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agressive baby?

pac-man Jun 24, 2006 02:50 PM

are all baby beardies aggressive???
cuz when i go to handle to mine he latches on to my finger and it gets really annoying.
will he stop eventually?

Replies (1)

PHLdyPayne Jun 24, 2006 04:13 PM

Babies can be overly aggressive. Remember they see you as a huge dangerous monster. They do grow out of it with patients and constant handling, despite their biting attempts. Just be careful not to drop him when you take him out of the cage.

You can also just wear gloves for awhile and let him bite the gloves for all he's worth but still hold him for awhile till he stops biting then put him back. He will soon learn biting isn't going to do him any good and when he doesn't bite he gets put down so these should teach him biting isn't worth the effort. It can take a few weeks to train him this or several months, all dragons are different on how quick they taem down.

One good benefit, baby dragon bites don't really hurt at all,
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PHLdyPayne

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