Recent content by Lillyjane

Haha! Cranky boy! All of your insight is so helpful. I’m hopeful that he will start to associate me with positive experiences more and more, thank you!

Thank you for all your feedback, it’s also nice to hear that someone can relate a bit. My tank is front opening and yes he head-bobs. He doesn’t head-bob at me very often, mainly if he catches himself in the mirror. I learned to cover that. When he black beards he is puffing up and opening...

I also started with spending time sitting near his enclosure and slowly putting my hand near him on the ground, petting him in between feeding him bugs. That helped me be able to handle him more now but I feel as though the trust has plateaued.

I take him out and let him explore inside, take him out in the evening and have him sleep on my chest, I put a piece of a shirt that smells like me in his tank. Do you have any more suggestions? I would appreciate anything!

Thanks for your response! He was probably around 2 or 3 weeks old.

Hi there, I’ve had my bearded dragon, Lucky, for about 9 months now. I got him when he was a couple weeks old. He will eat from my hand, fall asleep on me when it’s evening time, doesn’t mind me picking him up sometimes, but he is still very wary of me most of the time. I let him run around my...