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Why is my female bearded dragon being dominant over the male?

the male tries, he really does, he turns his beard black and head bobs but I think my female, and yes it is a female for sure, is trying to dominate HIM I have put them near each other several times and he is now starting to arm wave while head bobbing, I am hoping to breed in the future and I don’t want him to be scared of the girl, She is 2 and a half and the male is 1. she is larger, in all ways, the only thing is the male is a inch longer but he is about 3/4 her size, does she know that he is smaller? or does she just not want to mate?
Oh I am very sorry I forgot to add that, no they do not live together, I am pretty experienced with bearded dragons but I wanted someone else’s imput, They only go near each other when holding both, friends over wanting to see, giving them a bath, or if I clean their tank they are good on staying put but now the female is trying to dominate the male.

If you have them in the same cage you really need to separate them.
If she was in the tank first she considers it her territory. You could be in for some trouble.
Bearded dragons are not social reptiles and should not be housed together.
2 females – one will become the more dominate one thus stressing the other out to the point sometimes of not eating so you have health problems
male and female – he will want to breed constantly again stressing her out…….they can breed early which is not good either. She needs to be at least 15 months old and of a proper weight
2 males – will fight sometimes causing just serious injury and other times death
Please consider separating them.

BABY BEARDED DRAGON, ARM WAVE AND BOWING L@@K