My dragon keeps jumping at the glass and hiting and straching .this happens when we are in the room.

it's neck and chest goes black when i try to pick it up and dont let me pick it up and when i do it jumps out of my hands.

Hi,
How long have you had him and what is his setup like, temps etc?

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2.1.0 Bearded Dragons - Gizmo, Psycho & Harriet

we have had him near a year and his habitat is good as the people from the shop set it up for me

Hate to tell you this but most pet shops give out wrong info on setups etc, if you could give us a idea of the setup and temps like mummybear said that would help. But he could be doing this for a number of reasons, you said you have had him nearly a year so maybe he could be coming more "mature" so to speak and on the prowl for a female. He could just be wanting some attention even though you said he jumps out of your hand, he could just be wanting a roam about. How often do you take him out of his viv? And it could be something like his temps are a bit to high now if you have been changing bulbs and hes just got annoyed by this. Also beardies hate change in there viv and if i change anything about with theres then they usually hate me for it lol, ang go crazy at the glass annoyed at what you have done to there home! Have you changed anything in his viv recently?

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Mine does the same thing minus the jumping out of hand. The glass scratching alot of people call "glass dancing" and its regular for most bearded dragons to do 8/10 times its because they want attention.


For example mine does it when he has done a poo and he wants it cleared up ! However some do this to tell you it is to hot in there and they cannot cool down sufficently.


Lew.

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0.0.1 Bearded Dragons

Yes, I know my user isnt Pixel, but its my gaming name.

the temp is about 31oc and i have not made any changes to the viv i try to let him out 2 hours a day put it is mostly 5 mins a day he just like to run a way

Sounds like he just wants a bit more attention tbh.

Try and get him out as much as you can even if he does run away, he will get used to being out and not try and run away all the time, just make sure its in a room where he cant get into trouble lol.

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ok thanks i wil try that

i just let my biggens roam around the room when they do that, just open the door enough for them to get out, that way if it is the heat then that problems sorted too.

noticed someone said that beardies don't like change, I got a bigger viv for my male and got him a mate and they don't seem to like it when the heat bulds on, it gets a bit hotter than my males used to and i'd imagine than the female had in the pet shop, what temp would you recommend?