i was just wondering if it is safe to keep a wd and a horned mountain dragon in the same enclosure????

i was at a pet store in hamilton ont on the the weekend and they had them in the same enclosure but I know that doesnt make it ok so I ask your guys opinion

mike

No. Its best not to mix species especially if they have different requirements for care.

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No. Really bad idea. In fact it's not a good idea even to have two water dragons in the same enclosure. Two males will fight, and sometimes one will dominate the other so badly that it will stop eating. (Since it's difficult to tell the gender of the lizard before you buy one - especially from a pet store - it's a really good idea to make sure you have two separate enclosures anyway.)

Besides that, their care is very different. One would inevitably suffer. Actually, they probably already are suffering at that pet store. I don't know how they get away with housing them like that. In some cases, it's very much abuse.

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yea I thought the same thing......i did not see one thermometer in any enclosure.......the water dragon looked happy and green but the mountain dragons were dark dark ..........

Also as far as I know (and I may be mistaken) but all the mountain dragons that I have heard of were imported wild caught animals and would be carrying parasites and diseases.

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I heard that regardless of sex - different species will just destroy one another whether they are two males, etc. I heard that one pair (male and female), one male and a number of females or two females - will usually be okay (but of the same species) and never two males. Correct me if I am wrong - please. I am looking to get a few different species myself and truly want to know this for certain as well. Thanks.

I'm not sure it's true that all members of a species would destroy any member of another species. Some people have kept different species together for years without knowing any better.

The larger problem is that most reptile species are drastically different from each other in care. If you are keeping a tropical animal and a desert animal is the same enclosure, one is not going to get the care it needs, and will likely have a very short lifespan.

But even with two species from the same area, you have to worry about the spread of disease. One species can carry a germ that is harmless to it, but toxic to another species.

Plus reptiles in general are just not social animals at all. Most are fiercely territorial and have little contact other than . It's not always a good idea to house to reptiles of the same species together for this reason.

Just my opinion, but if you are planning for several reptiles, plan for several enclosures. The animals will be much happier that way.

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