ComicBookMama":21akg9vs said:At any rate, I'm looking for a Handling 101 tutorial for newbies (would love to see that added to the care sheets and articles).
claudiusx":33niohmf said:Hi there,
It tends to be that way it seems. However adults that were never handled can be very nasty themselves! So just keep up with it and things will keep progressing
claudiusx":33niohmf said:IMO it's more so that Adults aren't as energetic or frantic as younger ones. So tame adults seem to be calmer than tame youngin's
My baby loves to be held and it actually reduces his stress because I take him out of the cage with some stress marks and then they go awayclaudiusx":1oj57a7y said:Hi there,
It tends to be that way it seems. However adults that were never handled can be very nasty themselves! So just keep up with it and things will keep progressing
IMO it's more so that Adults aren't as energetic or frantic as younger ones. So tame adults seem to be calmer than tame youngin's
-Brandon
kingofnobbys":3pa9k1f6 said:I can also tell you that wild adult bearded dragons are very chill when handled too, I've been lucky enough to have a wild caught pet eastern bearded dragon as a younger teenager, it never bit me, never puffed up at me, and never displayed at me, and within a few days was happily taking live insects from my fingers.
I've also encountered wild bearded dragons ( centrals, easterns, rankins, westerns ) several times in my travels ( as a grey nomad , and when I was working a consulting engineer and on contract in N Qld, the Pilbara and in SA ) , very easy to walk up and pick up from dead stumps, farm fence posts, termite mounds, and by the track side (while they were basking ) , takes a lot to get a bearded dragon to threaten / display , they'd rather just up and run away.
( of cause a lot of these dragons that I encountered probably never saw a human before so had no fear of me , and were as curious about me as I was about them , these have been encounters in very isolated and remote locations accessable only by 4x4 . )
BeardedDragonSteve":1l1k1eel said:My baby loves to be held and it actually reduces his stress because I take him out of the cage with some stress marks and then they go away
Thee are quite a few vids on the subject: bearded dragon handlingComicBookMama":2neou85t said:At any rate, I'm looking for a Handling 101 tutorial for newbies
My family knows some friends in Australia and I always thought I could go their and go herping they live in Adelaide I have been to Sydney though and stayed in Wollongong and took the train to Sydney I really like the public transportation there compared to some parts of America.kingofnobbys":4i03gtre said:Yes , they become more laid back and settled as they get bigger.
Some hatchlings are very much into snuggles and being petted from the get go ,others are livewires and more interested in everything they can see around them than sitting still , it can take 6 months for these live wires to calm down and become smoogers.
I can also tell you that wild adult bearded dragons are very chill when handled too, I've been lucky enough to have a wild caught pet eastern bearded dragon as a younger teenager, it never bit me, never puffed up at me, and never displayed at me, and within a few days was happily taking live insects from my fingers.
I've also encountered wild bearded dragons ( centrals, easterns, rankins, westerns ) several times in my travels ( as a grey nomad , and when I was working a consulting engineer and on contract in N Qld, the Pilbara and in SA ) , very easy to walk up and pick up from dead stumps, farm fence posts, termite mounds, and by the track side (while they were basking ) , takes a lot to get a bearded dragon to threaten / display , they'd rather just up and run away.
( of cause a lot of these dragons that I encountered probably never saw a human before so had no fear of me , and were as curious about me as I was about them , these have been encounters in very isolated and remote locations accessable only by 4x4 . )
GizmosGrammie":2ri7xgnz said:I would suggest you handle your beardie in the evenings when they are ready to sleep. My Gizmo loved being wrapped up like a burrito when she was small. I held her very frequently as a little bitty dragon & she is now the sweetest thing & loves human interaction & being held. When I first got her she was more interested in running about the room & exploring. The key was holding her nightly at bed time. She now loves to snuggle under my chin or up on my shoulder under my hair or right in the middle of my chest between the mellons.
Try rotating it and saving it under another filename again before uploading it. :wink:GizmosGrammie":zivx8d01 said:Sorry I couldn't get the one pic to rotate.
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