Mixing species -PLEASE READ

[webzdebs]

a very interesting read and written well in such a way to give all aspects and all the information and not seem condeming

[reptilechap]

i guess im a lucky one who has been able to mix.

BUT.... these are subspecies oh i love a technicallity!!

[AwesomeSauce]

Frilled dragon was lonely after his mate died, he was all forlorn looking, wouldnt eat, wouldnt go up on his branches just sat there with his feet on the front tank glass staring out so introduced him gradually to the beardies and uromastyx, he didnt even frill up at them and now basks with them and gets on totally fine he is in thier tank 24/7 now. Feeding time becomes a frenzy now though. Unleash the bugs and they all go crazy, its funny to watch the uros and beardies running after bugs, one of our beardies is silly, she tries to pull bugs out of the uros mouth after shes caught it lol.

So now in a 6ft viv 2x Beardies, 2x Uromastyx (1 Egyptian & 1 Oscealleted) and 1x Australian Frilled)

[Bamboozoo]

Hey Sauce.......throw us a picture or two of the environment and the residents.

As they say, a photo is worth a thousand words!

Environments like you speak of are rare to find with the larger reptiles.

[dizzylynn]

This was good to see, but even tho I am a newbie I think its just common sence you cant mix breeds. Pet shops pay say yes they are fine together but when you think about it, they are just babies, not at the aggressive stage of there cycle (mating season etc) so yes they will get on short term but not long term. Also they are not watching them 24/7 so wont know what goes on at night when the shop is closed for business.

[venomous111]

Originally Posted by CWD

its wrong to mix different species full stop

I disagree my boa (young) and royal(also young) have been together for a good 8 months now

[dmj]

A very good read
Thanks for trying to clear things up as it was needed.
Why is it all people want to do is pick at little things on here and start an argument. your just pathetic.

[Victor Creed]

There was a point I wanted to touch on, not sure how much relevance it has, but I wanted to post it before I forget (i'm still reading the thread, lol) and that would be this : In the American South, particularly Florida a Gopher Tortoise's burrow may be shared with a number of different animals, including snakes, frogs or toads, spiders and rodents as well. This form of multi-symbiotic relationships is quite wondrous IMO, and I thought it was a good example of animals who actually DO live together in the wild consistently.



I personally own a 40 gallon breeder Vivarium set-up for semi-aquatic w/ 10 gallons of water w/ a Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinium), a Green Toad (Bufo viridis), a breeding pair of Black Convict cichlids (Argocentrus nigrofasciatus) with fry, and 1 more small Convict residing in a 2.5 gallon tank INSIDE the 40 gallon that I used for creating a waterfall and several species of live plants as well. Despite the thought that the Tiger Salamander would swallow the toad and fish whole, it is rather docile and I have observed the toad sitting PIGGY-BACK on the Tiger's head, almost like they were best friends. If he wanted to eat him, he'd be a goner...we're talking a 3-4" toad and a 12" Tiger. They have been kept this way in excess of 2 years now.

I just wanted to share, cuz I love the Vivarium I created for them and it appears they do also I'd like to get him a "Tigress" to mate with.

[Monitor93]

I have 3 long tail lizards (1 male 2 female) and a fire belly toad living together. I done loads of research before I added her in and they get along great! I had a brown anole in there too, but he did start attacking my female long tail so I separated him from them.
Please don't give me any greif for mixing them as I did research a lot before adding Nelly (my fire belly) into the viv and it's a 4x2x2 viv so it's quite big and tall so plenty of room

[codyman70]

I wouldn't think a 4x2x2 viv would be big enough for any three lizards.it's actually quite small.I know long tails aren't that big,but I think they could do with more space.