It is just a sign that he is not ready to be handled. You may need to work on building up some more trust. If you have successfully picked up your dragon, hold him close to your body. It will keep him from falling out of your hands and will help him to feel safe and secure — not to mention warm! Start cuddle time off on the right foot. Make sure NOT to do these things when handling a beardie. Numerous bearded dragon owners have their own stories, which you can find online about cuddling with their beardies.
I will tell you how I safely cuddle my dragons. We enjoy sitting on the couch because I can lean back and allow them to crawl on my front and shoulders with virtually no worries.
Sometimes they even put their heads down and nap on me. Sometimes my dragon will sit on my chest, and I simply put one hand gently behind him and pet his head. It helps him feel secure and sometimes leads to a nap. Some dragon owners have mentioned lying down and holding their dragon while they relaxed. I do not recommend this because if you fall asleep and roll over, crushing your beardie, you are going to be heartbroken and angry at yourself.
The blankets on our bed are not a substitute for a heat lamp. Here is a story some of you may have heard about. Kayto is a 2-year-old dragon who lives in Scotland. He was a pet store dragon and is a real snuggler. The little guy started out very tiny, and his owner suspects he was being sold much too early. Nonetheless, his new owner took him home and was determined to make sure he grew up strong as an ox.
Despite their best efforts, Kayto was still a very stressed beardie. His owner was patient and kind and worked with him every day to get him feeling good. Although some may still need taming there are plenty who are already well into appreciating their human companion. How your bearded dragon reacts to you is dependent on both you and your bearded dragons personality. Bearded dragons are very capable learners and quickly start to associate your sound and scent with the experience that it brings whether good or otherwise.
In recent years research has been able to find evidence that bearded dragons are sentient beings. This has many repercussions. From the pet owners side, it means we need to be more alert to behaviors that indicate that our bearded dragons are seeking our attention. Sentience is the capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively. Bearded dragon cuddles are essentially a snuggle up into you and and perhaps progressing into seeking a gentle scratch around the ear.
Without the facial muscles to create expressions and sounds that tell us they are enjoying their snuggle; it is hard for us to gauge how much they enjoy it. Yet all over the world there are more than just bearded dragon owners, in fact reptile owners of many species, that speak of how much their reptiles enjoy being with them. On the other hand, there are plenty of reptile owners who find their reptiles aloof and are equally convinced that the relationship is little more than that of survival.
They see their reptiles simply relating humans to food and other needs. This does not mean that the relationships are not enjoyable, just in a different form. Some reptile owners enjoy watching their pets just be reptiles whereas others want to experience a close bond. Log in Register.
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Thread starter Spencer Start date Dec 3, Status Not open for further replies. Spencer Hatchling Member. I know in the wild beardies are solitary and older beardies will even eat babies so why do they like or allow us to cuddle? I know my beardie likes it because she scoots up to me and snuggles up and falls asleep but you'd think they would be really uneasy around us big animals.
Spencer Hatchling Member Original Poster. Click to expand Glitch Hatchling Member. I know that scientifically speaking, they can't feel "love" like a person does, however, I'm sure that, as they may enjoy a certain food, or place, be comfortable and happy, they can enjoy us, and understand that, unlike a warm heater, they can use their slave that protects them and pets them as a cozier, warm place to snuggle and be happy.
Lurhstaap Juvie Member. Well, as a science-oriented person, this is the very trait which addicts me to beardies and fascinates me about them. They are -not- truly social animals with regard to their own kind, but they -are- unequivocally social when it comes to humans! Their behavior, when interpreted in the light of Occam's razor, must be interpreted as fond, if not necessarily 'loving' in a human or mammalian sense. Basically, my personal hypothesis is that beardies have a partly developed social capacity which may be more developed in some individual dragons than in others -- which is why some of them get along better with other dragons than others do -- but it's that rudimentary social capacity which allows them to bond with us.
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