How to Breed Fire & Ice Bearded Dragons

Fire and ice bearded dragons are also known as bearded dragon morphs or Pogona vitticeps. The fire and ice bearded dragons, also known as morphs, are known for their colors, which can be blood red, high orange, peach, tiger-striped, hypomelanistic, lemon yellow or white. Other variations can be created by breeding different types of colors together. They can do well living alone, but they are a social animal. In a large enough terrarium, a male can be housed with several females.

Things You'll Need

  • Male bearded dragon
  • Female bearded dragon
  • Variety of reptile food
  • Reptile calcium supplement
  • Separate cages for each reptile
  • Basking lights
  • Clear 25 watt bulb
  • Nesting box
  • Horticultural vermiculite
  • Incubator
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Instructions

    • 1
      A bearded dragon's true color will show after 4 to 6 weeks of age.

      Allow the male and female to reach full maturity weight before attempting to breed them. A female should weigh at least 350 grams and a male 300 grams. Until they are ready to be breed, place them in separate cages.

    • 2
      Vegetables can be fed every other day and fruit once a week.

      Feed them a variety of food with calcium supplements before breeding to make sure that they are healthy. This is especially important for females to ensure proper egg production. They can be fed collards, mustard greens, endive, escarole, insects, vegetables and fruits.

    • 3

      Place the breeding female into the male's cage for breeding. If the female scratches at the cage wall and avoids the male, take her out and try again in a few weeks. A receptive female will lower and raise her body and head slowly. During mating the male will mount the female biting her neck. The process can last about a minute.

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      Remove the female from the male's cage once she is ready to lay her eggs, which will be about 14 to 21 days. Place her into a nesting box filled at least 16 inches high with two parts horticultural vermiculite with one part water. Cover the lid and place a basking light with a clear 25-watt bulb over one side of the box. Keep the temperature at about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. She will then dig and lay her eggs.

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      Males should never be placed together since they can injure or even kill each other.

      Remove the female and place her back in her own cage away from the male to prevent another breeding.

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      Remove the eggs and place them in an incubator filled up halfway with two parts horticultural vermiculite with one part water. Cover the eggs, embryo side up, two-thirds way down. Keep the incubator closed at a temperature of about 84 to 86 degrees. Open the incubator every other day to ventilate. Some moisture is a good sign; if there is none, spray the inside with a mist of water. The eggs will hatch in about 65 to 70 days.