Potty Trained

Buckmaster299 · Jun 1, 2012

Has anyone else on the site got a "Potty Trained" beardie??? LOL. I have yet to find anyone else that has one. My 2yr old beardie that i bought from someone in Alabama about 3months ago and I have noticed that he will NOT deficate in his own cage unless he absolutely has to. Is this normal or is this something that only certain beardies do?

Cnochur · Jun 1, 2012

Mine's the same way. Almost never goes in the viv unless he's left in there too long.

label · Jun 1, 2012

Ours goes in her enclosure but nearly always in the same spot. We've got fake grass substrate so we keep newspaper in her toilet area to keep the carpet clean. So far she's never gone in the bath.

Goodtruant · Jun 1, 2012

Ours goes in a water dish, or in his bath.....98% of the time. Sometimes he misses his dish.

We only keep the water dish in there during the day, since the humidity rises in his viv at night.

Katie007 · Jun 1, 2012

Norbert will ONLY go in his bath. The couple times he has gone in his viv he ran to the farthest corner, did his business, then ran away from it to the opposite side of the tank. My cleanly little dragon :roll: lol

XtinaBeardieMom · Jun 1, 2012

One of my dragons refuses to go in her tank, which I don't mind because it's such a pain to clean. She poops pretty much every day (big eater lol) so I take her out of her tank when I get home and put her on the kitchen tile floor, where she'll usually go. If she won't go on the tile floor, then she'll go in the bath. I learned the hard way that she didn't like to poop in her tank after she did it on ME a few times. My other beardie only poops every 3-4 days and she's never pooped outside her tank. She'll usually go in one corner of the tank, and then go hide in the opposite corner until we come home and clean it up... it's actually the only time she ever uses her hide lol!

Goonie · Jun 1, 2012

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Buckmaster299 · Jun 1, 2012

Im hoping my juvenile beardie will start doin this. She goes all over the cage...

XtinaBeardieMom · Jun 1, 2012

Buckmaster299":1rnk8b20 said:
Im hoping my juvenile beardie will start doin this. She goes all over the cage...

From what I hear it's pretty simple to train them to go in the tub - as long as you have a ton of patience as with any beardie lol. Is there any way you can soak him every morning before you go to work or school (100-105 degree water for 20-30 mins)? He would likely poop there instead of in his tank. Just make sure you have his lights timed to turn on about an hour or two before you soak him to get his digestive system moving. You can start the soak and just leave him there while you get ready or until he poops, then take him out & rinse him off under the faucet before putting him back in the tank.

Buckmaster299 · Jun 1, 2012

I willhave to try that. Thanks for the idea.

kcarello · Jun 1, 2012

Puff only goes poo outside, not since she was 2 or 3 months old has she gone in her viv, or the bath. We have our morning routine, lights on for a couple hours, then I get her out and hand feed her greens and some squash, then she slurps down a 12ml of bearded dragon pellets, soaked and mashed up in a mixer, with calcium mixed in. Then a nice warm bath for 15 - 20 minutes. Then outside for some sunshine and a nice poo. Ha ha, its a good thing I don't work outside the home...

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