Dragon food aggression

[Harry_37]

Hi all,
I have a 4 year old female dragon who recently laid eggs for the first time, this led us to finding out she is a girl. Eggs were removed after with no problem. She is healthy, good weight and has everything she needs and had handling almost everyday. Recently for the past few weeks she has suddenly become food aggressive. She had always been keen for food but now she will bite and chase anything that moves, this has made essential tasks difficult and caused a lot of glass surfing when she sees someone. She never puffs up or turns black so this leads me to believe she is hungry all the time, is this because she has recently laid eggs and will wear off, or is this something where a change needs to be made to her routine? I have tried more handling and trying to move her before feeding but I cannot pick her up without getting bitten thinking I am food. She is also very fast . Any advice is greatly appreciated as we used to be very close but now she wont see me as anything other than a bit of food! Thanks.

 

[KarrieRee]

Hi all,
I have a 4 year old female dragon who recently laid eggs for the first time, this led us to finding out she is a girl. Eggs were removed after with no problem. She is healthy, good weight and has everything she needs and had handling almost everyday. Recently for the past few weeks she has suddenly become food aggressive. She had always been keen for food but now she will bite and chase anything that moves, this has made essential tasks difficult and caused a lot of glass surfing when she sees someone. She never puffs up or turns black so this leads me to believe she is hungry all the time, is this because she has recently laid eggs and will wear off, or is this something where a change needs to be made to her routine? I have tried more handling and trying to move her before feeding but I cannot pick her up without getting bitten thinking I am food. She is also very fast . Any advice is greatly appreciated as we used to be very close but now she wont see me as anything other than a bit of food! Thanks.

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[xp29]

Are you heavy on the calcium after the eggs? She will need extra for a bit after to replenish hers that she lost to the eggs. Her aggressiveness might be get craving for the calcium. If you haven't up the amount your giving her maybe try that.