Beardie Affection? Face-petting their humans?

[discojan]

One of our girls exhibits a very unusual and adorable behavior--when we put her close to our faces, she gently reaches out and slowly paws at us. It is very gentle and "seems deliberate" though she may just be reaching out to not fall. Our other girl doesn't do this . We're curious--do anyone else's beardies exhibit this behavior?

 

[Soulwind]

Sounds like normal arm-waving action, just close to your face.

Arm-waving is typically thought of as a submissive gesture,
a "here I am, I'm no threat, don't eat me" type behavior.

But yeah, it's incredibly cute.

 

[discojan]

It's definitely not hand-waving--we've seen that. It's a much gentler thing, and there is no circular motion--it's almost as if she is "petting" us , or dare I suggest, caressing...

 

[Ranger87]

Riza will sort of do that to my face when I go to kiss her beard. XD I take it as a "Get away from my face, Human," sort of thing. But it's cute...whether she likes it or not.

 

[jackiesmama]

my jackie will do the same thing..she will also , when i stroke her face she will move her head in an up and down motion showing affection.. i love her so much.. :love10:

 

[discojan]

OMG--I'd love to see that up/down head motion--video It's so nice to hear we're not the only ones anthropomorphizing our adorable, darling, dragons this way. Our colleagues sometimes think we're crazy

 

[jackiesmama]

When I talk to "non Beardie lovers Lol" and tell the stories about my babies they have this look on there face like IM crazy lol

 

[jducky18]

tell the stories about my babies they have this look on there face like IM crazy lol

Ha ha ha, try being in college where it's weird enough to have a pet, much less a lizard :lol: