Need Info Please...

[Kenneth Blair]

hey guys, have had bearded dragons for a while now. about six months ago me and my wife were asked to take a female bearded dragon that had MBD. we gladly took her, nursed he back to the best health she can be in at this point. wasn't long before she realized there was a male in the house and the male realized she was in the house. she started beating herself against the cage to get to the male. I was nervous about doing this so i contacted a local reptile store. i asked what they thought i should do, and the owner told me to just put the two together. He said they would eventually mate but if i didn't want baby's to just toss the eggs out. this was definitely a fix to her problem because she definitely calmed down. two nights ago, she laid eggs. we decided to hatch the eggs. My question is, I'm not positive what he is or what she is. So could y'all please help me identify exactly what they are and what their baby's might look like? Thanks for all your help.

 

[Hdrydr31]

I am bad at morphs but it looks like he may either be a micro scaled or leatherback and she looks like a normal or common.. Be very careful putting them together as she may not be able to defend herself having issues with MBD. I would recommend placing the tanks where they can't see eachother maybe use a back ground on the side that they are able to see eachother and that should resolve that issue of running into the tank front. He can really hurt her in an instant the mating process is very rough and he can mate with her to complete exhaustion/death.. If in the future you don't mate her and she becomes gravid freeze the eggs prior to disposing them. A lot goes into breeding them and all the feeders you will need for them and being able to house all the babies correctly for proper growth once they get to the point of over crowding and picking on eachother..
Good luck! keep us posted

 

[PatsyB]

You are really lucky that she made it through the mating and egg laying process, that's some pretty severe looking MBD. Bad breeding can play a role in MBD and you just took a female with severe MBD and mated her so there is a high chance that her offspring are going to be prone to having it themselves.

In the future if she is upset she can see him or vise versa I would recommend that you cover the part of the tank that allows them to see each other.

 

[Kenneth Blair]

First and foremost I joined ed this forum for information and knowledge. That being said I didn't write this post to be told the obvious. I didn't just go right to putting then to together they went from same room to different rooms to dividers so they couldn't see each other the hole nine yards. I also consulted with a major breeder here in Oklahoma as to what they thought i should do.Secondly I have to disagree with you that MBD is passed on. The other thing is I also asked what others thoughts were as to the breed of the two and what offspring might be or look like.