soloman5 Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 I have 3 water dragons together one I'm 99% sure is female (Stoic) 2 years old, the other 2 are 20 months old and am unsure of sex. The 2 which are 20 months old have started fighting. At first it was the occasional nip, head bobbing and waving but today one of them (Phoneix) is really into the other (Spartan), bitting, not letting him/her out of the water etc. Spartan has always been the bigger of the 3 with Phoenix not far behind but s/he is the one who behaves more aggressively. Phoenix's behaviour towards Stoic is very different s/he chases her around jumps on top, does a circuling thing, but there is no biting or any type of aggressive behaviour from Phoenix, every so often Stoic will nip him on the neck but that's it, she generally runs off as quick as can be. There is no redness on chest suggesting them being male. Their enclosure is 900Wx1600Lx1800h, and there is also a turtle in their water tank. There is no problem with feeding, I hand feed them most of their live food and there's never any scraping, their veges and fruit is eaten by all with no problems either. So my questions being is this behaviour just sorting out who goes where in the pecking order for females or could I have 2 males which have not coloured up? Do I keep an eye on them and let them sort it out themselves, or is it safer to take one out and if so which one? (At the moment I've been stopping them when they are scrapping.) Any suggestions would be greatfully received as have found very little info on water dragon behaiour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 i had the same situation go on at roughly the same age caught one holding the other under the water, didn't know how long they had been there but the one on the bottom was dead they were in a 5 foot enclosure at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloman5 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Really gees, so do you think it would be better to seperate them then, I wasn't sure about letting nature do it's thing as I really don't want that to happen. They have only started today what I would class as fighting although the initial started a couple of weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 the scenario is similar but the outcome might not be can you seperate and what is the dynamics between the other 2? could be sorting out the heirarchy any idea on sexes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloman5 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 In regards to the 2 fighting no idea on sex, I assume they are female since there is no colour on their chest although they maybe too young still to tell? They both get on fine with the one which I think is female. With seperating it will be quite difficult I maybe able to put it with my smaller w.d, it is young 9-10 months, and quite small. I was waiting for it to get a bit bigger to make sure the older ones don't see it as food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 personally i would not move the agressor in with the younger one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloman5 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 That I did work out . Would you recommend to do it on a permanent basis or just for awhile? Thanks for the help by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 it maybe a dominance, space or coming of age thing they may sort it out or you may need to seperate them it will depend on how bad it is i gave the others a bigger enclosure maybe someone else has had a similar experience with WDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloman5 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 I'll keep an eye on them through today and see how things go, so far they are behaving, since it's a nice day I'll put 2 of them outside, let them have some "time out". :roll: The w.d's you had with this scenario were they females? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 never owned wate dragons but ive seen female beardies fight whats your setup like? just one basking area? maybe make bigger and or make a couple of spots so theyre not fighting for the same basking site. sorry cant really be of much help. good luck with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloman5 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 I have one basking bulb but the way I've set up the logs there are different areas for them to lie on all within a similar distance of the bulb, generally they seem to scrap lower down and near the water entry. They do love to lie on the ramp (turtles entry into his basking spot) maybe if I create more places for them to lie in the water may help. Thanks for your suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Video or it never happened lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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