Soulsplosion
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My male bearded dragon is about 9 months old and I've raised him since he was 2 months old. He was an extremely nervous baby but I've never had one that young before so I don't know what's normal for them; at the expo he was the darkest baby in the tank & hiding in the corner, he was terrified of everything and would turn black if he so much as heard a car go by outside, & has difficulty sleeping so I often have to wrap him in a soft towel burrito to get him to sleep.
It took a lot of handling but he's become much calmer. He's still alert/nervous of everything & may hiss at me if I surprise him, but is happy being handled and likes to sit with me. 2 times now he's just had full blown panic attacks out of nowhere. He just starts sprinting around full speed, attacking the glass & desperately trying to get out, poofing up, and turns his beard/part of his body dark black.
The first time he was just chilling on his log and then started panicking suddenly & turned on/hissed at me as well
https://spoopsplosion.tumblr.com/post/613730612951613440
The second time was just today. I let him run around on the floor when he wants to come out, but he also glass surfs/before after pooping and I don't take him out when he has poop butt; he was doing that today but it turned into him freaking out the same way as before. This time he no longer hissed at me and seemed to calm down from me holding him but he was still generally terrified for whatever reason; even after he stopped bolting around he seemed like he was just frozen in fear
https://spoopsplosion.tumblr.com/post/617966126225342464
https://spoopsplosion.tumblr.com/post/617966298208600064
I get him to calm down by putting him in a towel burrito and he takes a nap.
He also gets very stinky when he's like this
Does anyone have ideas about why he does this?
It took a lot of handling but he's become much calmer. He's still alert/nervous of everything & may hiss at me if I surprise him, but is happy being handled and likes to sit with me. 2 times now he's just had full blown panic attacks out of nowhere. He just starts sprinting around full speed, attacking the glass & desperately trying to get out, poofing up, and turns his beard/part of his body dark black.
The first time he was just chilling on his log and then started panicking suddenly & turned on/hissed at me as well
https://spoopsplosion.tumblr.com/post/613730612951613440
The second time was just today. I let him run around on the floor when he wants to come out, but he also glass surfs/before after pooping and I don't take him out when he has poop butt; he was doing that today but it turned into him freaking out the same way as before. This time he no longer hissed at me and seemed to calm down from me holding him but he was still generally terrified for whatever reason; even after he stopped bolting around he seemed like he was just frozen in fear
https://spoopsplosion.tumblr.com/post/617966126225342464
https://spoopsplosion.tumblr.com/post/617966298208600064
I get him to calm down by putting him in a towel burrito and he takes a nap.
He also gets very stinky when he's like this
Does anyone have ideas about why he does this?