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I noticed today that my beardie has lightened up but hisbeard is now extremely black. He's active running around some and when picked up seems very normal. He gets calcium with his super worms or crickets, which is about all he wants to eat lately.

Any ideas on the black beard.

bob
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Its normal for a males beard to be black. How old is your dragon? If he is young (around one year) he may be entereing sexual maturity, and as a resuly his secondary sex characteristics (such as black beard) are showing up
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He is over 3 years and as soon as I took him out of his house and let him stay with me for awhile the black went away. So I'm figuring he was mad about something and wanted his way to get out.
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NEARR (NEW ENGLAND AMPHIBIOUS REPTILE RESCUE)
and
Maine Herpetological Society (MHS)

sounds like he is just arroused....have you noticed him looking at dirty magazines on occation?
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a free range dragon is a happy dragon

He's too your tobe reading "PlayLizard", but I haven't checked under his bed yet.

bob
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http://stano40.tripod.com/thelizardcorral/

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NEARR (NEW ENGLAND AMPHIBIOUS REPTILE RESCUE)
and
Maine Herpetological Society (MHS)

LOL....

really tho, you have nothing to worry about.
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a free range dragon is a happy dragon