i have a beared dragon and i was thinkin about getin another but will i be aloud 2 put it in with my old 1.?

Question

i have bin told by some people that i will have to get a new tank but its alot of money and i dow really want 2 by a new 1.so i don't know wot 2 do now

Answer 1

Only put another one with yours if it is the same size and if yours is a female. Two female bearded dragons can live together as can a male and female but two males will fight.
You will need a tank at least 4 ft by 18" x 18" for two adult dragons.
Remember that a male and female will eventually breed so be prepared for eggs.

Answer 2

No, a new bearded dragons should never be put in with an established in your home bearded dragon without at least a 90 day quarantine period. Some bearded dragon can be carriers of a virus that can infect and be deadly to others. Also you need to know for sure that the new bearded dragon is parasite and worm free so it does not spread that to the other dragons. Often when they change environments they stress and that can cause natural parasite loads in them to over bloom and make them sick, which they can pass to the other dragons. Also, moving into a new environment is already stressful to them, they do not need the stress of another dragon in competition with them for food, basking areas and especially not attempting to mate. These are all reasons for a quarantine period, why one can not be put in with another and you will need two separate set ups for at least that period of time, maybe permanently depending on their age, sex and temperament.

AFTER the quarantine period, you still need to consider several things before attempting to place them in the same housing. First of all they need to be the same size and weight, if there is much difference, one may attack the others.

Male/male pairings will not work and puts both of them are risk of serious injury. They will fight, males are territorial and they will fight many times to the death another male. They may seem to get along for a bit, but eventually you will have them turning on each other.

Male/female pairings rarely work as the they MUST be adults, and the male will attempt to constantly breed the female, who in the wild would only breed once a year usually. This again leads to stress and can cause them to turn and fight with each other and have injuries. Some breeders can keep one male with 3 or more females if they have a large enough space to each have several square feet to themselves.

You can sometimes house 2 females together, depending on their personalities. You can not house 2 alpha females together, they will fight, you can not house an alpha and a passive together, the one will intimidate the other. You can house 2 passive non alpha females together usually with no problems, but you still need to watch them closely.

Bearded Dragons do not choose to live together in the wild and have no bonding or pack mentality with each other.

Answer 3

you can put them together as long as their the same size. If they are both males then they should have multiple basking/cooling sites. If it is male and female then prepare to incubate some beardy eggs. Female to female shouldn't matter or have any difficulties.

Answer 4

yeah as long it is of the opposite sex