How friendly is your beardie?

[beardie]

How friendly is your beardie?

 

[Longfellow777]

If she knows you shes nestling up on you

 

[LarryTheLizard]

How friendly is your beardie?

I’m really glad you brought the polls back, they’re really awesome!

 

[Rocky2022]

One loves me and people...but too much attention , he's over it
The other loves himself and acts well with people but hates everything and everyone. He's handsome and feels like a pillow

 

[ChileanTaco]

My Taco is a relaxed but shy and introvert adult dragon.
Means: Likes me better than my husband (Taco is not knowing other people). Will never bite, hiss or puff up. I can touch every part of his body. My husband also can do so, but it's obvious Taco is more unsure about him doing that (Taco then tends to close his eyes, so we're normally not doing that too much).
Taco has no issues wearing a harness.
He seems to like cuddles (1 - 5 minutes), but won't come for cuddles. When I take him out, 1 - 5 minutes cuddles and then he goes exploring unless I'm standing close to a window, watering plants or doing anything interesting. But going exploring is a must for him. Nesting up? No way. I'm not his nest, I'm his observation deck that can move around. If that gets too boring, go exploring

 

[Chris.]

Luis isn't really social at all, he doesn't mind me though and runs to me if strangers are around.

Lilith will just jump onto anyones shoulder, she doesn't mind people.

 

[xp29]

Luis isn't really social at all, he doesn't mind me though and runs to me if strangers are around.

Lilith will just jump onto anyones shoulder, she doesn't mind people.

It's funny how different their dispositions really are. Who would have ever guessed before keeping them.

 

[ChileanTaco]

I was really wondering with which kind of bearded dragon I would be ending up when looking for one
Would it be an introvert one (like I'm myself)? "Spicy"? With tendency to aggression and having to learn that I'm really not bad? Social cuddlebug? Picking that guy over there to the left, or the one on the branch, which one would be which? By the time of reserving one beardie, there then however was just one - not having to think which one to pick
Ended up with little Mr. introvert who is very much "if in doubt, go away and hide", "rather not", "I watch it three days and if it's not doing any harm I can dare come closer" but also "I've seen you're not threat, so you can do that with me, I won't mind", but every other personality would have been fine, too

I remember that I was often asked in the reptile store, after having brought home Taco, how he's doing generally but also very much about his personality, whether he's aggressive and how tame he is already. At least two people in the reptile store keep themselves beardies. One of those beardies, as long as he was there before becoming too big and then moving in with the owner at home (I'd say close to a year old), always stood at the glass with bright colors when somebody came close, really running towards people.

 

[FirkeyZeldaX]

He likes only me((((

 

[Cuttlefishh]

Charlie is extremely social- if I don't take her out at least once in a day I can see it in her mood the following day for sure

 

[xp29]

Charlie is extremely social- if I don't take her out at least once in a day I can see it in her mood the following day for sure

My guys pout if I miss a day for getting them out

 

[ChileanTaco]

Now he's a year and 6 months old.
I take him out about 2 - 3 times a week (offer it daily, but he doesn't want always) and my husband about once a week.
When Taco was younger than a year, I took him out once each 7 - 14 days, he just hadn't wanted more often.
(Not want = walks away and lies down a bit away. Like a cat not wanting to be picked up.)

When I take him out, he usually snuggles for up to 5 mins (5 mins rarely, rather 2 - 3), then runs around and climbs a lot until he starts to feel cold, and easily gets back into his enclosure. I've seen with gradually becoming an adult, he has become more confident and this is, I guess, why he wants to get out to explore more often. He's a calm, introvert guy, but not shy anymore. When he was younger, he was really shy and despite super curious, he was reluctant of new things - like: new things are for watching, and it's better if watching from a good distance.

I'm happy that he learned he can just jump off my hand when I put him back with a little "hop" onto the next branch or platform, and doesn't need to fully jump down. These powerful jumps from the top of the enclosure (opens from the top) all the way down have scratched me often, but with just onto the next thing it's much softer - and it looks so elegant

 

[ChileanTaco]

Adding to my previous posting:
As my dragon likes to climb so much - much much more an explorer than a snuggler - , I want to build him an out-of-enclosure climbing space.
Near a window, we use to have a piece of furniture that has just the height of the windowsill, and I (try to) grow there some plants which are intended for Taco to eat. I have already a branch that I use as his place to sit outside of the enclosure - nicely curved so a beardie fits on perfectly
I'll put that on the furniture, too, and if he likes it me putting him there, I make a ladder so he can get up and down on his own. (I better test before building the ladder, because my beardie tends to be picky, and very much "watch it a while, if it looks okay try it carefully, if that thing has never misbehaved over weeks then it's safe".
As there is a niche between this piece of furniture and another one, the ladder would fit in there, not being a tripping hazard for us humans.

 

[LarryTheLizard]

He likes only me((((

My girl’s the same!