Are my beardies healthy?

[Johnnyskrzeszzzz]

1 year old Male (right) and female (left). The male is 17" and female is 14".

 

[ballpythoncrazy]

Are they being housed together...?

 

[Johnnyskrzeszzzz]

Are they being housed together...?

Yes they are, I just bought them last week and the previous owner said they've been together since they were born.

 

[Canicke]

they look good. hard to tell just by looks, ya know. We typically dont recommend housing beardies together. Generally one of them will be more dominant and the other will suffer. particularly in the case of male and female. the male may actually "mate" the female to death. there are always exceptions. be prepared to separate them. watch her specifically - if she starts getting thin or skittish -

 

[Johnnyskrzeszzzz]

they look good. hard to tell just by looks, ya know. We typically dont recommend housing beardies together. Generally one of them will be more dominant and the other will suffer. particularly in the case of male and female. the male may actually "mate" the female to death. there are always exceptions. be prepared to separate them. watch her specifically - if she starts getting thin or skittish -

Thank you very much!

 

[Hdrydr31]

Yep they do look like they are in good shape from the pictures.. And yea please watch them and have another enclosure ready for when the male's hormones kick in. Rare cases of males and females being housed together.....Doesn't take long for things to go bad..

 

[Johnnyskrzeszzzz]

Yep they do look like they are in good shape from the pictures.. And yea please watch them and have another enclosure ready for when the male's hormones kick in. Rare cases of males and females being housed together.....Doesn't take long for things to go bad..

Should I feed them crickets in seperate areas? Because I have noticed the male tries to hog them all.

 

[Hdrydr31]

Should I feed them crickets in seperate areas? Because I have noticed the male tries to hog them all.

Yes! That is a big issue with being housed together, 1 will eat more food, 1 will get the best basking spot...
I would feed them separately so they each get equal opportunity at the food...

 

[Johnnyskrzeszzzz]

Yes! That is a big issue with being housed together, 1 will eat more food, 1 will get the best basking spot...
I would feed them separately so they each get equal opportunity at the food...

Will do, thank you very much!

 

[Hdrydr31]

Will do, thank you very much!

Sure thing!

 

[PatsyB]

They look great! I do agree, separate them as soon as you can. There will be no warning when his hormones kick in.

 

[Johnnyskrzeszzzz]

They look great! I do agree, separate them as soon as you can. There will be no warning when his hormones kick in.

Will his beard be able to turn black at a certain age? or are they able to turn black as soon as their born?

 

[Hdrydr31]

Will his beard be able to turn black at a certain age? or are they able to turn black as soon as their born?

I believe that's something that they get from a very young age and it deepens as they get older, but females can also blacken their beard just not as black as the males.. My Izzy will puff out her beard and it turns a light black when she is basking in the sun and when she's upset..

 

[PatsyB]

I agree. I think the black beard is something they always have. The males just have darker more pronounced one once they reach maturity.