Dragonism
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Hi everyone! It has been a while since I've posted here; I mostly come online to lurk or check things out. Recently, I have taken in a rather large, roughly 4 year old adult beardie from a good person who was a friend of my coworker. She was very nice and provided me with everything I needed, except the tank (it was a 75 gallon and I had no place to put it) so for now he is temporarily set up in a smaller tank while we work on finder a more ideal one.
So heres the thing; I've already got another beardie who is named Jupiter. I was originally planning to maybe get a female in the future. The owner had assumed that her beardie was female the whole time but a quick peek under the tail showed that he was VERY MUCH male! Which I have no problems with! He's a great guy! He was nice and let me hold him, he was chill, and he was tame. I've decided to call him Venus. Unfortunately, I think Jupiter may have intimidated Venus when I brought him home because when I tried to take him out this morning, he acted very aggressive toward me. His mouth was gaping, he didn't like the fact that I wanted to hold him (although he didn't squirm or struggle), and he did bite me. I shook it off and began talking to him. He doesn't seem like he wants to hurt me, but I think he feels provoked or vulnerable due to Jupiter's presence. He has never been around other dragons, is what I was told but he has a bobbed tail so I'm skeptical. His tank is located across the room from Jupiter, who might I add is much smaller than he is, but he keeps picking a fight with Venus. So for now, I put Venus back, took a shirt I was wearing all day the other day and put it right on top of his basking tree, and now I'm letting him chill. I covered up part of his tank so that he and Jupiter can't see each other. But the thing is, they'll have to get used to each other's presence since both must stay in my room. Will they eventually? Should I just be patient/persistent with Venus and ignore Jupiter so that he knows I'm friend and not foe? Should I scold Jupiter for instigating at all or just ignore him? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
Here is a picture of Venus~
And here is Jupiter the instigator.
So heres the thing; I've already got another beardie who is named Jupiter. I was originally planning to maybe get a female in the future. The owner had assumed that her beardie was female the whole time but a quick peek under the tail showed that he was VERY MUCH male! Which I have no problems with! He's a great guy! He was nice and let me hold him, he was chill, and he was tame. I've decided to call him Venus. Unfortunately, I think Jupiter may have intimidated Venus when I brought him home because when I tried to take him out this morning, he acted very aggressive toward me. His mouth was gaping, he didn't like the fact that I wanted to hold him (although he didn't squirm or struggle), and he did bite me. I shook it off and began talking to him. He doesn't seem like he wants to hurt me, but I think he feels provoked or vulnerable due to Jupiter's presence. He has never been around other dragons, is what I was told but he has a bobbed tail so I'm skeptical. His tank is located across the room from Jupiter, who might I add is much smaller than he is, but he keeps picking a fight with Venus. So for now, I put Venus back, took a shirt I was wearing all day the other day and put it right on top of his basking tree, and now I'm letting him chill. I covered up part of his tank so that he and Jupiter can't see each other. But the thing is, they'll have to get used to each other's presence since both must stay in my room. Will they eventually? Should I just be patient/persistent with Venus and ignore Jupiter so that he knows I'm friend and not foe? Should I scold Jupiter for instigating at all or just ignore him? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
Here is a picture of Venus~
And here is Jupiter the instigator.
Unfortunately all dragons can become agitated upon seeing another one. especially males. He is VERY stressed by this, adult males will constantly want to fight or mate with the other dragon so you simply can not have them in view of each other. It's possible that the extreme behavior can lessen over time but for now it's all day stress for these dragons. Best thing would be to move one to another room.
