So it's been awhile since I've posted but I'm desperate to figure out what to do with my new bearded dragon I got 6 weeks ago. Basic run down is I got my second bearded dragon from a broader in California and I am in Chicago. Ever since I got him he has been timid and hides all the time. His setup is perfect and I even removed most of his furniture in his tank so he can not hide as much so he has a piece of drift wood and a hammock. Right uvb bulb, right temps. When I come near his tank he freezes and if he's not hiding behind his log or on the back wall he lowers himself like he is cowering in fear. I have tried to hold him and handle him as much as I can but he just hangs out and looks at me like he is petrified of me and it seems to make everything worse. When I try to feed him he won't even touch the food when I am near the tank and I have to either leave the room or hide until he eats. If I peak over the couch roughly 15 feet away he'll just freeze up and stop eating. I got to the point where I couldn't wait and try for 15-30 minutes to get him to eat so I leave a dish of Dubai in his tank and not until I leave and get back from work are the Dubai gone. He spends the majority of the day I see him hiding and if I'm watching tv and he can't see me he becomes active. I mean if he sees my head from across the room over the couch he just freezes and stares at me. It has gotten to the point that he barely eats because he's always scared or hiding and I can't just stay out of my front room all day so he can eat. I offer as much food as hell eat but I'm starting to get really worried and honestly losing ideas. He's 16 weeks old and he's only around 35 grams and 10 inches. My other beardie the same age is almost 100 grams and I got her at pets mart. I don't know what to do and I can't have her continue bein so scared of me, I've tried the handling and he just cowers and stares at me and barely moves. I talk to him I slowly put my hand in his tank, I tried feeding him bee pollen from a dropper nothing has worked. Is it possible it's the breed? Is he ever going to grow out of this? His size is not right and it's because he won't eat when I'm around. Help I don't know what to do.