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Hey there guys and gals.....I am an owner of a baby beardie (its about 5-6 weeks old). I am usually the person who gives her "attention" and holds her. My boyfriend sometimes picks Noodles up. When he is holding her, she is like a wild animal...full of energy and tries to run around, licking him all over. When I hold her, she just hangs out - and usually falls asleep on me...barely ever licking me anymore. Do beardies know who you are or can they tell the difference between people???? Thanks so much for the help!

I would have to say yes. Either by smell, or voice or the way you hold her she can tell. Mine are always content in my hands, when a friend or my mom is over and desides to show them love they are always alert and more active. I guess with me they know for a fact they are not going to get hurt. I'm real gentile with them and they seem to trust me more, and let me do things they wouldn't let others do.
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Mystical Dragons

Thanks for all the replies. I just wish that every time I held "Noodles" that she would stay awake. She loves sleeping on me as if I was a heat rock.....but once she is asleep I dont have the heart to wake her. Pretty interesting facts guys! Thanks again!

we have many dragons, but a few are our favorites and we theirs also.

One named Myst I brought home, feed her, clean her and care for her. But she spends her days with Axe, he is home 24/7 as a webdesigner and her tank for the first several months was next to his computer..... she just fell for him, to the point of actually giving me this hostile look like I was an alien when I came in the room (her room) around Axe (her man). We moved here to a location that she in not around him constantly, but when he comes into that room it is pitiful to see her pacing her tank and you can see she is begging him to pick her up..... still if I do touch her, she draw way back form me and glares at me.

Dayton, put him down anywhere and he runs to me and climbs under my chin. Sandy refuses to recognize that there are any other dragons in the house, she will make a point of looking anywhere, but AT them..... yes, we do think they know us and each other.

I have a female that will let nobody but me handle her. If someone else tries to get her from her cage, she puffs up, beards out, and turns into an "attack dragon" lol! She is really calm with me, they know who their "momma" is. Beardies are incredibly smart lizards. Christy

My beardie is very friendly and is an entergetic little booger but I have noticed that even though I am the one who feeds her, gives her baths and spends the most time with her, she seems more content to stay still in my husbands hands rather than mine. I'm 5'1 and 105lbs so my hands are pretty small. My husband is 6'2. Could it be that she feels safer in his bigger hands??? She's only about 2-months-old so maybe she will relax more as she gets older?

my beardie seems to be a lot calmer when i handle him than anyone else. sometime he wont let other people lift him out the viv. without a struggle

he DEFINATELY gets jelous to, my goldfish and corn snake are opposite him and when im seeing to them watches me and he runs back and forwards begging for attention and a couple of times his beard went black, if i take him out and hold him he calms down again

i recently got two new beardies and a water dragon.. so much of my time is devoted to them at the moment.. and spike is very jealous.. when i have the big water dragon out and on the floor or on my shoulder he paces in his cage.. same thing with the new babies or any other of my pets..he also will only let me take care of him.. i recently went out of town for the weekend and had my sister take care of him and when i came home he looked so sad he was behind his cork bark giving me this pitiful look..once i picked him up and "hugged" him he was back to normal..

alissa