Handling Your New Bearded Dragon

[@CactusPlant01]

i work at a pet store full time so i work usually 5-6 days a week 8 hour shifts and my first day i got out a specific bearded dragon and let him sit on my shoulder while i worked because he wanted out. that ended up being our little routine every shift because he would freak out every time he saw me. its been about a month and hes coming home with me this friday because were both now extremely attached to eachother. i love my job

[@adley.and.b]

Perfect timing i’m getting a beardie soon!!! So So soooo excited😁

[@soyue4949]

Me to

[@ellesreptiles]

Awww yay! Congrats! 🎉

[@adley.and.b]

@@soyue4949 Congrats!!!!

[@adley.and.b]

@@ellesreptiles Tysm!!!

[@yojessika11]

I am too! Next weekend! I've been binging all of Elle's videos on beardies and have been prepping for weeks now! So so excited 🥺

[@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016]

Bearded dragons are so derpy, I love them so much 💕

[@alexpaige3725]

I've had my beardie for about a year or so now and he's always on my shoulder when he's out and isn't wanting to roam around. Ever since he was a baby, I would take him out and he would just want to climb up my arms and sit on my shoulder. I used to call him my little parrot lol

[@snakesrule7067]

I made the mistake of handling on the first day. I took him out and walked around my room for 5 minutes with him in my hand about 5 times. Luckily he was good about it and didn’t get stressed out and just stayed on my hand. He liked me holding him.

[@savannahbritain7697]

I've watched a ton of videos on KZbin since getting my beardie a few months ago. Your videos have been so informative and helpful. Exactly what I was looking for to assure me I'm doing the right things and my new dragon is comfortable! Thanks for all you do 😊

[@jermontsumpter2754]

My female is 16 years old got her when she was 4 she loves me she’s in a 125 gallon tank and she loves when I hand feed her it’s our bonding time

[@joaquinplantinga350]

OH MY GOD MY HEART JUST DISSAPEARD i dont know how but my eyes read 25 five gallon and i was like daaaaaaa F

[@jermontsumpter2754]

@@joaquinplantinga350 no she’s in a 125 gallon

[@joaquinplantinga350]

@@jermontsumpter2754 i know but at first I read 25😂

[@jermontsumpter2754]

@@joaquinplantinga350 😂the only thing I have in a 25 is my live aquarium plants

[@magical.gc_]

mine not even a year and he is in a 160 gallon😂

[@kiiwhee7688]

I used to put my hand in my leopard gecko Gizmo's tank for 5 minutes a day in an attempt to get her used to me...she never took anything to do with me. Out of frustration I just said "whatever" and started spot checking her tank with her in it and out of no where now when she sees me she just waits on my hand, smells me and continues on with whatever she's doing lol funny how things work. keep up the good work

[@deleted6835]

Because of you, my dragon is healthy and he loves attention! Thank you so much!

[@ellesreptiles]

Aww 🥺 I'm so glad I could help! ♥️

[@deleted6835]

Red says thank you 😊

[@Witchy_Kitty01]

Definitely would love to see more about how to bond with them I have a girl that is new to me that is about eight months old and she’s super feisty and I’m definitely gonna take your advice and give her about a week and see how things go and try my best to get things started for I have a good bit of reptiles but this is my first time having a bearded dragon and I really want her to be like a best friend and I know it takes a lot of hard work and care

[@agentcarranzo]

Im getting mine in two days.

[@kellyj8075]

Your video's are so informative, i am trying to do what you suggest. I had a beardie for 12 years he recently passed, i recently got a new baby. He started out so nice, would step on my hand when i first got him or sit on my chest. he is about 4 months, and for the past 2 weeks as soon as i open the cage door he flares up and tries to bite or runs. I dont have other animals and its only my husband and i. i have taken him to the vet to ensure he is healthy and he is. I even went to a reptile show and was told all kinds of different advise some conflicting. He has a very large cage and sufficient lighting. I was told to reduce the size of his tank, now i did he stays hidden. I really want to have a friendly pet, what can i do? when he flares up i still pick him up as i dont want him to feel he is boss. But i also dont want to scare him. can you help me get the pet that i desire?

