brightdragon
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Hello! Toulouse is my first bearded dragon and I am paranoid I'm going to socialize him incorrectly as a baby, so I would love some advice. He is 3.5 months old right now, and I have had him for 5 weeks. Just for context, I have done a lot of research, I give him mainly dubias with calcium and vitamins (some that has D3, some that doesn't), I have the correct temperature ranges in his enclosure, UVB and a heat lamp, etc.
The boy looking positively obese yesterday:
He is very curious, always looking around at any movement in the bedroom from his basking spot in the cage. I didn't take him out for the first week, but I did hand feed him roaches and such. After that I started taking him out for about 5-20 mins once or twice a day. For the first couple of weeks he would allow me to take him out, but I could tell he wasn't super comfortable while he was out. He was always looking around at everything around him, even though he sat fairly still.
Two weeks ago to last week I have been feeding him outside his enclosure and he has seemed ok-ish with it. I'd hold him in my hand so he could eat from a bowl of roaches at least one meal a day outside the tank. Now, for the past week or so, he doesn't want to eat outside his house and seems to feel just confident enough to try and run back to his enclosure, which mind you is across the room and on a big dresser. But he sees it, and he tries to bolt there.
Inside his enclosure, he eats, I can pet him (sometimes not for more than 10 seconds or so, sometimes longer). But he really seems not to be getting used to being outside the cage at all, just enough to orient himself back home. I really want him to feel comfortable in my bedroom, in my office, eventually in the living room, and later on outside occasionally in his harness. But it has been 5 weeks and he still can't handle just my bed.
What do I do? Thanks in advance for any help!
The boy looking positively obese yesterday:
He is very curious, always looking around at any movement in the bedroom from his basking spot in the cage. I didn't take him out for the first week, but I did hand feed him roaches and such. After that I started taking him out for about 5-20 mins once or twice a day. For the first couple of weeks he would allow me to take him out, but I could tell he wasn't super comfortable while he was out. He was always looking around at everything around him, even though he sat fairly still.
Two weeks ago to last week I have been feeding him outside his enclosure and he has seemed ok-ish with it. I'd hold him in my hand so he could eat from a bowl of roaches at least one meal a day outside the tank. Now, for the past week or so, he doesn't want to eat outside his house and seems to feel just confident enough to try and run back to his enclosure, which mind you is across the room and on a big dresser. But he sees it, and he tries to bolt there.
Inside his enclosure, he eats, I can pet him (sometimes not for more than 10 seconds or so, sometimes longer). But he really seems not to be getting used to being outside the cage at all, just enough to orient himself back home. I really want him to feel comfortable in my bedroom, in my office, eventually in the living room, and later on outside occasionally in his harness. But it has been 5 weeks and he still can't handle just my bed.
What do I do? Thanks in advance for any help!
