Sleep time

Hi I have a bearded dragon named gizmo who is 6-7 months old, and i have seen a lot of posts talking about how right after the lights shut off they take their bearded dragon out a let it fall asleep in their cloths and what not.But I was kinda confused on how you would do that because do i put the bearded dragon back in the tank once it falls asleep? Will I wake him up if I do so? I just don't know how to go about this, I need some advice.
 

IAmAMirage

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Mirage
Hi I have a bearded dragon named gizmo who is 6-7 months old, and i have seen a lot of posts talking about how right after the lights shut off they take their bearded dragon out a let it fall asleep in their cloths and what not.But I was kinda confused on how you would do that because do i put the bearded dragon back in the tank once it falls asleep? Will I wake him up if I do so? I just don't know how to go about this, I need some advice.
Lets get some one to help you out!
@xp29

As for myself, I just let my beardie fall asleep inside the tank. Near lights out he will go into his hide and dig around in his moss before falling asleep. In my opinion you should just do whatever you feel comfortable with :)
 

NickAVD

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Foxy
Hi I have a bearded dragon named gizmo who is 6-7 months old, and i have seen a lot of posts talking about how right after the lights shut off they take their bearded dragon out a let it fall asleep in their cloths and what not.But I was kinda confused on how you would do that because do i put the bearded dragon back in the tank once it falls asleep? Will I wake him up if I do so? I just don't know how to go about this, I need some advice.
Mine often falls asleep on my chest.
I cover him with a thick baby blanket, leaving some air under the blanket, making a tunnel from the blanket to his nose.
After about an hour or two, I carefully transfer him to the terrarium, trying not to wake him. I do this with the lights off in the room and the terrarium, so that he doesn't wake up, he is very sensitive to light during sleep.
He is so used to this tradition that he often asks to be held before bed so that he can fall asleep on my chest.
 

NickAVD

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Foxy
do you do this after the lights shut off o night time or like mid day when the sun is still out
Usually this happens an hour before turning off the light in the terrarium. If Foxy is walking outside the terrarium, he climbs on me himself and starts to settle down to sleep, but this also happens in the evening about an hour before bedtime.
 

Bearded dragon lover

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You see im always worried that if I take them out before the lights turn of I am depriving them off their basking time and natural light time and they are getting too cold if i let them sleep for like a hour so i never know if i should keep them snuggled or put them back
 

NickAVD

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Beardie name(s)
Foxy
You see im always worried that if I take them out before the lights turn of I am depriving them off their basking time and natural light time and they are getting too cold if i let them sleep for like a hour so i never know if i should keep them snuggled or put them back
I wouldn't take a dragon out of the terrarium if he's warming up before going to sleep. And I wouldn't do it too often when he's still little. But if he's not and he doesn't mind being held before going to sleep, you can try what I do. When Foxy falls asleep on my chest under the blanket, he's definitely not cold, I move him an hour after he falls asleep and he warms up really well from the human body, eventually I put a warm pie in the terrarium lol.
 

xp29

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I'm the same as @NickAVD. I get my guys out an hour or even two before the lights go out. They settle on my chest, I use a cheap heating pad from family dollar to keep the warm. (The heating pads from family dollar, don't get that hot and don't automatically shut off so they work good) My guys expect this every night and get grumpy if I miss a night. When I'm ready to put them back, I also do so with the room dark. If they wake up it's barely and they go right back to sleep.
 

ChileanTaco

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Taco
Lets get some one to help you out!
@xp29

As for myself, I just let my beardie fall asleep inside the tank. Near lights out he will go into his hide and dig around in his moss before falling asleep. In my opinion you should just do whatever you feel comfortable with :)
I do the same. Also, because how his enclosure is structured, I could not get him out "before bedtime" - then either he still basks and prefers to sit under the lamp, or is already hiding. Also, my dragon doesn't stay long on me; 1 - 5 min, then he wants down, either going exploring or straight back to his enclosure waiting for me to let him in.

But, as beardies are different: You could try what xp29 describes. Maybe your dragon is into it.
There are likely tons of things where one beardie owner says there dragons are totally into it and another just wonders... Like I've read here about dragons not using any caves or hides - tell that Taco ;) (he is using hides and caves daily, if not multiple times a day and "could not live without it") :D
 

Bearded dragon lover

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Also what type of blanket do you use.I have a fluffy soft white one that I wrap around him but he always wiggles out I have to wait like 20 minutes before his body tempeture goes down and he starts to find a place to burrow into me, but before that if i take him out instantly its almost impossible to get him right into a burrito
 

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