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what can live with my dragon

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Question
I have a bearded dragon, not sure of the sex, but was wondering what other lizards can live with it? Thanks for answering my question.

Answer
Hi Shawn,
You really can't house different species together for many reasons...  one of the reasons is their care needs...some require high humidity,some low, some require high uvb, others low amounts of uvb, some no uvb.  Some require  high basking temperatures which can kill other species..and some species need lower temperatures which are dangerous to other species. Then you take in to consideration that some lizards will eat other species... Also, a big reason is that many species carry  diseases  that to their own species are not a problem, but are deadly to other species.

Most species tolerate(barely) their own species and to place them with other species would be extremely stressful to all of them. With most reptiles, males can never be housed together even in the same species.  With beardies, on some occasions two females can live together but the best chance for that happening is when the two females are hatched from teh same clutch of eggs and have never been separated..even then, there can come a time that they need to be separated due to aggression.  Male and female housed together again, may work but then there is the whole other problem of breeding issues and if bred too young(before two yrs of age) it can cause severe injuries and other health problems to both sexes..

Most reptiles really prefer to be alone..they don't like company.