Aggressive towards reflection

[MothMantras]

My beardie has been seemingly stressed out, head bobbing and attacking his own reflection in the glass. I want to give him some sort of background so he can stop thinking that "other beardie" wants to fight. It is to the point that I am afraid he is going to give himself noserub on pure glass somehow. Every day now he is erratic and head bobbing with a black-as-the-void beard. But I am worried that the backdrop might be supposed to stick onto the outside rather than the inside and I am worried the glass would still be reflective and it wouldn't make a difference. So, should I get a background? If so are there ones that go inside of the tank? Does anybody have any other suggestions to calm him down or get rid of the reflection? Thank you!

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

Backgrounds are applied on the exterior of the enclosure, correct, and drastically cut down the reflection. Imagine the difference in your reflection by seeing it in a window or on a framed photo. The busier the background, the more it hides the reflection.

I have silk vines on one end of my youngest's enclosure and half of the styrofoam climb wall and a silk fish tank plant for my oldest on one end. The back wall they both have a background, the front and 1 side are uncovered - neither go after reflections

EDIT* Fake plants are hit or miss, some dragons attempt to eat them. I use silk in the off-chance it happens to pass easily, however neither dragon have yet shown interest in eating them, and my youngest tries to eat everything

 

[kingofnobbys]

Backgrounds are applied on the exterior of the enclosure, correct, and drastically cut down the reflection. Imagine the difference in your reflection by seeing it in a window or on a framed photo. The busier the background, the more it hides the reflection.

I have silk vines on one end of my youngest's enclosure and half of the styrofoam climb wall and a silk fish tank plant for my oldest on one end. The back wall they both have a background, the front and 1 side are uncovered - neither go after reflections

EDIT* Fake plants are hit or miss, some dragons attempt to eat them. I use silk in the off-chance it happens to pass easily, however neither dragon have yet shown interest in eating them, and my youngest tries to eat everything

Can easily remove reflections with ordinary paper sheets or bits of cardboard lining the inside surface glass (that's where the reflection is) at beardie eyelevel.

Definitely avoid having fake plastic greenery in the enclosure. I spotted Peppa trying to eat a bit that came glued to her rock grotto that looked somewhat like kale - on her very first day with us !. Needless to say the grotto came out immediately and was taken to by me with a stanlee knife to remove the plastic green leafy stuff - problem solved.

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

I stated busy backgrounds as, say, using pure black construction paper could enhance a reflection, if applied outside the enclosure. I have his going on in my pacman frog enclosure, but luckily he doesn't attack his own reflection, at least not yet.

I was also referring to the traditional backgrounds that are offered for enclosures - they are intended to be applied on the exterior. Mine are applied on the exterior but I've also never had either of them go for reflections so haven't really had to try and remedy it