Fun to watch in the water!

[LilyPad999]

So my older beardie has been acting strange in the water lately when before she never seemed to like it now she is swimming and dunking her head under the water and she will swim like that, head under the water and then scratches at her head as though she got water in her ears. She seems to be enjoying herself! And she is fun to watch, anyone know why she may be doing this?

 

[kcarello]

Ha ha,,because she likes it!!! I'm not sure about the scratching her head after though...my girl Puff loves to swim, but she just acts normal after taking a dip,,no scratching or anything...

 

[LilyPad999]

She barely does it! Just thought it was strange that she puts her entire head under I'm glad to hear its normal! Or so it seems haha

 

[kcarello]

Yep, I have some videos posted somewhere, maybe in behaviour section..Puff swimming of something like that..She swims like an alligator sometimes..;.too funny

 

[kFitz]

My girl scratches her head after dunking it under water too. I think it's just that she doesn't like the feeling of water droplets on her head/face. Shaking like a dog probably isn't feasible for them, so scratching at the water is the next best thing!

 

[ShiverBug]

That is to funny. If you have the capability, I'de love to see video of that. (Gonna go hunt for kcarello's vids in a second.)

I just introduced my (adult) beardie to a bath for the first time in his life. At first he wasn't to sure about it, then he dunked his head under as far as it would go (water was about 1.5 in deep) and started gulping down water so long, I pulled his head up out of it. "Breathe, you silly lizard!" Which begs to question, how long can a beardie hold it's breath under water? How long have you observed yours submersing him/herself?

 

[kcarello]

When Puff is swimming I only let her go for maybe 3 or 4 seconds before lifting her up myself, have always been to chicken to just let her go..

 

[Maxwellsmomma1989]

i let max swim as long as he wants as i figure he knows his capapbilities miuch more than i do and he gets really mad if he cant have his swim time lol he tried to swim in his water dish alot but hes too big so i just put him in the tub when he does that.. max scratches like a dog all the time its pretty funny but for a while his third eye spot was shedding and rtaining and it was driving him crazy im sure