Reading Bearded Dragon Body Language

"Another thing that is very important to mention is while you have your reptile in your home, make sure you're listening to the reptile. Now I know reptiles don't talk. He's not saying anything to me. But when I say listen, I mean watching your reptile's behavior, watching what he's doing, just looking for things that are out of ordinary for your reptile or things that he could be getting into that are not safe for him. You want to be watching for listlessness or, you know, laying around and not being very active. You know these things can be indications of other problems, and it's important that you take those into account and nip them in the bud if you can. Your reptile talks to you on a daily basis every time he does something. If he's over on his cage licking the glass, he's telling you he needs something. If he's spending all this time on one side of the enclosure versus the other, he's telling you it's either too hot or it's too cold. If he's spending of his time sitting in his water bowl, he's telling he's dehydrated and he needs more water. Start spraying him. They speak to us. And part of your job as a keeper of this animal is to make sure that its properly taken care of. And that you're listening to it just as you would listen to a child in the things that it will tell you with its activities and behaviors."