Bearded Dragon Help

[intense]

Hi

I am fairly new to this forum, we currently have two blue tongue lizards. All my sons want for christmas are Bearded Dragons. I have got the enclosure and the licence. We are going away boxing day for 9 days. I am not sure whether to get the lizards and have them there Christmas day or just give them the enclosure and the licence christmas day and then get the lizards when we get back. I live in South East Melbourne and have been keeping an eye on the adds coming up for beardies and it seems that there are less being advertised. I am concerned that there may not be many young ones around when we get back, we were at a reptile store and the guy there said that breeding season is nearly over and that there will not be any more around till next september. I do have someone to look after the lizards and feed them while we are away. When would be the best time to get the lizards? should we get two from the same breeder (in case they eventually breed)? and will there be any babies around in early January?

Thanks for any advice that people may have and let me know if you have any beardies that will be available.

Thanks
Wendy

 

[merdelhuck]

beardies are awesome
if your looking for ads goto:
melbourne.gumtree.com.au (if you dont wana buy from breeder or shop)

i dont see why u couldnt get them for christmas if the person feeding them knows what they are doing. kids would love that present

not sure about the breeding though

 

[Brown_Hair]

I would probably wait untill after you get back. The pet store just wants to turn a dollar mate, their will still be plenty around. Look at the volume of the clutch sizes for a start. Part of the licence conditions are to keep the animals at the address specified, a request and approval is needed to have someone else watch them for you. Does this person a, have a licence, b, able to look after the hatchlings and c, the room/enclosure to keep them. It wont be a problem geting them from the same person either.

With the excitment of christmas day and the following holliday im shure they wont mind (and will most likely be to occupied) waiting to get back untill to get the bd's (just another thing for them to look forward to).

 

[reptileKev81]

I'd say that if you were going to get a pair and intend to have them breed, you would want to get them from separate breeders to avoid incest and inbreeding, lol

btw, your looking for opposite sex beardies? I thought it wasnt possible to tell sex until they were a little older?

 

[Chris1]

id wait till ur back from hols,...

if ur after different sexed beardies they will probably need to be seperated at around 6-8 months of age (puberty), the mating is very rough on the girl and the guys are awfully persistant.

plus if theyre kept together she'll be bred too young. females should be around 18 months to 2 yrs old to breed.

if u end up with 2 males they will DEFINATELY need to be seperated, tehy wil tear each other apart when they reach puberty.

2 females can often but not always live together

not trying to put u off, beardies are awesome pets, ur kids will love em!!
its just better to know that kinda stuff before u start.