DracoMum1117
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So, I’ve recently adopted a one year old bearded dragon from a family that barely took care of him as they should have. I know I probably messed up, but on the second day, I changed out his substrate, picked him up, let him run around, and I gave him a bath. I know I likely stressed him out too much as it’s a new environment and a new person, and I was really worried about his health. I realized that his heat lamp from the owner was too low wattage, and bought him a correct one, and since then he’s perked up and started eating more, but now it seems he’s really scared of me or really stressed out. He lets me hand feed him for a short amount of time and pet him but he won’t let me pick him up, and he’s been doing some glass surfing (as well I’m giving him a new diet). Should I not try to pick him up anymore and wait to make anymore tank changes? Or should I continue trying to pick him up to get used to me?