck.

 

[jjj]

Hi. Well, this is something that I discussed with the breeder. He has got them about the same size (as each other) now. I was not sure whether I would be able to put them together or not. Our enclosure is 4' long, 1.5' deep and 3.5' tall. He thought that they should be able to live together without a big chance of trouble right now (this is why we chose 2 females). What do you think? There is a basking shelf, a couple of logs, a small "cave", and some fake plant material to hide in. If I observe aggressive behavior, I'll have to get busy and separate them, I guess. I'm hoping we can keep them together though.

 

[zebedeepink]

You might be ok, you might not. Like you said, you'll just have to keep an eye out for signs of aggression and/or dominance. Maybe you could feed them separately outside the tank then you know how much each one is eating.

 

[turkeybird]

Cute beardies! By chance, did you get them from Sundial Reptiles? That's where we got ours from, and I noticed that the baby pictures look similar in style. If so, we got a great guy from them back in August 2007. Good luck!