Blackbeard .. Rodney

Rodney tends to display his beard when we feed him something upset him this morning this is the darkest i have seen him go .


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He is telling you who is boss!

Lol .. i think its amazing how he blows it up .... he has setttled down now ...do they do this often Helen ?

It is usually an aggressive or mating behaviour but when they go through their adolescence which is usually between about 6 months and a year, like humans, they get moody and are known to puff their beards up and turn them black a lot.

As long as your husbandry (ie temps, substrate, food and handling) are all OK then it's normal.

Aww thanks Helen ... he is 9 months old so that would all fit all temps and feeding is as normal but he does seem to do it when i feed him x

You are going into his home Lou x

I just put the carton in and encourage the hoppers just to jump out . After he fed his beard come on , i then went into give him some fresh water this is when he puffed it out i dont want to upset him so any advice is greatfully received x

Wow another moody hormonal teenager in you house. LOL

Oh god Kenziie is enough Lisa lol x

When I have three beardies love, one would go all black and the other one woutld be waving his arm to placate him. I would love to have some of these again. Thank you for the stunning photos, they are lovely.

Hugs

JO xx

Thanks Jo x

amazing how they change to black.still looks stunning.

Its settling down now still dark but not as dark as it ws .x

aww, was he worried you were going to take his food away? 'this is MY dinner! And you can't have any!' hehe lol aww. x

He is fine today .... thankfullyy x

It is so funny seeing them waving their little arm as if to say to the chap with the black throat "Calm down, calm down" LOL!!

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Jo cc

Rodders makes me laugh when he goes black .. its nearly dinner time for him just waiting for his locust to arrive x