[@get_lucky6402]

How has the progress been. I just mine at about 8 months old. He's great. I handle him a few times a day and keep it in small bursts and feed him a little treat after handling. Usually I walk him to the window so he can stare outside a bit. I'm excited for him to start growing. Hope you're having a better time of it and can hold your dragon

[@youknowit158]

Thanks!

[@davidphillips2798]

Good morning Elle, hope you're Sunday is amazing. I always hold my buddies bearded dragon on my chest, he just sits there and relaxes.

[@ellesreptiles]

I hope your Sunday is amazing as well! Yea, beardies are so awesome for just being able to relax and so nothing while we watch TV or play games. 😊

[@davidphillips2798]

@@ellesreptiles Trezza always just relaxes when I take her out of her tank. Sometimes she even does watch TV with me lol.

[@snakesrule7067]

My baby beardie sits on my palm.

[@troycamp9819]

Like to thank you. I have just got my 1 st bearded dragon. I like him very much. I am have problems trying to get some Dubai's.

[@jeffreydowning4044]

Great stuff - just rehomed an adult beardie a few weeks ago and this is very helpful.

[@Witchy_Kitty01]

Definitely would love to see more about how to bond with them I have a girl that is new to me that is about eight months old and she’s super feisty and I’m definitely gonna take your advice and give her about a week and see how things go and try my best

[@milesanthony7577]

Hello and thank you for providing this information. I wanted to ask what to clean glass of my beardie habitat?

[@legitcrafts9169]

what i did was sit near the tank for the first week so that they know when i walk by they are saf so i just sat near the tank for a while and read or drew and so thats bonding time without touching them. hope this helped!

[@rickytroymoseley4371]

This is super helpful.... watching this a 2nd time . . .maybe need to watch again . . I have not as patient with my beardie as I should have been

[@cavinbardi2375]

Awesome video as always. You bring a fun & entertaining but most importantly educational video to anyone watching. Keep up the awesomeness!!!

[@ellesreptiles]

Haha well thank you! 😊

[@mirandagarrett4231]

You seem to be very knowledgeable and I love watching your videos and my 1st time bearded dragon owner and people are telling me that I'm overreacting I'm always so worried about the lighting and the temperature and the humidity but I have never had my bearded dragon I gotta as a hatchling it's now 8 months old I've never had my bearded dragon puff it's beard out at me it's never ran from me at the cage it actually goes up to the glass when it sees me and the moment I open it climbs in my hand and just recently it has climbed from my hand and all the way up and sat on my shoulder does this mean that it trusts me and is content and since about week one has eaten from my hand

[@dakotahbautista9541]

I love your videos and I like how you always do the bloopers at the end! I was wondering if you could do a video like this but with leopard geckos I hope you have a good week l!!!

[@michael1688]

I just got mine a few weeks ago and it still seems like it doesn’t like me. Every time I even put my hand in the tank it’ll gods at me? I’ve been hand feeding for like 2 weeks and still nothing.

[@wanderingoldsoul420]

How am I supposed to feed my dragon in his tank, without removing him to remove the remaining bugs? I'm having this issue and I don't want to make him uncomfortable, but I keep having this "first week don't touch" rule replaying in my head.

[@MrPeter924]

So cute Bearded Dragons 🐉 Reptile

[@Drago1995]

like the background music

[@brandynstieger4786]

My bearded dragon was adopted. And she hates to be tucked but She has learned to trust me so I’m able to do stuff in her cage. 🙂

[@ellesreptiles]

Yay! That's so good to hear 😊 I'm glad you were able to get her that far 🥰

[@brandynstieger4786]

For some animals that is all they need 🙂

[@dakotahbautista9541]

I love your videos they are always so amazing, love your bearded dragon she is so cute

[@blake694]

Thx for video got my own beardie yesterday today It let me handle them suprising. It only ate 10 dubia roaches I'm worried any advice

[@adley.and.b]

That’s great considering you got them yesterday!

[@ellesreptiles]

That's awesome! Congrats 🎉 You just got your beardie yesterday, so it may start eating more as the days go on. 😊 But it's also perfectly normal for them to eat a lot less dubia than they would crickets, because dubia are much more filling. Zsasz would eat 30-40 crickets in one sitting if I let her, but she'll only eat about 5-7 dubia before she's full 😊

[@blake694]

@@ellesreptiles thx for the help

[@jermontsumpter2754]

Your videos are very educational and great

[@nintendobluerose9776]

Im going to by some dubia roaches, which size should i get for my future baby beardie?

