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[beardielover4life]

i have 1 male BD to 3 female BD is that to many females for him?

 

[Jp]

Sounds like heaven 2 me

 

[beardielover4life]

lol i know

 

[Jp]

I would recommend introducing them separately to reduce the risk of injury.

 

[beardielover4life]

i already introduced them and they have been in the same housing for around 4 mnths

 

[beardielover4life]

but i havent seen and mating actions except for the head bob and wave not actual contact was wondering if there is to many for him to handle lol

 

[Jp]

Are you housing them together? Are you putting 3 mature adult females with 1 adult male together for breeding only & then separating them?

 

[beardielover4life]

they are together all the time

 

[Jp]

I only put my dragons together when they're ready 2 breed, you might want 2 consider different housing conditions. Not only are you going to stress out every dragon in the enclosure, there is a high risk of injury.
Bearded Dragons do not colonize in the wild, they are solitary animals & shouldn't be housed 2gether.
Check this out. www.beardeddragonforum.com/index.php?threads/housing-beardies-together-aka-is-bearded-co-habitation-a-good-plan.5172/#post-52118

 

[beardielover4life]

ok i will do but another thing i have noticed that they arent aggressive at all towards each other

 

[Jp]

How old are they & will 4 dragons outgrow the space they have now?

 

[beardielover4life]

right now they r in a 110 gal tank

 

[beardielover4life]

male 4 females 3

 

[Germ]

Holy Crap! I'm no Breeder, but... 8 or 9 square ft. of floor space is no where near enough space for 7 dragons, that in my opinion, should not be housed together at all.

 

[beardielover4life]

its 5and a half ft long three and a half ft wide and three ft tall

 

[beardielover4life]

and only 4 dragons r housed there

 

[Germ]

right now they r in a 110 gal tank
its 5and a half ft long three and a half ft wide and three ft tall = 432 Gal & 19.25 square feet

and only 4 dragons r housed there
male 4 females 3 = 7 BDs - sorry if I misunderstood

We can only go by what you post, if the posted info is inaccurate so will the replies be.

While it is a big enclosure, personally, I have already stated my opinion on Cohabitation.

 

[beardielover4life]

so u think i should house them all seperatly but when u did my male beat himself to death

 

[beardielover4life]

thats their ages

 

[Germ]

When housed separately, could he see the other male or females?

I have another question & I mean absolutely no disrespect, but have you really thought this breeding thing out? I am really getting the impression that you have little experience & need to do a lot more research before such an undertaking, with so many females for the first time. Say, only 3 succeed in becoming gravid, at an average of say 25 eggs each, then say 1 of them happens to double clutch. You have 75 eggs then approximately 1 month later you have another 25. Now say the survival rate is 85%. Now you have 85 little eating machines @ 30-50 crickets each per day .

Do the math, that works out to between
17,850 - 29,750 crickets A WEEK,

535,500 - 892,500 crickets A MONTH

@ say $14/1,000, well you figure it out. On top of Vet fees, Greens, supplements, enclosures to house them all, lighting, etc, etc.

Think about it & yes I do think that at the very least, the male should be housed separately & only introduced to the individual females as needed until the deed is done, then immediately separated.