Arm waving?

[LaurenLu92]

I have a young bearded dragon who I've had for about 6 weeks now. This evening I took her out of her enclosure to hold her for a few minutes before her bed time. She was fine when I was holding her but when I set her back in her tank on her branch, she began arm waving at me. I've read that this is a sign of submission but as she was doing it, her belly and beard went incredibly dark and dark stress marks appeared on her belly. Is it normal for them to go that dark when waving? Did I possibly do something to scare her or anger her? She was fine when I was holding her. Any ideas?

 

[Titus]

She's just submitting to you. Perfectly normal behavior. In males, if they headbob, we have to give them a sock to y'know...Let it all out.

 

[Reptilelady]

Totally normal behavior. Could also be that she is seeing herself in the reflection thinking she is seeing another beardie :lol: My beardie does this and it's quite funny he puffs his beard and body being all aggressive but then as soon as I come up to him he stops. My beardie will sometimes do this when I give him baths and he is not a fan of baths at all.

 

[kingofnobbys]

Imitate her .... and see what happens .... I do this will my pet lizards , the looks/stares I get back are priceless ( " what ? " )

Arm waves are one the most endearing behaviours displayed by lizards - not just bearded dragons do this.
My Peppa gets very animated

>> lady pushups (two arm wave combined with slow head nods)
>> alternating arm slow waves with slow head nods
>> one arm simultaneous slow head now & arm wave
>> one arm wave the slow head nod
>> when snuggling one arm wave - stroking me back.

 

[SHBailey]

It almost sounds to me like she's trying to say she wants you to pick her back up again and cuddle her some more, but that's admittedly a wild guess. :?