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02-04-2007, 02:06 PM
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today I put my dragon in his new tank and I noticed that after a little while he started moving his arms around. it looked like he was waving or something.his tail was going back and forth and he puffed out. i got a picture of him puffed but I was wondering why he would do this?
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maby he seen his reflection in the glass and was acting out to the other image, my old wd lilly, every time she seen her self she would puff up and bob her head
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ya thats what he was doing to. will he try to attack? if so this could be a problem.
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well somtimes they do and that can actually give them some snout damage I belive there is a post here somwhere about it but any way I found puting a boarder around the ground level of the tank prevented this becuase it seems they wont really attack if they are climbing
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Its totally normal for them to do that. Just make sure at least 3 of the sides are covered to help prevent the snout damage from occurring.
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i have the sides and back covered but he does it to the front side of the tank im not really worried about it yet but if he continues to this and goes further to attacking is there any way I can make the tank non-reflective?
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He is in a new enclosure and stressed out, give him a week or so to adjust. I'm sure he wont attack. He'll be fine.
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As Marsh said this is normal behavior, he needs some time to adjust, he will be fine

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he is actually attacking now not just from the ground from on the branches to. will he stop? also what does it look like when snout damage starts? i dont think he has any now but if he keeps it up he deffinatly will
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He should quit yes. I would leave him alone for a few days to get used to his new habitat.
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