how do you breed bearded dragons?

Question

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Answer 1

Wait until they are large enough and old enough. Keep them in separate tanks until ready to breed, then only keep them together briefly. Do a lot of research first, and be prepared with an incubator made especially for hatching eggs, and be sure you can sell off the babies. You may end up with a lot of babies who should be in their own tanks within a month! Here are some helpful sites:

http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/BDeggs.html

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/home.html

http://www.beardeddragon.org/

Answer 2

Pretty much just put an adult male and an adult female together and they'll breed.

First of all, you do need to make sure you have a HEALTHY female. Do make sure she's getting the vitamin supplements required, especially calcium. It will do well to get some pinky mice into her as well to build up some fat content. She will eat A LOT after mating, and with the energy shes using, make sure she's getting proteins (insects) and vitamins (greens) - make sure both are dusted well with vitamin powders and calcium

After mating (and feel free to leave them together for awhile if the male isn't aggressive) you will need to get a lay-box together. We use XL shoebox size plastic containers, cut a hole in the side for the female to get in and out of, then create a lightly damp sand & peat moss mixture to put inside.

After you have that together, you will need to put an incubator together. You can do this very inexpensively with an old cooler, a heat pad, drill, and thermostat. You will need to drill a hole into the side to run the heatpad cable through, as well as the thermostat. When you have those in place you will want to drill 1/4" holes every 3-4 inches about 5" below the top of the cooler for ventilation. Turn on the heat and test it out for a few days. If you can keep it in the low-80F (81-82 is ideal) during this time, you'll be great. You will also need to get a smaller plastic shoebox and fill it with vermiculite and just enough water to make it moist, not damp. Spred the vermiculite in the shoebox and make little depressions into the surface with your thumb or a tea spoon. These will be where you'll be putting your eggs - plan on an even dozen for now. you might get more. you might get less. Drill a few holes on the side of this box, and a couple into the lid even.

Now, with the lay-box setup, and the incubator setup, it's just a waiting game. Once the eggs are layed, transfer them to the box with the vermiculite. DO NOT ALLOW THE EGGS TO ROTATE/TURN OVER. This can kill the egg. Mark which side is up with a marker to help you out with the transfer. Put the egg box into the incubater and wait a couple months. After 60+ days you'll have baby beardies...

And you'll have more eggs! Probably before the first ones even hatch. Make sure you're incubater will have enough room.

Hopefully you will also have a good supplier of crickets. You will be going through a couple thousand of them a week.