How to Potty/Litter Train Your Bearded Dragon | Fastest and Easiest Way (for me)
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Hey guys! In this video I show you a method that I found online on how to potty/litter train your bearded dragon and then a method that I used and worked for me since the first one didn't. Fitz was not harmed, maybe only manhandled, in the making of this video. Also, I only used the sand (aquarium sand) and the bowl-like tray as an example, I didn't actually try to use that method with those items. It probably would work with something that was shaped more as a bowl. Anyway, hope you enjoyed and if this method or the other method worked for you please let me know! Leave suggestions in the comments regarding which video I should make next!
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Fitz - Bearded Dragon
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My bearded dragon is trained to poop in the toilet! I'm dead serious, too! He poops in the toilet, usually once every day or two, depending on how much he eats.
He's probably about a year-and-half old; I got him June 12, 2017, the night before my wife's birthday (I got our first beardie ten years earlier, for my wife's birthday, as well!).
Anyhow, our first BD was trained to poop in the sink, in warm water...she had almost no accidents, either...she slept in bed with us, and if she had to poop, she would wake me up by gently clawing at my cheek or my nose, and I knew it was time to take her to the sink!
As for our current BD, he, unlike most beardies never liked to poop in water OR in his aquarium (except when he was a tiny baby). Our 2nd BD is a male, and has a very different personality (though both of them are/were equally lovable). For A while I wasn't sure if our current BD, "Oscar" would take to potty training...well, we give him tons of attention, and he loves "playtime," but one thing I always noticed is when beardies have to poop, they do that little "butt wiggle" thing...well when I would play with Oscar, and I saw he had to poop, I would immediately set him on the toilet seat (lid up, of course!), And I would gently lift his tail, and I would use a Q-tip to gently massage the skin just below his vent, and this would relax him, and within a minute or less, he would "pop one out!" The reason I used the Q-tip is because sometimes a little "poop juice" would run down (especially when he is very well hydrated), and I didn't want that stuff on my finger! Anyway, I would wash his vent, and surrounding area, dry him off, and give him a treat! Amazingly he "caught on to this routine very quickly, so now our lil' Oscar poops in the toilet, just like "mommy and daddy!" It's hilarious, but at the same time, it is beyond helpful to us, as we have almost no clean-up aside from rinsing his "vent" off. Also, another reason the Q-tip is handy (besides not getting poop on your hand) is, sometimes when he is pooping, if he has over-sized, old 'sperm plugs'/'mating plugs' that he is trying to push out, you can use the Q-tip to *VERY GENTLY* wipe them off, though if they don't come of easily, I'll leave them alone, as I don't want to do anything that could hurt him.
The Big Lubarski This is the cutest thing ever!
Lucky! Mine goes in the bathtub! 😭 It's so weird!
Har Har Har
My birthday is June 11th
I was reading some of it without pressing read more, then I press it thinking it would be a little bit of more words. But I was wrong so I didnt read the rest.
I taught mine to use the bathtub. I try to make it a pleasant experience by singing a bathtime song. Yes, he's my baby. I also taught him swim swim to encourage exercise. When all done i tell him its time to wrap him in a beardie burrito and we watch the water drain. Then off to the living room still in his towel to lay on my chest for awhile. Spoiled little dragon.
roberpic that’s the cutest thing ever!!! I wanna have that kind of relationship with mine too! Working on it...
roberpic that's what I do
mine has it's beardie burrito too. although she hurt her arm recently, so now we have to keep her in a burrito to hold her still for her medicine. she doesnt seem to like it as much anymore unfortunately :(
I just love seeing beardies in burritos. it's so cute
Mine use the bathroom washing basin with lukewarm water never ever did he pooped in his tank or had a accident.. It works he is 1 year 6 months old currently....
