AHBD said:I just wanted to bring more awareness to this topic, of beardies jumping/falling from shoulders. It seems that many people either don't know or because it hasn't happened yet that they think it is not a real problem. There are threads warning people of potential danger of sand, bad uvb, cohabitation, etc but it seems that perching a beardie on the shoulder is still acceptable. Please take note + warn other owners that this is not at all safe and ranks up there with [ and probably worse than ] some of the other potential dangers I listed . Some owners actually think their beardie knows how far it can jump....they really don't. So please pass this info on, it may look " cool ' to have the dragon on your shoulder like a little bird but it is definitely not.
Very good awareness AHBD see a few post about this in forums. I know I use the hip leash when I get Dixie out of her cage I put it on her and she has dangled from it time to time when she was younger or shall I say skinnier! And that prevented a lot of injuries . I dont know why they think they can jump lol big fat pancake trying to be "agile" .
Dixie is up in her branch sometimes and slams duck at the bottom of her cage too lazy to walk down the tree of course lets just throw ourselves off it! I always think she is going to break something even tho its not that high...cant imagine jumping off someone shoulder...
joef":2uvysnc5 said:In my personal belief, you have to train your beardie to be on your shoulder. My beardie loves being on my shoulder, and he doesn't jump now. When he was littler, he jumped a couple of times, but landed ok. He has learned from that that it hurts to jump from my shoulder, so now if he wants down, he will climb all the way to the floor. Yes, there may be injury from jumping, but it's possible for a beardie to learn not to jump.
traildrifterphalanx":3vb6pbk9 said:joef":3vb6pbk9 said:In my personal belief, you have to train your beardie to be on your shoulder. My beardie loves being on my shoulder, and he doesn't jump now. When he was littler, he jumped a couple of times, but landed ok. He has learned from that that it hurts to jump from my shoulder, so now if he wants down, he will climb all the way to the floor. Yes, there may be injury from jumping, but it's possible for a beardie to learn not to jump.
While this may have worked in your situation, not all dragons are so lucky. I'd rather err on the side of caution and inform newbies that this could be fatal as it has been in the past. Not to mention, any injury could be prevented rather than the dragon learning a harsh lesson
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