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They do form very strong bonds with their humans .
... also when I was in hospital , and really worried about the scaley babies , my wife couldn't make it in to visit me and so she called me , then she had the bright idea of putting the phone on speaker phone so I could speak to the lizards each one at a time, tells me each one of the instantly showed they recognized my voice and all were baffled by the fact they hear me but I was not anywhere in sight , eyes and heads turned here there and everywhere trying to find daddy, and each of the beardies showed their happy colours on hearing my voice .... I wish I had been present to see this .
Have you tried hand feeding her ? it's quite OK to hand feed your little beardie it's bugs and really easy to do , and comes with the added benefits that
>> you will less worried (you'll know beardies has eaten some quality food
>> you can build a really tight trusting bond even with the most skittish lizard by handfeeding
.... all my gang are handfed most their bugs, of cause this isn't necessary if i'm offering a type of live insect they LOVE ....ie silkworms , superworms and mealworms (last two are bribes / treats only). I've handfeeding lizards since Lucky.
They quickly learn the difference between fingers and bugs and mostly are very dainty now in how they take the unfortunate bugs from between my fingers.
The occasional accidential finger tip nip is worth it - these are usually my fault when they happen - don't multitask while handfeeding a bluetongue or beardie --- the result can be OUCH !
... also when I was in hospital , and really worried about the scaley babies , my wife couldn't make it in to visit me and so she called me , then she had the bright idea of putting the phone on speaker phone so I could speak to the lizards each one at a time, tells me each one of the instantly showed they recognized my voice and all were baffled by the fact they hear me but I was not anywhere in sight , eyes and heads turned here there and everywhere trying to find daddy, and each of the beardies showed their happy colours on hearing my voice .... I wish I had been present to see this .
Have you tried hand feeding her ? it's quite OK to hand feed your little beardie it's bugs and really easy to do , and comes with the added benefits that
>> you will less worried (you'll know beardies has eaten some quality food
>> you can build a really tight trusting bond even with the most skittish lizard by handfeeding
.... all my gang are handfed most their bugs, of cause this isn't necessary if i'm offering a type of live insect they LOVE ....ie silkworms , superworms and mealworms (last two are bribes / treats only). I've handfeeding lizards since Lucky.
They quickly learn the difference between fingers and bugs and mostly are very dainty now in how they take the unfortunate bugs from between my fingers.
The occasional accidential finger tip nip is worth it - these are usually my fault when they happen - don't multitask while handfeeding a bluetongue or beardie --- the result can be OUCH !