Keeping Beardies Together?

[Beardonicus]

I just got a new baby beardie at a show today and I am housing it with my other small beardie.......well, they are both females so I did not think I would have any problem......the new one is getting bullied quite badly by my original beardie. Should I seperate them or just let them get used to each other? They are only a couple months old and not that big.

[drewlowe]

I would separerate them.

[TheRedDragon]

I would definitely seperate them, especially since the new one is getting bullied.

[doenoe]

I think seperating is the best for now. Wait till they are both the same size and try it again. Being bullied isnt fun, guess a bearded feels the same way about that. So just seperate them and try again later. And make sure they are both female :D ( you probably did, just had to add something :p )
Greetz Daan

[Beardonicus]

OK....I will seperate them ASAP......they seem to have calmed down alot towards each other. The new Beardie ate some crickets today, so thats comforting. Thanks for the help guy/gals!

[eyespy]

I'm glad to hear you are separating them. In my experience, most folks do end up doing that, and notice greatly increased growth rates about a month afterwards.

I did an unofficial poll about 4 or 5 years ago where I asked caresheet authors who advocated groups of 1:2 or 1:3 how well they were able to keep multiple beardies together and 2 out of 3 ended up having to separate because of dominance/aggression issues. Lots of folks seem to talk about how you can keep beardies together without problems but in reality there are very few people who can actually accomplish that. In the wild beardies are seen basking together but nobody ever seems to spot them eating or sleeping in groups.