[@devendoiel7383]

I want to ask a question about I ❤️ geckos covers do they fit for a aquatic tank as well?

[@TatianasTinyZoo]

Great video, and beautiful beardie!

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@PULAG]

What's wrong with wild bugs with the exception of the poisonous ones? Can they eat a worm or wild cricket?

[@GodGunsGills]

Thumbs up! Great video again

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you! 😊

[@katherinesulman2303]

I have a question, where can you get cheap bearded dragons?

[@ellaschmitt1383]

Love your channel you are sooooo helpful ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@robertduncan7098]

I have a bearded dragon 2

[@BigLizardEnergy]

Mine is 1 years old and isnt skittish, he just stays where I put him and doesn't do anything. Im worried. He has been getting direct sunlight every day (3 days since I got him at this time) and has a heating lamp right above him in his enclosure.

[@nicholasaaseby4311]

I just got my first one I don't have a good track record with reptiles so Im scared shitless

[@wackyantman5893]

I’d love a big chonky lizard but I don’t have the room 😞

[@amykins1815]

Your awsome thank you

[@Herpingalabama]

Great vid, Hey I send something in the mail for you and I’m not sure if it made it. Just checking to see if you got it, thanks

[@ellesreptiles]

I just went and checked my PO Box and got it. Thank you so much!!! I love it! It's so cute. 😊

[@Herpingalabama]

@@ellesreptiles yay! Your welcome I’m so glad you like it

[@nilsandersson96]

Would you say it's easier to bond with a crestie or beardie

[@ellesreptiles]

It varies from animal to animal, but generally beardies. Cresties are very jumpy and active as babies, and sometimes can be a bit shy until they get older. Beardies are usually pretty easy to handle/deal with all through life. But again, that's not always the case 😊

[@lisahouston1457]

First off I would like to say that I do love your videos, they're great and very informative. I have a bearded dragon than I gave to my granddaughter. She is now 12 and has lost interest. I have realized that a bearded dragon can live a good little life if you care for them. This is why I have reached out to you. I would like to find out some of the best care for him. Anybody ready to have I do over the road driving. I would like to know what would be some of the best things that I can do to keep my bearded dragon comfortable. As well as safe and healthy. Are there any pointers that you can give me that will help. I personally will be more than likely holding him a lot. By the way his name is Spike!

[@lisahouston1457]

Thank you

[@lisahouston1457]

Excuse the Miss Prince as well as sentences out of place. But if you could please put it together and respond I would be very grateful. Thank you

[@chantinarivers1134]

Hello I’ve had my bearded dragon since November she won’t let me pet her. I can hand feed her, but she still will not let me pick her up or try to hold her without being aggressive. Can you help please and thank you

[@hypedscar3583]

i need to present a pros and cons list for my parents to get a beardie pls tell me a few points thanks :)

[@ellesreptiles]

Hi! I actually have pros and cons videos already. They're called "Why You Should Get a Bearded Dragon", and "Why You Shouldn't Get a Bearded Dragon" 😊

[@hypedscar3583]

@@ellesreptiles oh nice thanks alot watching that vid rn i might finally get a beardie :)

[@megletish]

Thanks for this! Ours is about 2 years old, got him as a baby, but after 2 months started biting us and we have never been able to handle him since. Is he just very aggressive or are we doing something wrong?

[@kellyfranc2635]

Hey i have a question can I buy a ikea detolf for a bearded dragon

[@ellesreptiles]

The tall glass cases? That wouldn't be good for them. While they climb a little, they are mostly terrestrial lizards and need lots of floor space to run around in.

[@TylerMYName]

Here is something funny so my cousin gave me his bearded dragon. He is an adult and he’s pretty chill. I can pet him, but I am scared to pick them up. I don’t know why lol in order for me to pick him up. Somebody got to pick him up and hand him to me 😂😂 that’s how I got to handle him. I don’t know why I’m just scared to just pick them up. He is nice I guess I feel discomfort by his belly skin lol if he was a baby den I’ll have no problem but I wanted to save em by taking him in I’m not scared of them. I don’t know it’s weird if that make sense I highly doubt it does but yeah 😂 Rn I’m in the process of getting everything already spent like probably 400 plus lol the tank is a 20 gallon but I’m about to order a 40 slide doors is better to me idk why easier but yup lol

[@aaronbond6425]

My bearded dragon has a awesome custom desert style enclosure and I’m thinking about buying a zen habitat big tank since he’s getting bigger but I really want to switch to a bioactive environment that is fully equipped with a natural habitat less cleaning, but will switching environments stress him out and how would you go about that?

