Beardie Standing on nails

[rflyn0742]

My bearded dragon seems to be standing on his nails and I was wondering if that is normal it doesn’t look comfortable to me at all. Also today I notice his smallest finger looks broken. Any suggestions? (Furthest left finger in both pictures. And they are on both hands.

Thank you

 

[Sadie]

My bearded dragon seems to be standing on his nails and I was wondering if that is normal it doesn’t look comfortable to me at all. Also today I notice his smallest finger looks broken. Any suggestions? (Furthest left finger in both pictures. And they are on both hands.

Thank you

What is in the tank and has this happened since you got him or before? If your using a hammock in the tank and its a mesh please get a different one like a fleece or a cloth try etsy.com or pamperedbeardies.com -- are you using carpet in the tank ?

 

[Sadie]

I had someone else take a look and this is what they said

The nails are always going to be like that to a degree but it also depends on what the flooring is and also if there are at least some rock like decor for them to wear down the nails. All dragons are different, some that dig in their tank a lot wear their nails way down, some don't have enough objects or activity to wear their nails down. Some snag a nail or 2 on hammocks or just in general when jumping around. So yours doesn't look out of the ordinary.