I have noticed this. Especially true with the youngest hatchlings. It seems that as they get older the behaviour changes and they move lower to the sturdier branches.

Even my 6-mo-olds seem to have changed this already. I have a slab of cork bark, several branches, nets, and vines. They seem, at this age, to sleep under the leaves in the upper branches now. One will always be on the highest vine but I swear he camps out there 24/7! LOL!!

Your theory on the leaf temperature and basking make good sense. The sun would warm them up kick-starting their day. I'm sure they wouldn't want to remain on the leave like that during the day or they would be easy prey for many birds and other predators. This would give them their daily dose of sunlight/Vit D as well.

Jobi, this forum is slow, always has been. I have been very frusterated with this. When I started there were a lot of regulars here, don't know where they went! since then others have come and gone but it is just slow. I crave information. I need others to bounce ideas off of and others to kick-start my thinking. Instead I end up being the instructor. Not that I mind helping, I think there is a need and heaven knows I don't want to see every beginner killing their dragons. But it is good to have some more advanced keepers interested in this species too. There just aren't that many yet!

There are a few people starting to breed them though and that is a start. If they are going to breed they are going to have to dig deeper too!




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