Not a morning beardie

[MajorRockstar]

My beardie, Major, never seems to want to get up in the morning. I usually put him to bed around 7 to 7:30. And he wakes up at around 7 sometimes early. He always looks at me while laying flat on his stomach. I turn on his uvb and heat lamp so he can have time to get the sleepiness out of his system. When it's almost time for me to leave, I attempt to feed him. He doesn't go after anything I give him though. I'll have to hand feed him in the morning so he gets something. After I feed him a bit he'll crawl to his batman and just stay there for awhile. He does just fine for lunch and dinner. Is it normal for beardies to be non morning dragon?

 

[CooperDragon]

I think that's pretty common. One of my dragons was like that so I'd set the lights to come on about half an hour before I woke up and then gave him another half an hour to warm up and get ready then he'd get his run around time and bath and breakfast before I left for work. Otherwise he was sleepy and grumpy in the mornings (just like me).

 

[MajorRockstar]

Ii can wake up peacefully now that I know it's normal and he's just doesn't like mornings. Thanks again Major thanks you to.

 

[onceblue]

My beardie hates mornings. Some mornings he can take a good hour or so to actually get around to basking because he likes to sleep in so much. I was worried about it at first, but he still eats well, grows, and has plenty of energy — after he's had time to grump about having to wake up.

This is my beardie this weekend after lights on — definitely not a morning beardie haha.

As long as your beardie seems healthy and happy otherwise, then he probably just prefers to have slower mornings.