Training?

[xashax]

This may be a silly question, but can BD's be trained? I searched around, and found no mention of training, per se, though I did read somewhere that someone taught their beardie not to eat alfalfa substrate by tapping him on the head every time he tried to eat it.

I'm a dog trainer, and I've used a clicker to train other animals (birds, rats, chickens) so I'm wondering if I could also apply this to my BD? I figure that if I can teach a chicken to perform a chain of behaviors, perhaps I could teach a beardie to do something, as well (they've got to be smarter than chickens!) Not entirely sure what I could "train" her to do, but it could be a fun experiment!

Has anyone else tried to teach their BD anything?

[beardielover17]

ive seen many people "target train" or clicker train many reptiles...supposedly someone taught a beardie but the video wasnt available on the website wen i went to look

[zebrajanie]

I had an older dragon that would "sit" up in my hand.
Though now with two babies all I am doing is making sure they eat and wash behind their ears
Janie.

[xashax]

As for the one that tapped them for eating an unsanitary substrate ... that's not something I'd ever condone.

Nor would I, just saying that's all I could find about "training" them! I wouldn't do such things to my many doggies, so I wouldn't do it to my beardie, either.

Just for fun, I started working with her(?) with the clicker and some crickets. At the very least, it seems that s/he's much more excited when I approach, doing a little dance and scratching at the front of the cage, and has already "gotten" that when I put my hand in front of her, she's supposed to hop on. I don't know if it's because she's learned anything, or because she just enjoys a bit of a snuggle.

I'll see, I s'pose!

[citrusdragon]

I hand feed our adults 1 super at a time in the afternoon.  They come running to me like puppies.
I'm not sure what other type of conditioning they will take to.

Jeff