Hey Taylor just an update. Have been trying the bath method as you suggested in videos and haven't been able to get Chomper to go consistently. Changed baths to later in the day as you typically do and last couple of days it has worked!! Fingers crossed on our way to a good schedule. Appreciate the helpful suggestions. Love to see more of your gecko as well.
mama j thank you so much!!! I'm glad I could help and hopefully his schedule stays consistent with using the bathroom! I will definitely be bringing you more crested gecko videos! :)
Method 2 is what I've been teaching my beardies to do for years, but I also wash their vent with suds from a mild soap, and rinse it off afterwards because I'm a germophobe. My current beardie Luna once got left on my mom's bed indefinitely while my mom was doing chores, and she hadn't used the bathroom for a while and apparently needed to go. So she jumped off the bed, trotted into the bathroom attached to my mom's room, and knocked over an empty bottle of soap so she could scramble up the step into the bathtub, and used a washcloth to climb over the rim and slide into the tub, so she could poop in there like a very good lizard. She got a lot of praise for that. ^_^
An additional add on tip for the warm water method is get a small plastic tub, this way u can just dump all the waste in the toilet and voila, even easier! My dragon Draco goes once in the morning, once at night, and 95% of the time 'holds it' whenever we're out and about. Basically she's used to going whenever we put her in the warm water within 1-5 min. Great vid!!
2:33 fitz looks like a bearded dragon burrito 🌯 😂 also great video 👌🏼
If that doesn't work then try putting a small short bowl and fill it with warm water and put it in there cage. They will soon start to poop in that
troll face 27 good idea! :)
thanks it works really well for my beardy
wouldnt they start drinking out of the bowl?
It makes it a bit hard because they might drink it so it has to be clean often
My beardie pooped AND shed in his water bowl😂I just clean it right after I see it in there.
And I love your cage setup
Pancake plays roblox thank you!! :)
I love the simple setup you have in your tank for fits makes me think I might have too much going on in my tank for my little Freddy..
I'd like to try this someday. Hope it'll work. I want a squeaky clean tank.
OMG MY BEARDED DRAGON WONT EAT CRICKETS UNLESS I TAKE OFF ITS LEGS😂
Chloe M. Ew with tweezers
lol picky eater
Chloe M. Ermahgerd LEGLESS CRICKETS
^^^
That was my beardie sorry about that
Chloe M. He probably doesn’t want to chase it
Chloe M. Mine won’t eat one that has the leg missing
I trained ours in a week. He is such a good boy. We stuck a little dish in his environment and he would go in there. Every time he would go in there he would get a treat. Now he only goes in the little dish and he always follows me and jumps around until he gets his treat. They are highly intelligent.
This is really smart! And I think this might work with my beardie! Thanks!!!
Those are some nice push button sink drains 👌🏻
Your videos have been really helpful to me! I'm getting a bearded dragon in January and I've been taking notes and researching into them a lot. I don't know why it took me until now but I'm subscribed(:
Did you get one?
Your lagarto-san looked confused during the litter box demo :D
Im literally rewatching most of your vidoes lmao XD i love your channel too much
My bearded dragon is still young, and never uses the water bowl I got for him. He also usually poops around noon, and that will be a problem when school starts back up. Any ideas?
My dragon Chomper watched the video with me so maybe he will get the hint :) Have been trying putting him in water every day but haven't been consistent on my time. Good idea will try that and maybe that along with treats so hopefully it will click for him.
mama j awww!! Fitz watches videos with me sometimes too!! 😂 I hope it works out for you and let me know if it does! :)
How often do you take him to the bathroom? How often do you suggest? I’m a new subbie so I’m watching all your vids now lol but have you ever done a day in the life with fitz? Like your whole routine ? From morning to bedtime?
My wife tought our dragon as a baby when she ran about we could tell she was looking for somewhere. We have vinyl flooring in the kitchen. Our dragon has an open tank so is more of a house dragon and when she needs she goes to the kitchen and poos there but waits for me to have her towels and reptile disenfected...brilliant.. 😁🦎🦎🦎
Omg! Using head phones, when the music started I thought a car was beeping from out side 😂
1:03 lol your beardie was like " what is she doing??????"
Thank you for such an instructive and educational video! Your tips are great! Love from Flint, Michigan
I just use a square plastic container about the size of a large dictionary that I put warm water in. Every 48 hours in the morning before I go to work I put in 2 inches of 98° water and placed my bearded dragon in the water. he will always go poop within 10 minutes. Then I dump the water and the poop right into the toilet and I don’t have to worry about him pooping in his aquarium while I’m gone at work. This works amazingly well!
Yes, I'm totally doing this, becuase it's sooo hard to scrub the poop off of his branch!
