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I've just gotten a couple of very young boydii, approximately two months old.

At the moment, they're being housed together, but I have noticed some dominating behaviour.

A few times today, one of them has chased the other with its dewlap puffed out and its mouth gaping. At one point it jumped on top of the other one and shortly after this, the aggressor proceeded to bob its head in a very jerky manner, with its mouth still gaping and dewlap still puffed out.

Has anyone with boydii seen this behaviour in young dragons?

Is it just because they're in a new environment and they have a social structure which requires one to assert dominance?

If left together (at this point I believe I will have to separate them though), is this a common occurrence with boydii that will soon sort itself out?

Would it be possible that I have two males and this is the cause of the behaviour, even though they're VERY far from being sexually mature/active?

I might also add that these two were previously housed with a few others and none of this behaviour was noted by the breeder.

I'm very new to lizards, having only kept a couple for short periods in the past and never have I kept agamids for extended periods, so this is all a big learning experience for me.

Any advice would be appreciated