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Old 08-01-2011, 05:32 PM
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Lovely looking dragons, and ace names! You are going to have to be very careful with them though and be prepared to separate them if any trouble arises. Dragons of different sizes shouldn't really be housed together. The bigger is likely to become dominant over the smaller and may bully the smaller away from food and heat. If the size difference gets any bigger I would split them if I were you, although I wouldn't keep dragons with such a size difference together at all anyway. Splitting them will give the smaller a chance to grow properly. Although you will need to have a spare set up on hand regardless, if they turn out to be 2 males or a male and female then they will need to be separated.

I'm not keen on people selling 2 babies together really. Unless very experienced you can't sex a dragon as a baby so your taking pot luck on what you get. 2males is a big no no, male and female again is a big no no, 2 females should get on providing they are the same size (still no guarantee though).

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Lovely looking dragons, and ace names! You are going to have to be very careful with them though and be prepared to separate them if any trouble arises. Dragons of different sizes shouldn't really be housed together. The bigger is likely to become dominant over the smaller and may bully the smaller away from food and heat. If the size difference gets any bigger I would split them if I were you, although I wouldn't keep dragons with such a size difference together at all anyway. Splitting them will give the smaller a chance to grow properly. Although you will need to have a spare set up on hand regardless, if they turn out to be 2 males or a male and female then they will need to be separated.

I'm not keen on people selling 2 babies together really. Unless very experienced you can't sex a dragon as a baby so your taking pot luck on what you get. 2males is a big no no, male and female again is a big no no, 2 females should get on providing they are the same size (still no guarantee though).

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Thanks for the advice Hun

Iwill keep a real good eye on them. They are from the same batch of eggs and the breeder said 2 females so fingers crossed.

Can fully appreciate what you are saying regarding the size. I have been watching them eat and will continue to do so.

If I need another set up.....o dear .

Can I ask just one thing.....I am giving calci-dust 5 days and nutrobul 2 days. They are fed 3 times a day. Do I need to dust every meal? I have been doing so at the moment.

Once again thanks for the advice hun....and if you have any other tips please feel free to either share or correct me
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what lovely dragons I would say dust one or 2 of the meals but not all - they grow fast when little.
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what lovely dragons I would say dust one or 2 of the meals but not all - they grow fast when little.
Thanks DK. I am in absolute awe with them
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Gorgeous little dragons, love the piggy back pose
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Gorgeous little dragons, love the piggy back pose
Thanks Nattie Grown a lot in the few weeks that i've had them. Both

shedded now.

Amazing characters. have always wanted one and love them to bits but OMG

they are so time consuming......I cant stop watching them
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Thanks Nattie Grown a lot in the few weeks that i've had them. Both

shedded now.

Amazing characters. have always wanted one and love them to bits but OMG

they are so time consuming......I cant stop watching them
Ha ha, yup they sure are....with 3 fully grown adults and 7 juvi's I know EXACTLY where you're coming from. You only just finsih cleaning them out and one does a poo, then you clean that one and another does the same...all I do is clean up mess between them and my baby, lol

Good luck with them, just beware as others have said about the dominance...I have 2 adult females who live together perfectly, but you have to just keep an eye out for any dominating behaviour.

Am sure they'll do fine
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Ha ha, yup they sure are....with 3 fully grown adults and 7 juvi's I know EXACTLY where you're coming from. You only just finsih cleaning them out and one does a poo, then you clean that one and another does the same...all I do is clean up mess between them and my baby, lol

Good luck with them, just beware as others have said about the dominance...I have 2 adult females who live together perfectly, but you have to just keep an eye out for any dominating behaviour.

Am sure they'll do fine
Thanks Nattie. Am bit preturbed that the breeder advised to get 2 as I only went to get 1

But saying that I make sure that everytime I feed that the little one eats. Touch wood not noticed any dominance yet but then they are young.

Just one question Nattie......I just cannot get them to eat veg. Is that a youngster thing?

They have it in there everyday but nope
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Try putting a few mealworms in the food bowl so the veg is wriggling...it's often the case that the veg is just still and boring to them so they won't touch it.

Are you supplimenting with calcium? How much do they generally eat anyway? And what veg are you giving them?

lol, sorry for all the questions
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