I have a male beardy I got from a local pet shop a few days ago. He's over a year old and must not have been handled a lot because he does NOT like being picked up. At all. Once he is up, he'll usually calm down and will even close his eyes and relax for a bit if I pet his head. He won't sit still for too long outside his tank without trying to make a run for it. When I bring friends into the room he'll sometimes bob his head or puff out his neck. I know some of this might be because he's in a new environment and needs to adjust but he definitely has an attitude problem. I've been taking him out once a day, holding him until he chills out putting him on my bed with some barriers around him so I have time to catch him if he decides to take off. I clean out his tank, pick him back up, let him calm down, put him back in his tank and feed him. Do you think he's going to ever be a tame couch potato like other beardies? Or did I get to him too late? I know if I really wanted a tame animal I should have gotten a younger one but I'm not sure this big guy would have ever found a home. You guys helped me out so much with my BP and he's doing so well, I figured I'd come to you first.

Also, since I've already typed a paragraph, another problem I'm having with him is he doesn't seem to like crickets. He'll eat super worms, some of his vegetables, and he loves the fluker's diet with the freeze dried bugs but he just won't touch crickets. Any advice on that? Should I be worried?


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