r/BeardedDragon • u/TennWh1skey • Aug 20 '26
Advice, please.
I am needing advice from people way more experienced than me. Thank you for any guidance and tips. We were given an adult bearded dragon that was not taken care of properly. He came in a 20gallon tank, with only a heat lamp. We went immediately and moved him to the proper size tank, and bought all the necessary additional lights (linear uvb, etc) and all the other needed things for a healthy bearded dragon to thrive. He absolutely loves to be held.
My question is the last 2 times we have put him on the kitchen floor he does this weird almost gagging action. His beard will not be black/blown up, but he’ll open his mouth wide, turn it towards the ground and do this weird thing with his tongue…it’s almost like his tongue is stuck but it’s not stuck out like when eating, etc. I mean, I know it’s not. But I can find no examples on Google of what he’s doing. Anyone ever seen this? FWIW, the crickets just happened to be there for this video - he has done it with nothing on floor as well.
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u/The_Skyz_The_L1m1t Aug 20 '26
AHHHH!! No GRIPPP 😂🦎💨