I am a new beardie owner and my intelligent little creature is 2 months old. This little one is insatiably curious and very communicative with body language. My little chub just gobbled up his/her crickets and is laying fat, happy, and relaxed on the ceramic hideout I just purchased for the enclosure. I grew up catching and raising southwestern desert spiny lizards here in Tucson, AZ. but this amazing animal cannot be compared to a spiny on any level. I have a little gem here!