[@ellesreptiles]

Switching environments may cause a little bit of stress, but it's ok! It's actually good for them (as long as you're not doing it a lot), as it's giving them new things to learn and explore. 😊

[@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016]

I can recommend JTB reptiles for bioactive bearded dragon info if you're unsure 😊

[@hollyjoseph1613]

do you clip your dragons nails?

[@slxmba_]

great content!

[@stephenconley5173]

I’m getting a male for Christmas I’m naming him russel

[@courtneyhowe8832]

Can Beardies eat cooked veggies/greens? I am reaching, before I buy a Beardie.

[@willfogg8463]

As I’m watching this vid my beardie is patting on his glass and its so annoying😂😂😂

[@bayat5165]

I have one question whenever i try to pick my dragon up he tries to poop on me, he is only a couple moths old so I dont know if he will grow out of it but if anyone has any tips to fix that please let me know.

[@ellesreptiles]

I've never had that problem with beardies, but my crested gecko does this sometimes if my hands are warm. Just because the warmth gets things moving haha. But it may also be stress if he's squirming while you're trying to pick him up? If that's the case, definitely ease him into being picked up.

[@bayat5165]

Ok, thanks I’ll try to ease him into me handling him.

[@kodyb1145]

I'm trying to learn about this bearded dragon over here and this lady is distacting me lol, DAAAAAANG she is prettyyy. Wowzers. I've had to rewind like ten times and refocus on the lizard.

[@Dwights_trash_can]

Am I early enough to be first commenter? Lmao

[@ellesreptiles]

You are! 😊

[@godsmackfreak13]

I had my baby beardie for about a month now, and no matter what i do he NEVER wants to be handled. Ive been taking it really slow, but the moment I walk near the tank he runs and hides. Its really unfortunate because I HAVE to chase him around to take him to the vet and give him a bath. He hates drinking water, despite being dehydrated... Im completely at a loss. I guess ill just keep trying.

[@aylamc2219]

Hey how’s it going ?

[@Jared-l6n]

These videos are very helpful and you fine as hell 😍😍😍

[@ndflatt]

I definitely don’t kiss that good boys belly 😬😬

[@ellaschmitt1383]

What is an easier reptile to keep in your opinion, bearded dragon or ball python. And yes I understand they are two very different animals. (not trying to sound rude)❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🙂🙂🙂

[@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016]

Like you said they are very different and each person will tell you what they personally have experienced. It shouldn't come down to "which one is easier" it should be which one you genuinely prefer to own. All animals can be "easy" or hard. Some basic info is lizards in general are more active than snakes and they tend to be more aware of you. Snakes live a lot longer than lizards 20-30 years (that's a big commitment). Bearded dragons have and need a very varied diet they can get bored of eating the same salads or bugs every day. It might not be easy to find or it might be expensive. Ball pythons are known to go weeks/months without food which can get expensive quickly (having to buy rats all the time only for the snake to refuse). Both bearded dragons and ball pythons are very calm and can be handled in general BUT keep in mind that each animal is an individual and you could end up getting one that hates it or just gets stressed out. I mention this because many get a reptile because they have the idea that they enjoy handling so they make good pets but the truth and fact is reptiles do not enjoy handling and it is known to cause more harm than good. So be aware that you might no actually get to interact with either a bearded dragon or ball python as much as you would like. Both make greats pets as long as you know and respect what they are. To summarize this once again choose the one you would like to watch and spend money on for the next 10 years at least. I was in the same position you are in I ended up going with a bearded dragon and I don't regret it 😊

[@ellaschmitt1383]

@@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016 umm ok thanks. geez you didnt need to write a whole essay for me but thanks.

[@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016]

@@ellaschmitt1383 I wasn't trying to I just thought it would be best to be as informative as possible since you're planning on getting an animal...but I guess you only wanted a simple answer.

[@ellaschmitt1383]

@@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016 No your fine it was very helpful

[@stuckinthelazycorneragain4016]

@@ellaschmitt1383 Ok!