Hi all over a year ago I bought two bearded dragons off extreme pets in Liverpool one male a leatherback one female normal to bread the female never grow could there be a possibility they sold me a pygmy instead of a normal
I doubt very much they sold you the wrong species of dragon, I know these people and actually bought my first pair of centrals from the owner and also bought a python there as well
Bearded dragons are in general solitary and territorial creatures so I'm not at all surprised there was conflict. Also 3x2x2 is not a lot of space for a dragon compared to the wild and having two in that space probably amplified the dispute.
I would need photos to verify but that size difference certainly does indicate either growth stunting or a different species as you said you suspect. Female dragons can be a a lot smaller than males but they should probably grow longer than 30cm. Some snout to vent measurements (tip of the head to the butt) would be nice to help confirm since dragons can have varying tail lengths.
def not a pygmy, both centrals but 1 is just a slow grower. I have hatchies ATM and some are absolute pigs while others just look at the food running past them. Are you 100% sure they are M & F ? sometimes as babies it can be hard to tell but if 1 was attacking the other I'd recheck. I have sometimes been confused in the past as to sex .
Thank u and her head to butt measures at 11.5cm
The correct method for visual sexing is to hold the dragon in your hand with the tail facing you, lift the tail about 70-80 degrees and look at the base of the tail, you should see 2 small red things if it's male .There are many youtube videos showing how to do this. You are correct in males having 2 bulges, these are the hemipenes, all reptiles have these so they can mate from either side. If it turns out you have 2 males I can help you out, I am very close to LIverpoolNo I'm not sure it's just what I've been told when I brought them off the pet store I can upload pics of there under side if that helps u tell me what sex they are I know the males are ment to have two bumps and the female has one or something like that
Once again thank u for your help
[doublepost=1582023477,1582023364][/doublepost]If they are both males I would really like to bread the leather back male so if u have any good hatches that would suit him and if u live near Sydney I would love to buy a female off u
The correct method for visual sexing is to hold the dragon in your hand with the tail facing you, lift the tail about 70-80 degrees and look at the base of the tail, you should see 2 small red things if it's male .There are many youtube videos showing how to do this. You are correct in males having 2 bulges, these are the hemipenes, all reptiles have these so they can mate from either side. If it turns out you have 2 males I can help you out, I am very close to LIverpool
one will kill the other, theyre a solitary animal and should only be together for breedingI guess it is possible for two female bearded dragons or one male and one female to live together but does anyone know if two males can be kept in the same space and live together?
NOI guess it is possible for two female bearded dragons or one male and one female to live together but does anyone know if two males can be kept in the same space and live together?
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