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tonight I was sitting on my bed watching t.v. when i heard tapping I looked in the direction I heard the sound and saw my female beardie banging her head on her tank. Then she started taking her nose and shoving it into the corner of her tank and scratched at the side of her tank with her feet. Does anyone have any idea what she's doing? and I was thinking of getting a leopard gecko should I keep their tanks on opposite sides of the room?

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Beardie lover

>>tonight I was sitting on my bed watching t.v. when i heard tapping I looked in the direction I heard the sound and saw my female beardie banging her head on her tank. Then she started taking her nose and shoving it into the corner of her tank and scratched at the side of her tank with her feet. Does anyone have any idea what she's doing? and I was thinking of getting a leopard gecko should I keep their tanks on opposite sides of the room?
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>>Beardie lover

How old is she? If she's a year old or older she could be looking for a place to lay eggs. You have to be careful with females since they will lay eggs regardless of mating. You need to keep a laying box filled with vermiculite or other type of "tunnelling" soil handy for these periods.

If you're already familiar with this, then she could just be wanting out.
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Dl

I don't think t his has anythign to do with wanting to lay eggs. When close to laying eggs, they will scratch around the cage for a good place to lay eggs, will stop eating completely a few days before being ready to lay eggs and will obviously look quite large along the sides, unless it's a very small clutch, which could be the case with a young female with unfertile eggs.

What the nose tapping and scratching at the cage sides could be, is she may be trying to get at what she sees in the TV, if she has a view of your television in your room. I am assuming her cage is also in your bedroom where you watch tv. If the cage is small, she may be wanting to get out for more room. Or she could simply be trying to get your attention, it's hard to say why bearded dragons scratch at the sides of their cages. Mine used to do it when she wanted me to clean up after her in the mornings, or feed her. Sometimes she will do it when she wanted out for awhile. I had her in a large cage by herself, so she had penty of room (5'x2'x2'custom made cage).
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PHLdyPayne

Mine usually scratch and go crazy when they want my attention or a bath but there are times that they do it for a reason that we can't figure out. As far as laying eggs are concerned my girl was very restless before she laid her eggs a week ago but she ate up until a few hours before she laid her eggs so they don't always stop eating before they lay their eggs.

Now for your concern about your girl seeing a leopard gecko if you get one. I have 4 leo's in the same room as my male beardies they can all see each other and have no problems in fact they actually seem to like looking at each other but then again my beardies like to chase my parrot too so I could just have some really strange reptiles lol.

hi there

my bearded dragons seem to do the same thing at night! when i spray them with a mist jet.

dunno why

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