my little guy just puffed up at me;(

[Duecej]

Ok so my little guy seems a little jumpy, we took him outside, my 9 year old son was holding him, he jumped off his lap and ran into a deep pile of bushes, making it very difficult to get him, once I got him he blew up and opened his mouth, he was not happy! My questions are, how much should we be handling him, I read handle him a lot, we take him out like 5 times a day, but he always wants to run away from us! I don't want him to hate us after this incident, any suggestions would be great.

 

[Bill]

Keep holding him but don't take him out side not yet

 

[Bill]

hold him when you are sitting watching tv when things are calm so he don't get spooked.

 

[Carmil07]

How old is your beardie? We started off just holding our Loki in the viv as he was only a few weeks old so quite skitty and with monty we sat down with him on the sofa he was fine being handled from the start though

 

[Duecej]

ok I wont take him outside! I believe he is mabe 2 months old! I am going to post my pics of his home and him, and if anyone has any feedback info on how old he is, cage recomendations etc, please let me know!
Thanks

 

[ajandj]

hi, i only let my kids hold Yoda inside with me next to them. (Yoda is 6 months??? and about 8 inches long from snout to tail tip). I only let them hold him about once a week while Yoda is so small and fragile. I however handle him basically constantly. I hand feed him on our coffee table and when the kids so to bed, i have Yoda out with me so he can explore. Poor Max( our 6 month old Jack Russell) gets a little annoyed as when Yoda is out, Max is chain so as not to have any unfortunate accidents. Beardies are VERY fast, blink and they are gone. Yoda flattens out when he is a little pee'd with me. I think they do it to make themselves look bigger. Just remember that what looks like a little fall to you, can be enormous to a tiny beardie

 

[LilytheBeardie]

If your beardie just about fits into your hand (without tail) I would say he is about 4 months old... and your viv looks awesome! he'll really grow into it

 

[Terra Colson Nicholson]

Funny my little girl is doing the same thing to me. I agree to not take that size of a baby outside, to risky.

 

[Jaime]

Im having a problem with mine being skittish too...sigh...atleast we arent alone! lol

 

[Brett]

This is typical baby dragon behavior.

 

[Duecej]

My little one is getting better, I only take him out when its just me and him, and its quite...seems to make him happy! He still wants to take off and explore, lol..He ate a piece of bannana from my finger FINALLY