When should I separate my beardies

[Shankerkid]

Excuse me, I have 2 juvenile beardies and I am not sure when I should separate my dragons to 2 different aquariums, they are male and female, please reply ASAP
 

[perfectly_flawed]

Right away. Even as tiny babies they can still fight. It's common for babies to bite off pieces of tails or even whole feet. Sometimes they kill each other. The sooner they're in their own homes, the better off they'll be.

[Shankerkid]

Will they be ok for 1 month if I'm watching them?

[zebrajanie]

The answer to that, is they might be.. You can't watch them 24/7.
See, dragons are solitary creatures by nature and by habit.  Each enclosure represents their "territory".
When that territory is "invaded" or shared then many things can occur.  The least harmful in the short run is that one dragon is limited on basking, or food access.  The worst harmful in the short run is attack from the more dominant animal, resulting in maiming or death.

I hope this helps.. Even a 20 long fish tank would work as a second enclosure.. You can set the UVB tube and the heat bulb so both can share in their own enclosures.  Just make sure that you place something between the two so neither can see each other..

[Shankerkid]

Well The problem is that I need to buy a cage in one month because I'm gonna get the money in one month from my dad. So if I made sure that my parents watch it while I'm at school could I keep them in the cage? They're only about 6 inches

[Shankerkid]

Oh and by the way I was hoping you guys can help me take care of my beardies? Their names are Munchkin and s'mores by the way.

[perfectly_flawed]

Even at only 6 inches they can fight and bully each other. Here are some of my dragons. You'll notice that Suki and Dracen were just tiny little things when their siblings ate parts of their bodies.
http://bearded-dragons.com/boards/index.php/topic,16.0.html

It doesn't matter how closely you watch them. It takes literally only a second for one to eat part of another, or even kill the other one. It's not a risk I would ever take with any of my babies.

[Mach10X]

I've even kept a dragon in an 18 gallon plastic bin when moving.  Better off in an ugly looking house than dead.

[123TFM456]

Its best to separate them straight away, but if you have a large enough vivarium as i have two adults can be kept together and i know for a fact that some dragons prefer to live together (if you do make sure its two females or one male and one female) its all down to the lizards personalty really which may sound weird but its true.   

[perfectly_flawed]

They can appear to get along for a while - but appear is the key word. There are subtle signs of dominance that only an experienced keeper usually sees. Sometimes, even with years of experience, it's not noticed until one or both dragons are seriously injured or dead. It's not worth the risk - with healthy dragons, it's a matter of when, not if, there will be problems.