Whos BD went crazy In the sun yesterday! - Page 2

cracksolja · #11 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:20 PM

lol we bought our BD his own bath hes very fussy...... he is a true artist at evading veg tho and getting mealies out which are un the veg he kinda covers every angle if he realises he cant get the mealie he waits for it to surface absolute pest with his veg

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Originally Posted by Kami22

I bathed mine the other day and when it came to taking her out she sort of hit my hand rapidly with her fore arm as if to say 'five more minutes mam'! it was so cute!

zoeu · #12 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Durhamchance

My beardie went to bed when I got home at 6pm, cos hes in a mood with me!

Still sulking about the food then?

R0NST3R · #13 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:26 PM

I keep all my reps in a cool room so if the temps do get to warm out my reptiles don't over heat. Although my beardy has been going crazy in her enclosure. I let her run about and she just sits there at the doors but wont come out unless I get her out and put her on my sholder

HadesDragons · #14 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:28 PM

They tend to get like that when the weather's nice. They can sense air pressures etc, so they know when the outside conditions are good, and seem to use that as more of a behavioural cue than the actual cage temperatures.

To a male in particular, nice day + breeding season = look for females.

That's probably why he was charging around (patrolling his territory / looking for new territory) and head bobbing (claiming territory). It doesn't matter that a male can't see a female; many will want to claim territory anyway, incase a female happens to walk through...

If we get a decent summer this year, I'd expect many of them to continue being a bit loopy at times.

A couple of years ago I converted a couple of rabbit runs into outdoor cages on the lawn, added swimming pools (up to a 4' x 2' one for Spyro) and put some outside during the day. At first they were a bit wary and agorophobic, but soon got into the swing of things. I set the cages up like regular vivaria - rocks, branches etc, with a grass "substrate". Oddly enough for a desert-dwelling lizard, Spyro spent an awful lot of his time swimming in his pool. He even learnt to push off into deep water from some rocks I had put at one end, and would swim around like a crocodile / iggy does, using its tail.

cracksolja · #15 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:33 PM

cool, I wasnt to sure I knew the signs of dominance and possibler territory but the thing is the area he was roaming he has been roaming for 4 months last time he head bopped was in his viv the 2nd day i had him when my kitten who is an all black cat came in to look at him, she was so scared she ran off lol

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Originally Posted by HadesDragons

They tend to get like that when the weather's nice. They can sense air pressures etc, so they know when the outside conditions are good, and seem to use that as more of a behavioural cue than the actual cage temperatures.

To a male in particular, nice day + breeding season = look for females.

That's probably why he was charging around (patrolling his territory / looking for new territory) and head bobbing (claiming territory). It doesn't matter that a male can't see a female; many will want to claim territory anyway, incase a female happens to walk through...

If we get a decent summer this year, I'd expect many of them to continue being a bit loopy at times.

zoeu · #16 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:34 PM

So I should expect Jelly to spring board off me every time I open the viv while the weathers nice then?!

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Originally Posted by HadesDragons

They tend to get like that when the weather's nice. They can sense air pressures etc, so they know when the outside conditions are good, and seem to use that as more of a behavioural cue than the actual cage temperatures.

To a male in particular, nice day + breeding season = look for females.

That's probably why he was charging around (patrolling his territory / looking for new territory) and head bobbing (claiming territory). It doesn't matter that a male can't see a female; many will want to claim territory anyway, incase a female happens to walk through...

If we get a decent summer this year, I'd expect many of them to continue being a bit loopy at times.

A couple of years ago I converted a couple of rabbit runs into outdoor cages on the lawn, added swimming pools (up to a 4' x 2' one for Spyro) and put some outside during the day. At first they were a bit wary and agorophobic, but soon got into the swing of things. I set the cages up like regular vivaria - rocks, branches etc, with a grass "substrate". Oddly enough for a desert-dwelling lizard, Spyro spent an awful lot of his time swimming in his pool. He even learnt to push off into deep water from some rocks I had put at one end, and would swim around like a crocodile / iggy does, using its tail.

HadesDragons · #17 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zoeu

So I should expect Jelly to spring board off me every time I open the viv while the weathers nice then?!

Possibly.

Once they have had nice weather for a bit of time, the novelty seems to wear off a bit - they have claimed their territory, are satisfied that no-one wants to fight them for it etc. Sometimes they stay a bit crazy though; usually they tone it down after a few days of good weather.

Durhamchance · #18 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zoeu

Still sulking about the food then?

yup!

Hes got dandilions, red pepper and yellow pepper today. I showed him the bowl this morning and got that- "not again" look!

SnuffBunny · #19 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 01:13 PM

My two ladys were a bit weird yesterday.
Both going mental to get out, opend the viv n off they went!
No head bobbing though!
Lots of speedy bursts of sprinting around though.

Luckily, i cought boosh trying to have a poop on the (white) carpet...Sooo sooo close!

spongebob321 · #20 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 04:47 PM

my bearded dragon is always crazy

maybe its mating season???

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