Male beardy acting all female? *confused*

Davii

Hey, I have a male and female bearded dragon.
They were both housed in the same tank.
They started to mate, So I know which is which.
I split them after various posts and concerns that people helped me through on this forum.
The female now is fine btw.. (Stopped eating and acted really lethargic)

But my male keeps digging?? Its constant, day & night.
I thought that was what pregnant females did?

Any help would be gratefully accepted.. Rather confusing.
Common behavior?
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bubbasherps · Respected Member Joined: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 464

ok you seperated the beardeds Male bearded dragons have a few sex differences from females

Most breeding males have BLACK on their throats, bigger heads and wider tail base. The male is digging

Females will dig many holes in the substrate test nest you can call it

I use moist play sand with my bearded dragons which is useful when laying season alot easier on the females

can you post pictures

Of both dragons
jeff
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Davii · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject:

I'll try to post pictures of all my Lizards and snakes as soon as I find the time.
I know which is which.. because I've seen his penis go into the female.

Its just the male is digging; I thought that was a female action? for nesting?
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bubbasherps · Respected Member Joined: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 464

bearded dragons if you know the sex good

males will dig sometimes

you seen the action

i would place the female back with male

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Davii · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

I was strongly advised not to keep them together on this forum and from other people.

I think that if I left them together for maybe.. two weeks more, The female would be dead.. She wasn't eating, she wasn't moving, she wasn't her usual perky self.
I moved her into another tank and gave her some over-the-counter medicine.. Some sort of Reptile pick-me-up.

Shes doing just fine now.

I also had them out on the bed yesterday together.. and the male just went nuts and started attacking her.. And I don't mean biting to mate.. I mean full on attacking.
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bubbasherps · Respected Member Joined: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 464

breeding can be hard on bearded dragons with females producing many clutches about 6 so seperate them is good and when the female is doing good I would place her back in with the male

jeff