The head does look kind of like a barbata, however he still looks adolescent. You won’t really be able to tell until they’re older. If his head still looks like that, it could be a mix. Also barbata’s have a bright yellow mouth on the inside and tend to not be as docile as vitticeps. It’s rare to “accidentally” sell a cross bred one because vitticeps mixed with barbata are very expensive.
Dark color is just another morph! In today’s day and age you can get a bearded dragon in just about any color including dark grey. And yeah you won’t be able to sex until they’re a little older! When they are it’s pretty easy. Good luck with your new beardie! Do a good amount of research to provide the best life for it and learn what they can and can’t live on substrate wise, how they like their tanks (they like to climb and be at high points), also the proper lighting. Beardies are a blast to keep
I have done all my research and besides Bee not wanting to it eats veggies much it’s a very healthy reptile my vet tells me. He/she is a sweetheart and loves to cuddle in my hair or fall asleep on my shoulder. I have a complete set up in its cage with the duo lamp combo, a CHE, a climbing ramp, a tree, water bowl, two thermometers and hydrometer. I am a little bummed that I have to wait like a year for the gender reveal lol.
Make sure he also has UVB light! What substrate is he on? And there’s myths going around that you should mist your dragons. This is untrue. Keep their tank dry because they live in a desert, and just give them baths every week or so!Thank you
Sounds like a beardie in the water lol. We have three and two kinda freak out a bit but calm down when we rub them with a toothbrush and the other loves water. Also there’s a lot of substrate that they can live on that won’t cause impaction. Also they really won’t get impaction even if they’re living on sand, as long as you only feed her on a food dish.
I just don’t understand why it hates water. When I stick him in a small container with shallow water he just spazzes and crawls right out lol. I use tongs for waxworms, and roaches but typically try to mix He looks to be the same size as my 9 month old male.
Generally what makes it easier is giving them a few inches of water in the bath and letting them roam around in there. Also we just put a bowl in their enclosure and leave stuff on it for themI will definitely be sure to get Bee it’s own toothbrush for it’s bath
In the worms with his veggies so he will eat them lol.
We have a large water bowl in their tank they like to soak in. Only downside is, it gets extremely dirty very fast and needs to be changed very often. I’ll attach some pictures of our dragons enjoying the tub!
Hey, so are your 3 dragons cohabitating? That would explain why one is growing more rapidly. You should separate them asap because the other two will suffer from not enough uvb and also, eventually they will turn on each other (we are talking about full on aggressive violence towards each other, even female on female, loss of limbs, tails, not worth it). They are solitary animals despite what pet stores say. I hope you will consider this and if I misunderstood, my apologies.
