I think my Bearded Dragons are waving at me?

[Elle]

I have two bearded dragons and evey now and again (at no particular time) they both stand on their basking stump and make circular motion with their arms like they are waving at me .. Strange behavior.
Do you think this could be an issue as they both do it a lot?
I don't have any picture's either as I am quite poor and do not own a camera , sorry guys.


Elle.

 

[Australis]

Its normal.

 

[Elle]

Good to hear, I was quite worried as I have had a bit of trouble getting the hang of looking after them.

 

[Australis]

Nothing to worry about, mine do it when they get excited, for lack of a better word.

 

[Elle]

Well its good to know they are happy. For a while there I was afraid that they actually hated me Haha.

 

[Earthling]

http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/BDcare.html

Its a submissive gesture to a more dominant individual.

 

[wardy]

Well its good to know they are happy. For a while there I was afraid that they actually hated me Haha.

from what i have heard arm waving is said to be a submissive behavior. mine do it all the time as i type this 1 of mine was doing it with both arms lol.

 

[Tatelina]

heheheheh they are just communicating!! My slightly older one started doing it ALLLLllll the time when I got him/her a buddy.

 

[OuZo]

This doesn't work on my work comp as I don't have quicktime here but if it's the video I'm thinking of turn on your speakers and enjoy lol :lol:

http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/armWavingVideo/

 

[Australis]

IMO, it not just a submissive behavior, mine still do it when housed alone, and even more so when placed in a new enclosure (alone).

And when they do it during feeding, i really hope they arent being submissive to Crickets...lol

 

[Elle]

That is so weird.. Heh and to think I was worried. Thanks for the feedback, thats a load of my mind.

Now I can spend the rest of my day worrying that my house will burn down due to the 50 million things I have plugged into my power board!

 

[grimbeny]

Maybe they see u as their carer as one of them, and being submissive towards you.

 

[Tatelina]

This doesn't work on my work comp as I don't have quicktime here but if it's the video I'm thinking of turn on your speakers and enjoy lol :lol:

http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/armWavingVideo/

hahaha that's so cute! And they did it in unison aswell.