Bearded dragons are usually natural solitary animals who maintain and guard their territories—as such, keeping them together with other animals within the same environment can always prove disastrous.
Since, this may often prompt unnecessary fights, facilitate the spread of diseases, and even deterioration of the terrarium hygiene, among other implications.
Nonetheless, keeping these animals with others within a single shared space could work if several factors are considered.
These include:
- Providing sufficient space within the vivarium for free but limited interactions with each other.
- Acquiring other animals adapted to similar survival and habitat conditions as that in the deserts of Australia.
- Obtaining strict herbivores to limit predatory and harmful behavior within the terrarium.
We discuss below some of the most recommended animals to consider for cohabitation with bearded dragons.
Other Bearded Dragons
Bearded dragons are always territorial and thus spend most of their time alone.
However, many pet owners often prefer and yearn for keeping more than one beardie and in a single enclosure.
You can accomplish this by adhering to few guidelines.
Indeed, it is possible to keep and raise a group of juvenile beardies within a single environmental space.
At this age, aggression and assertive behavior should have not developed until later in the adolescent stages.
Subsequently, you may also pair a male and a female bearded dragon, especially if they are nearly of similar size and sufficient tank space is available.
This might prompt slight aggressions here and there, but they will tolerate each other just fine.
The only downside to this may be unplanned mating and pregnancies, which may be costly if unprepared for the possibility.
Female bearded dragons of similar size may also cohabitate a single habitat with ample space.
There may be mild, but inconsequential aggressions provided minimal interactions are achieved through large enough space.
Species From The Same Habitat
This entails animals from a similar environment as the Australian deserts from which beardies come from.
Nonetheless, they must be of similar size as the beardie and preferably herbivores.
Indeed, this will prevent the animals from praying on each other.
Some of the animals that fit this description include shingleback lizards and blue tongue skinks, among others.
They are all suited to sufficiently survive in a beardie’s terrarium without complications.
Tortoises
This is another category of animals that can peacefully cohabitate with bearded dragons.
They are usually strict herbivores with a hard protecting shell guarding them against any aggressions or probable injuries by assertive beardies.
The tortoises also need to come from desert-like areas, and some of the said species include leopard and spurred tortoises.
Nocturnal Lizards
These are appropriate for cohabitations with a beardie since their routines are direct opposites thus providing an opportunity for limited interactions.
As such, while beardies are active during the day, these lizards will dominate night activity, thus surviving successfully with limited need for the beardie to assert on their territory.
They also must be dessert dwellers, just like bearded dragons, and some species include the smooth knob-tailed geckos and the Diplodactylids.
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My name is Brad and I am the main editor of BeardieZilla.com.
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