Hi there
i wonder if anyone can help me. ive got 2 bearded dragons and believed them to be of either sex. they've always been so loving to each other one has a larger head than the other and is bigger than the other. However i've noticed that the one i believed to be the the female is losing weight and i've noticed the larger one i believed to be the male is stopping her getting to the food. But today i noticed the large one pouncing on the smaller one and biting the of the smaller on the base of the tail, there's a lot of tail swishing and squaring up to each other. i'm now worried i've got 2 males together. i've looked at sexing them on the internet but neither look like the male images so it could be they are 2 females here are some pictures of front and back views if anyone can tell from these pictures what i've got i would be grateful i'll then make a decision if i have to rehome one.
large dragon 1.jpg

large dragon 2.jpg

small dragon.jpg

small dragon 2.jpg

i cant tell which se they are but all i can say is feed them seperatly (if you already dont) that way the bigger one doesnt eat all the food if i could help u anymore i would sorry

Thanks for looking. i do give the smaller one the live food by hand so i know she gets some although she really isn't a big eater with the crickets

i already had a female and decided to get another one for company only to find out it was a male and it kept attacking her, we had to get rid of him as we havent got enough room for another viv . mine has something wrong with her eyes as she keeps missjudging things so we have to feed her by hand

do u let them chase after thier food????

Have you looked on this site

Bearded Dragon . org - Sexing Your Bearded Dragon

Might be worth a look

from pics im sure they are both females.If one is loosing weight and you have noticed the other being nasty you really need to house apart.Not all beardied dragons get along with others reguardless of sex.May i ask what size viv they are kept in? and please dont be ofended but you said you brought them as one of each sex so one would assume you intened to breed.......i think you should do a lot more research on beardied dragons before embarking on breeding them.

They were bought as one of each sex, but not intentionally. At the time i only bought the one dragon with the set up. After i read that they are sociable animals like all my animals that like company i wanted a pair. We enquired what was best to keep together and told 2 males were a definate no no. but we could keep 2 females or one of each sex. I asked some one i knew who had one themselves if they knew what sex the we had as we were unsure by the diagrams on the internet. they thought we had a female. We went out and bought a female to go with her but once they were together we noticed notable differences one had a bigger head and as time has gone on one is a lot bigger in size so we started to believe that they were one of either sex. when they started fighting thats when we thought we had it wrong especially knowing that it can be difficult to sex them at a young age. They are now seperated. I had no intention of breeding unlike some that are purely in it for the money. We're not novices regards keeping exotic animals and have had amphibians and reptiles before. i just want to keep them as pets that myself my husband and my two young children can enjoy.

From reading your first post is how i came to beleive you intentionaly brought one of either sex and secondly it says nothing about being housed apart and WHO says beardies are social? They nearly all become teritorial and just because some tolorate living with others does not make them social animals.I just answered your post and was not trying to say you are a novice just that you need to research befor buying any exotic pet and being as you are on hear asking questions about what sex they are is not exactly showing great knowledge is it?how oId are they? It is difficult to distinguish males from females among hatchlings and juveniles. When they become adults, sexual differences become more apparent. The males generally have larger heads and larger, darker beards. The femoral pores of males also help to distinguish them from females.Hope the one thats loosing weight is now doing better


this is male



this is the males femoral pores



this is female