Glass Surfing

Now that you have the tools to figure out why your bearded dragon is constantly glass surfing its time to put your detective hat on and figure it out.

Glass surfing. Sometimes its because they see their reflection or as I mentioned the tank could be too bare. Another bearded dragon even if theyre not housed together may be interpreted as competition for a bearded dragon and cause stress. It is well worth investing in a poop sifter to make cleaning nice and easy.

If glass surfing gets worse take the last item out. This behavior is not seen in the wild because beardies do not naturally encounter glass. To stop the behavior youre going to need to find out whats causing it and then taking the appropriate action to stop it.

Glass surfing looks like it sounds your lizards belly is rubbing on the glass walls and their little arms are paddling like they are body surfing on the glass. Next time your dragon is glass surfing you should check to see if they recently pooped. Literally all day I tested his water all parameters were normal 0ppm0ppm10ppm.

I am wondering 2 things. The glass surfing mostly subsided after a couple days. T his behavior aka glass dancing is usually repetitive in the sense that a beardie will continue to attempt to climb the glass over and over.

He has glass surfed pretty much everyday. The glass surfing can just be your beardies polite way of demanding you clean up their mess for them. An enclosure or tank thats too small for it can stress a bearded dragon out.

A bearded dragon with a darker beard will glass surf when stressed. Become a Patreon Member. Glass surfing can also be known as glass dancing and you will often see your Dragon looking like they are trying to climb over the top of the glass to get out of the terrarium.