Pondering Thought

[Chilali]

Hey guys,

This is just a thought but I currently have two central beardies one 6m and one 9m female and male.

I was thinking of getting a third but want to hand raise it myself.

Do i

a) trade in both of my current ones and get three juvies to raise together

or

b) raise a youngster and introduce eventually

would u go another female?

Em

 

[Ned_fisch]

I don't have an answer for A or B (I don't know alot about Beardies), but I would go another female, more babies

 

[wood_nymph]

if you want them to go all together you have no choice but a female and in that case if you want to be 100% its a girl you'll have to get a slightly older one anyway. do a search on dominance issues on the site, the problems associated woth housing breadies together long term has been discussed many times here

 

[dragon lady]

another female... the age sometimes isnt the problem...it the comparative size
the size between what you already have

ide go for a female...closer to the smaller ones size...
therefore you wont have 2 bigger ones... & making a dominant problem

feed all in a feed tank/tub.. separately
hand raising shouldnt also be a issue... 80% of vitticeps are trainable...especially the younger ones

 

[Chris1]

hmmm,..tricky one,...

i say raise a youngster and introduce when theyre a similar size,i say female cos she'd be more likely to get along with everyone

i introduced a female to my 2 older females with no probs, but the youngest boy and girl just dont get along with anyone @ teh moment.
the boy cant even visit them, he just bites every one, the girl has decided its time to move up tphe food chain and bites everyone.

if ur 2 are living peacefully, mayybe just stick with them, theres no guarantee other combinations will work,...obviously ur other choice would be to try and if it doesnt work keep them seperate.