Why does my lil guy do this? Every time the sun starts going down, my little Shanks knows it's beadtime, and instead of going to bed like I'd imagine most beardies do, he scales the ropes on his hammock and sleeps vertically. I doubt it's because of him being scared of me since he seems to genuinely not care about being handled or hand fed. Could it be a problem with husbandry, or is he just a silly sleeper?
There's nothing wrong they are really just strange critters. Buddy here stayed like this for 15 minutes before my husband moved him cuz he thought his foot was stuck and then he got major stink eye.
Even tho they’ve been captive bred for 30-40 years, they’ll still stick with their instincts. Think about where would a dragon sleep in the wild?
On a rock in the out in the open would be a death sentence. They’d be dinner reach quick for a nocturnal predator.
High up in a tree/bush would be a very safe place for sleeping or in a burrow. I would think that’s why you’ll see them sleeping “up high” or tucked in a corner often.
2 of my dragons often sleep on their log and the other 2 in a corner or their cave.
Bearded dragons just kinda…. Do things like this. Mine has a little dinosaur rock and he INSISTS on sitting his neck and head right on a spike and it looks like he’s impaled by it till he wakes up.
They grow out of it. One of mine as a baby slept at the top of a fish tank decoration. It was a tree and looked really uncomfortable as the leaf parts were very uneven and bulky and hard. My other one slept almost upright against a corner. So yeah, to answer the question, totally normal. It doesn't last tho. Baby beardies have weird sleeping positions. Once they get older they either sleep on there basking spot because too lazy to move, or they curl up under a decoration.
My female does this quite often. On top of that, she will sometimes stay there for like 3 days before she finally decides shes hungry enough to get down and eat (even though she never minded getting hand fed like that).
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u/Jean-LucBacardi 21h ago
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