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Bearded Dragon Egg
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- 6
- Location
- Kansas City, MO
We picked up a new fella yesterday and this is our first bearded dragon. He came in to rescue after his owner lost her home. Yesterday when we went to pick him up he seemed pretty chill in the foster home and he ran up his perch and on to his foster mom's hand to come out as soon as she opened the cage. Very cool guy.
So, we get him home and set up his cage. I left everything the way it was except I took out a water bowl that literally took up 1/3 of the cage. His foster mom says he soaks himself every day but the size of this thing was seriously absurd. Being that he had now moved to two new homes in less than a week, I set him up, fed him, and left him alone. Several hours later I went to make sure the tank was heating up and he was just hanging out on his perch. After I left I heard a ruckus and I peeked back in to find him frantically glass surfing. It was 11pm so I just shut the lights off and he went to bed.
This morning he was calm, he had eaten his food, everything looked normal. I gave him fresh veggies and after I left the room I could hear him glass surfing again. We left the house for the day and when we came home he was hanging out and calm. I could tell he'd been calm during the day because he hadn't touched his food and everything was clean (he always scatters his food when he's trying to get out). We fed him some dubias, watched him eat, and then again when we left he started with the glass surfing again. I covered the side of the cage to decrease visual stimuli but every time I go in there he starts up again.
So, is he stressed, or does he just want to come out and visit?
So, we get him home and set up his cage. I left everything the way it was except I took out a water bowl that literally took up 1/3 of the cage. His foster mom says he soaks himself every day but the size of this thing was seriously absurd. Being that he had now moved to two new homes in less than a week, I set him up, fed him, and left him alone. Several hours later I went to make sure the tank was heating up and he was just hanging out on his perch. After I left I heard a ruckus and I peeked back in to find him frantically glass surfing. It was 11pm so I just shut the lights off and he went to bed.
This morning he was calm, he had eaten his food, everything looked normal. I gave him fresh veggies and after I left the room I could hear him glass surfing again. We left the house for the day and when we came home he was hanging out and calm. I could tell he'd been calm during the day because he hadn't touched his food and everything was clean (he always scatters his food when he's trying to get out). We fed him some dubias, watched him eat, and then again when we left he started with the glass surfing again. I covered the side of the cage to decrease visual stimuli but every time I go in there he starts up again.
So, is he stressed, or does he just want to come out and visit?