help on handling a beardie...

[Lankyrob]

Our frilled lizard was like that - running and hissing, flaring her frill the full display. Rather than chasing her around her viv we developed quicker reflexes so that whilst she was in her first position (frilled and hissing) we quickly picked her up (after this stage is the running stage and you never would catch her). For a while the hissing and flaring would continue for a few minutes but we wouldnt put her back in her viv until she calmed down - once holding gentle rubbing between the eyes is a good way to relax beardies, small monitors and frilled dragons (and probalbly others but only personally experienced these three). Now she puts on a pathetic show that has now agression or attitude to it and she will walk onto our hands whilst still hissing and frilling - almost like she thinks she ought to be angry but cant be bothered!

Remember most young lizards are prey items in the wild so they see pretty much everything as a threat - like snakes he will get used to you and calm down as he move up the food table and gets bigger.