Beardie poops on me a lot

[Fay789]

Hey Everyone,

So I just wanted to run a theory by you guys. My beardie, Temeraire, is just over fours months old and I've had him since six weeks. He is settled nicely, and seems quite happy. He will only occasionally ask to be handled (like climb onto my hand when I put it in), but generally seems agreeable to me taking him out and cuddling and letting him explore. I tend to sit and watch TV with him on my chest/shoulder and stroke him down the middle of his back with one or two fingers. About twenty minutes into our cuddling, he will usually poop on me. Even sometimes when he has already pooped that morning (granted he is growing very quickly and eating a lot). I don't think he is doing it out of fear or trying to get away, because he doesn't try to run away from me, and if he moves around it is usually to find a place to sleep, so my theory is that petting him in the way that I am is stimulating his pooping. Thoughts?

P.S. I am trying to train him to poop in the bath by rubing his tummy gently and he will go about 50% of the time in the bath.

 

[HKzForDayz]

In his enclosure, my drogon will poop maybe once a day. I let him out to play, he will poop on the carpet at least twice, regardless of if he has pooped earlier or not. I think some dragons just enjoy pooping places that arent their enclosure :lol: :lol:

 

[Fay789]

Haha, good to know other dragons do it too. Tem has yet to poop on the carpet, but he has also just started enjoying exploration rather than immediately trying to hide or return to his tank.

 

[HKzForDayz]

Haha, good to know other dragons do it too. Tem has yet to poop on the carpet, but he has also just started enjoying exploration rather than immediately trying to hide or return to his tank.

I feed in a sep tub, and it is almost impossible to catch my male before he poops in his feeding tub during his first feeding of the day. As soon as hes had as many as he wants, he decides its pooping time.

also, here is a pic you might enjoy of my male :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Fay789]

If only mine were that quick. He takes forever just kind of wiggling and repositioning before he decides he's comfy enough to poop when I'm trying to get him to do it in the bath.

Also he's adorable and those look like some cool climbing logs.

Here are a few of Tem. He has pretty similar coloring to your guy!

 

[kingofnobbys]

Well, it could be he's very frightened of you and pooing in fear when you get him out for nurse.
Give him more time to settle in and get to know/trust you while cutting back the nurses for now to maybe only when it's necessary to get him out.

OR

You've accidentially trained him to poo when he is on you, keep some paper towelling handy and as soon as he lifts his bottom and tail, slip the paper under and collect the smelly object for disposal. He might really detest going to the toilet in his tank, and holds on until you get him out and then lets it come (probably very urgent by then).