The "Morning Poof"?

[TamiLynne]

Hi guys,

I've noticed every morning after basking for an hour or so, my boy does a full-on black beard poofing display, throwing his head back and acting all badass.. But he's not directing it at anything or anyone, he's usually facing the wall on his basking rock. But it's literally every morning. Is that like a stretch? lol. Or is he just trying to show any other critters who might be watching that he's big & bad? He's only about 6 months old right now. I want to say he started doing it about 3 months ago.

Anyone else see this?

-Tami*

 

[jargonchipmunk]

both of mine do this too and they're nowhere near that old. They don't "black" beard. Just stretch the beard out real big a few times in the morning.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

He may see his reflection in the viv!! So he is trying to show who is the boss!! Good luck!!

 

[Krypton]

My beardie does this too. He doesn't black beard, but it probably doesn't matter whether they do or not. It was the first time I was actually able to see him poof out his beard. I remember being so excited seeing him poof his beard that I ran to get the camera, only to come back and see he that he was done poofing. He'd look at me and my camera like 'What? Can I help you? I ain't doin' nothin.' It took several days till I got a picture of him poofing so I could show my family and friends. He still likes to poof his beard in the mornings and he's now 11 months. He'll also fill up his body a little with air and do a total pancake and look all big and tough. It's silly. I agree in thinking it's a way for him to 'stretch' and help warm up and wake up.