If I may share - I actually had a designated rubbermaid container (16" × 10" × 6") that I would store under the bathroom sink. I trained my George from young to poop in it. The container had a divot so he could not scramble out of it. The best thing about this method I found is the cleanliness aspect:, and you can pour the results down the toilet easily. It is especially handy when you need a poop sample for the vet. You can drain the water out with a nice moist sample left to pop into a ziplock bag. To ensure the container was thoroughly clean, I would spray and let sit a diluted mix of F10 SCXD Veterinary Cleaner-Sanitizer, before rinsing and putting away. My beardie was not fond of water, but he knew that when he did his business, I would slather him with praise and snuggles, and most importantly - let him out! (Note: for water timid beardies, you can use a rock for them to climb up on. Also, make sure the water level is not too high - perhaps just enough to cover their belly). When I took George outside it got so that I could-ask him to go poo poo, and he did it on command. Beardies are smart reptiles and they sure do learn and appreciate routine. I miss my boy (he died last year of Adenovirus. He lived for about a year and a half). Thanks for letting me share.
I used to take my beardie outside everyday. He pooped every time! Also great and best natural UVB from the sun. Loved it when it rained too.. would look for the puddles to sit in.
Is it okay to soak beardies every day? I definitely would love to do that so I know he's hydrated and pooping at least once a day.
Mine has never pooped in the cage (maybe once) the whole 2 years I’ve had him. He scratches at the glass when he needs to go, and when I take him out, he goes. Haha
I literally take my BD outside and she usually takes about 5 minutes but she always goes potty. She hasn't gone in her tank in over 3 months. Before that she was going in warm water. I just happened to stumble upon the fact that she would poop outside! She's like a dog!! She also has a bed she crawls into every single night to go to sleep and I always cover her up with a little blanket. It's SO funny! 😂🤣
For some reason,my baby BEARDIE Kora always goes in his enclosure!Luciky,I pick it up easily cause for floring I use paper towel :)
I know I’m late, but I’m getting a beardie soon and I’d like to know... What should I use to clean out the sink?
that actually explained something to me i bought a 40gal with a starter kit it had a water and food dish i use the food dish for more of a shallow water aria but when i did this she would use it for a toilet! now i know why!! cool!
oooh dragon burrito how cute!! 2:32
Hi Taylor you haven help me for the past month love ya ❤️
I love your channel so much
How long did it take your bearded dragon to get used to u handling him? We have a baby dragon and he s a little scared we ve had him a week now
I don't know if your aware but he needs a tube uvb bulb instead of that dome they don't get enough uvb from the dome which could cause mbd just trying to help a fellow beardie owner out
what do you give him for salad mine is 4 months old doesn't eat its salad and the tank is like 10-20 gallons
Best part I think is where he is wrapped up in his blanket eating treats
My bearded dragon poops in the bath. (I use a plastic bin so she’s not pooping into my bathtub.) I then dump the water down the toilet.
I’m a biology major and I’ve been researching bearded dragon behavior because I have an essay on my choice due at the end of the semester, and because I got a beardie so I’m curious, and I learned that a bearded dragon will raise their tail and then walk forward the length of their tail after pooping. This means you need to provide them with a pooping location that is at least 2 bearded dragons long so they can assess the spot as a poo location.
AWWW you're bearded dragon so cute, I don't think this would work for my lizard because I have a green anole but I wish I could.
My beardie just goes on a paper towel I left on his usual spot
What was the food he had in there ?? Is that carrots and what did you put on top in this video ?
How big was your bearded dragons tank in this video??? Btw I love your channel
This is random but how do you keep your lamps on top of his screen like that ? how are they secured ? I struggle with that. My dome just sits on top and when I open and close it falls off and slides around. Its very annoying and I don't want either of my bulbs shattering. I need some of your expertise like hacks. xoxo
try a small drill bit or a poker of some sort and poke a couple holes in the dome and in the screen take a couple wire bread bag ties and wire it down to the screen 3 or 4 should hold it good and when the light goes just untwist the wires amd change the bulb replace the bagties (wires) and done
Oh my sisters beardie shits in his greens. Solved that problem. 🤣
My baby always pooping in his food bowl. I understand that he knows I’m cleaning it and he does it right after he finishes eating. Thanks for the video, I’ll try your methods to train him properly to go potty.
the cricket leg 😂😂
How do you keep the humidity where it needs to be while your gone all day? I literally need to spray every little while to be sure it stays where it needs to be. I'm worried cause I won't be home as much in the future. Worried for my baby girl. And tips or advice? Anyone? I mean, I would leave the water bowl but the water gets so warm with the lamps.. she won't even drink it.
