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adriankidd · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: water dragon mating?

just a quick question, really just want to know if every-ones water dragons are as strange as mine, i have a trio and they all get along great, in the Viv they all sleep on each other and there is rarely any head bobbing or arm waving, the thing is there will be no mating or mating behavior in the Viv but as soon as they get out onto the living room floor they go nuts and are bonking left right and centre! why is this?

sam316 · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:36 am Post subject:

maybe they like the space?? do they have a large are of floor space in the viv to mate? either that or they just have no shame !! Smile

gargoyle · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:42 am Post subject:

no idea! we've never seen any mating with ours yet eggs are being produced, so they're obviously at it
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adriankidd · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:

i would say they have a good bit of space in the Viv, it is almost 5' long, but they def have no shame! where your eggs fertile gargoyle?

christophermchale · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject:

they need vacations from the normal just as humans.

maybe they liked the different atmosphere and wanted to show eachother.

haha
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gargoyle · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

They certainly look fertile at the moment - bright white and glowing pink.
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garysumpter · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 914

Mine do the same, as do the beardies.

I've always put it down to a territory issue. In the viv, they know their woman is there and belongs to them.

As soon as they get outside the vifv, there are other males present and more space for the female to leave, so the males become more dominant.

My guys always lose their cool as soon as the female is out of sight!

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Dragon Breeder · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

lmfao i found this aswel... it was so humiliating - i had friends in & the wd were out & bam right in the middle of the floor they mated i was laughing my head off (I'm used to seeing it) but my friends were mortified lmao
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Gazza85 · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:

I never witnessed mine 'in action', when I used to breed them. And the only head bobbing was done at me.lol.

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garysumpter · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 914

Ive witness the action and it aint pretty Razz

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