my beardie is suddenly skittish?

[aethersdead]

hi i’m new here, nice to meet y’all, im vinny! i have a bearded dragon about ~4 months old and his name is toothless. he used to be extremely comfortable with me, allowing me to hold him and carry him around but all of sudden he’s skittish? he’s also suddenly hiding under his rock a lot more which wasn’t usual to him before and i’m not sure why . he jumps off of my hand and runs all over the place and i can’t seem to understand his stress. any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[xp29]

hi i’m new here, nice to meet y’all, im vinny! i have a bearded dragon about ~4 months old and his name is toothless. he used to be extremely comfortable with me, allowing me to hold him and carry him around but all of sudden he’s skittish? he’s also suddenly hiding under his rock a lot more which wasn’t usual to him before and i’m not sure why . he jumps off of my hand and runs all over the place and i can’t seem to understand his stress. any advice would be greatly appreciated!

If something in his environment changed (a new pet, furniture rearranged, more noise, ect) that can stress them. Also reaching for them from above can do it. Even something like being able to see his reflection on the glass can cause stress for them.

 

[aethersdead]

If something in his environment changed (a new pet, furniture rearranged, more noise, ect) that can stress them. Also reaching for them from above can do it. Even something like being able to see his reflection on the glass can cause stress for them.

thank you for responding! i’ve put some thought into it and could be because of my little sister reaching in to mess with him while im gone so ill see if that’s related! he just had a bath and seems to be okay but ill definitely try to quiet his surroundings!

 

[xp29]

thank you for responding! i’ve put some thought into it and could be because of my little sister reaching in to mess with him while im gone so ill see if that’s related! he just had a bath and seems to be okay but ill definitely try to quiet his surroundings!

It could be her, especially ifcshe is reaching for him from above.

 

[AHBD]

I agree that if a smaller child is reaching in they can be more rough or " chasing " with their hand. Little children also don't know how easy it is to hurt a very tiny [ compared to us ] animal. It's not about reaching in from above, they are used to that from the time they are hatchlings.