for my science fair, i want to do some kind of experiment(not harming him) with my bearded dragon. i bet no one has done it before, but i dont know what kind of experiment to do. can you give me any ideas? hes 8 inches long
Note: im in high school, so i cant just do a baby experiment like seeing if he likes to be pet, but i dont want to go too far and like disect him or something mean like that.
2006-09-20 11:37:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
How about putting different types of food options in his home? Which does he prefer? Is he instinctively drawn to the food that's better for him?
2006-09-20 12:12:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do an etheogram of his behaviour. You have to write down a load of his behaviours, like eating, active, sleeping, drinking, investigating, etc. Then get a timer, and every 2 minutes, or whatever time limit suits you, record what he's doing that second. Then make a graph up, so you can see what he does most etc. You could then see what affects his behaviour, e.g. repeat the experiment at night, then when he's just been fed or something.
2006-09-20 12:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by gemma_trusty 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you thought about trying different lighting options. Maybe two weeks with different brands of lighting to see how he may react to them. Keep his temps right though, you do not want to hurt him. I also like the idea of the different food options as well. You might try colors as well, put a different color background on the back of his tank i.e. blue, red. You could see if there is a difference in the way he eats, reacts to people. Have fun!!
2006-09-20 13:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by lizard lover 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Can he tell time. Well not time but can he tell that your gone longer then one amount of time then another? Like you may say yes because he always ex nods his head before you give him dinner. well dose he know its night and so it must mean dinner time or does he know because you always pet him right before dinner. It might be complicated good luck though!
2006-09-20 11:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by Rebecca L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could try to see if you can trick him some how like fooling him into thinking a plastic lizard is real or disguise some thing to look like a bd to see how he would behave. will he form friendship with another pet or animal which is unusual bd behavior. can you get him to dance?
2006-09-23 09:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by cameron b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So when the angel of the darker drink
At last shall find you by the river brink
And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul
Forth to your lips to quaff – you shall not shrink
-Edward Fitzgerald,
‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’
2006-09-20 11:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by Akasha 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
try teaching him to do something for food, not too many people have trained a lizard.
2006-09-21 03:42:52 · answer #7 · answered by fish lips 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