whats this waving

its hilarious!! the girl thats at my desk (the other tank is a bit away from the other) is waving while shes on her basking spot.. its cracking me up!

its like a slow motion wave hehe

I believe its a breeding and/or territorial response...do a search on it ;)

I did do a search and found limited info on the beautiful bearded dragon site, they didnt really say it was territorial though :confused:

I've read/heard about beardie waving :) I've never seen it myself, but I'm sure it's adorable :D Are your beardie girls in different tanks? I thought that they were pretty social lizards and that they could be housed together?

EDIT: Did a YouTube search for Beardie Waves and found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZPew3cvIQ

The person who posted it says in the video desc. that the wave's a submissive thing and that there was a large male off-camera, and that the two small females were waving to show submissiveness? Either way, it's pretty neat :D

I have seen videos of it, it is really funny seeing them wave.

I also have heard its a dominence issue, I found a good article on it a while back while I was looking into beardies. I can't seem to find it now though.

I was told they could be housed together (Girls) and we had them in two different 10gals but the kids kept getting to the lights on the second one, so the girls are together right now and doing find.. BOTH OF THEM ARE WAVING!!! this is CRACKING ME UP... they are sooooo funny!

the girl (mine) just ate a nice size peice of greens! yes ((does arm thing showing excitment)) lol

kim: that is exactly what they are doing!!!! :D :rockon: :rolleye2:

The arm waving and slow head bobbing are a submissive gestures. Quick head bobbing is one of the dominate gestures. That's is what I've observed with my own beardies.

Gotta agree with Keith- arm waving is a submissive behavior. It's most typical during mating season, generally a female response. Sometimes a younger/smaller male will use it to pacify an older/larger male. And some juvies do it.

Be careful keeping your girls together. It works out about 50% of the time. Watch out for signs that someone is getting more UVB/basking time than the other. In fact, I would set up two basking areas. If one starts out growing the other, someone is hogging the nutrients.

I love arm waving... it's so freakin' cute.

thank you for warning me.. i have been keeping a close eye on them and they both are doing very well right now. they are both gaining at almost identical rate and seem overall happy.