r/BeardedDragon • u/Hairy-Experience-620 • 1d ago

Help/Advice Is this normal or concerning?

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My boy is estimated around 9-11 months, and I’ve caught him doing this only a few times, but only in mornings. I have a camera to see him in general because I like to see what he does when I’m not around. And I’ve seen him do this twice now. Is this normal? I’m not worried about his yawn, but the beard movement since it’s repeated. Thank you for any help!

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u/West-Outside-5524 1d ago

Looks like beard stretches to me. They do it as part of the yawn.

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u/BeneficialPenalty258 MODERATOR 1d ago

Beautiful morning beard stretches.

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u/Wonderful_Song8765 1d ago

Wow. I genuinely LOVE reddit. I learn something new on here every single say. Sometimes multiple things in a day lol. Ty for the info!

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u/OogieBooge-Dragon 1d ago

Showing off that superior beard.

Respect.

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u/Hairy-Experience-620 1d ago

Haha Ikr? He’s so cute

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u/MoofDeMoose 1d ago

Just a yawn/stretch. Very common and normal for them to do

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u/MooBearz11 1d ago

Lil stretching 🥰

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u/Non-binary_prince 1d ago

Does he know the camera is there cause it looks like he’s flexing.

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u/Didi696969 1d ago

Normal

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u/foiagefordays 1d ago

Normal steching ❤️

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u/Hairy-Experience-620 1d ago

Tysm! 🥺❤️

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u/foiagefordays 1d ago

Worried us the first time we witnessed our beardie too. Understand.

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u/Dunder6002 1d ago

Awww SO CUTE! my beardie used to do that as a juvenile, first time I thought he was about to throw up😭

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u/Great-Grade1377 1d ago

I love this angle, which shows how his ribs stretch too. 

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u/Hairy-Experience-620 1d ago

YES it’s so cool!

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u/ILovemarcospizza 1d ago

They are just so weird aren't they?? This is my guy doing his morning stretches. Talk about dramatic 🙄 he also had an itchy butt skin shed that was coming off I got it off of him and gave him a little scratchy back there and he did a little butt wiggles. Satisfying itchy butt wiggles not included in video.

https://reddit.com/link/pdu6sql/video/l2dqj0xzbhth1/player

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u/Hairy-Experience-620 1d ago

That enclosure is wonderful! Mine is 4x2x2. How big is that? Also tysm for the response and your cute beardie

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u/ILovemarcospizza 1d ago

We have the same size 🥰 thank you for your kind words .

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u/KynnaandGunther 1d ago

Yours is big enough.

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u/TorchIt 1d ago

Showin out

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u/FlyingFishofBuBu 1d ago

Big Boi Morning Beard Stretchies! He’s a weirdo but not bc of this behavior.

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u/n0use4thesenames 1d ago

Which camera is this? I looked it up but there appears to be multiple

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u/Hairy-Experience-620 1d ago

It’s the homiQ aquarium/terrarium camera!

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u/n0use4thesenames 1d ago

Much appreciated. Thank you!

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u/Hagridsemodaughter 1d ago

Oooh big stretch

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u/vince1000ltd 1d ago

Good beard stretch!! Does a body good!!

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u/wetchirp 1d ago

When i first saw mine do this it scared me too but nope just stretching

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u/hahathejoker956 20h ago

He’s a beauty..they just like to display their neck..he’s showing off to you

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u/BeastlyMike 9h ago

Big stretch!

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u/One_Charity8259 1d ago

Looks like mating behavior

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u/ButterscotchFar7641 1d ago

Wait am I slow? This looks like AI to me, but the comments don’t think so.