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stress marks wont go away
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[QUOTE="blue11, post: 2016809, member: 50631"] In my personal experience, the “stress marks” don’t mean stress every time if that makes sense? Sometimes perfectly unstressed happy dragons can still have that patterning on their underside. After your baby does settle in, and any obvious stressed out behavior subsides - he very well may continue to have some of those markings now and then or even somewhat consistently as just part of who he is. I don’t feel like every dragon always has that perfectly uniform solid light belly / chest / etc 100% of the time. There are multiple environmental and internal factors that can also contribute to this, and not all of them are generated by something bad - sometimes they can just be part of who they are/ their colouring / their bodies, or naturally fluctuating temps, mood (and not always negative- sometimes excitement, tiredness, etc) time of day, and much more. These come and go, sometimes they stick around, and sometimes not. The display of them isn’t always signaling something off or wrong. If your dragon has a nice enclosure, correct temps, lighting, overall good husbandry, they are eating and drinking and pooping normally, and gets through the initial relocation/new environment stressors and warms up to you - yet still has those patterns on him, then things are probably fine and normal 🙂 I’m not disregarding the marks b/c they can certainly be an indictator of something wrong in conjunction with stressed behavior - however I do still feel like if you have eliminated the specific problems and resolved things, let him settle - they can be fine. I seem to recall babies in particular having them often anyway - and adults can too as well - even when all is well. I just wouldn’t rely on these marks alone as a soul indicator of stress. As far as lonley - they are solitary animals so I feel like being around predictable, trusting and familiar interaction (which you will build with him 🙂) is actually more beneficial and comforting than the constant uncertain hustle and bustle of a busy pet shop, people tapping on the glass, random loud sounds and random lights, all the things. I feel like he will appreciate and feel more at peace seeing you and your life now and then much more than the constant unpredictability of a shop. But this is just my thinking/opinion. And ofcourse each beardie is different, and you’ll come to know him better and he will come to know what to expect from you. And - show him love with consistency and care - and he will love you back ❤️ [/QUOTE]
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