How did you get the lights to stick to the lid like that??!! Need to know. It would make my life easier
Dope video homie
My bearded dragon was pooping in her dish so tried this and it worked so well thanks
I kinda weird but I get scared when stuff looks high should I be worried about the height
Good job that works I have a Bearded dragon and when I give him a bath he poos🦎I like your set up
Lexer The animal guy thank you!! :)
Which hammock is that? I've been wAnting one big enough to do what you did in ur tank
Michael Brocco Its the Repti Hammock from Zoo Med! I'm pretty sure I got it in a large!
My beardie likes to poop after he eats on the hammock and it sometimes falls to the ground what should I do
No wonder my bearded dragon poops in his water 😂😂
Mine never does! Lol
Would this work for a leopard gecko?
My bearded dragon his name is Oakley
Fitz Wrap 🌯🤗💕 Fitzy-ritto 😂
So basically he poops in the sink?? Is there any other way or it has to be the sink/bathtub??
What kind of flooring do you have for him
New beardie poops on her rock every morning like clock work. So far she seems good. I might try this for more cleaning ease 🤔
Omg your beardie looks exactly like my baby boy Kenny!
what i did for my adult dragon is line the tank in plain newspaper, then lay down color newpaper on an empty part of the tank opposite hammock and logs. he eventually figured it out and rarely misses now
I trained mine as well after watching some videos...he has only gone in his home 3 times in 6 months he knows when he goes in the tub it's bathroom time and usally goes right away then I rinse the "tub" refill and let him play which he's loving water now he loves to swim around he use to just wanna go & get our but now he wants to stay in...
My beardie potty trained himself. The second I took him out into the grass on a leash he pooped... Then refused to poop anywhere else. Sometimes the carpet if he's desperate, but never in his tank.
I would like to ask, how do you get your lights to stay on top and not move, and what are they?
Like this spring things, its in her Bearded Dragon Life Hacks video
Hi! What’s the size of your tank?
Help !! My beardie won’t go poop in neather methods she keeps going in her tank what should I do
Wait, for the first method wouldn’t the Bearded Dragon try to eat the sand?!
I think so, and it would cause compaction
I loved the video can't wait to try it
Pancake plays roblox aww thank you! Let me know how it goes!
how often should my full grown beardie poo?
The treat looks like a taki
Question, where did you get that bone decor in his terrarium? I must know
I think the one with the bowl is better cause if you go somewhere for the day you won’t have to worry about them going in the tank.
in the water method, does it leave a smell in the sink after and also does it leave a stain?
It has a smell first, but only lasts for a few seconds until you discard the waste! and no, it does not leave a stain :)
You can bleach the sink afterwards
You must be like 5yrs old 😂😂😂
I’ve never seen a bearded dragon in a hammock before,wow that is super lazy cool for the beardedy
I like your idea I will do this with mine!
How much would you estimate food costs per month?
Can someone give me a good bedding source for my bearded dragon? (Besides sand) I don’t want plain sand. I have rabbit food st his bedding so that if he accidentally eats it he will be fine bc it will just disintegrate
crushed walnut shells
when i gave my beardie a bath for the first time she just somehow learned to go in the water because she didn’t go for a few days and i was really confused but right when i put her in water she went so now i just do that everyday
HAHA IM SO GLAD MY BEARDIE ISNT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESNT EAT THE LEGS OF THE CRICKET
What kind of bearded dragon treats are those?
Where can I get that sand stuff for his litter box?
You can find the sand at pretty much any pet store it comes i a big bag usually in orange i would get the sand that is made from calcium because it will disgust safely in you bearded dragons stomach if it is accidentally swallowed but DO NOT put it 9n a babys habitat
@@emmettakseli7135 Calcium sand is actually a very bad substrate, for any reptile in my opinion. They can lick it up and it really does not digest easily, nor does any other loose substrate. It could cause impaction later on, they don't poop the sand out. It can stay in their digestive tract and the more they lick or accidentally swallow it the more it builds up.
About how many times a day do beardies poop a day? I dont have one yet so im just trying to absorb all the information i can
Jessica Van Scott it usually depends but the average is anywhere from 1-3 times. They're like people, they all have different schedules
What I do is if my beardie hasn’t pooped and he wants to be held I’ll set up some paper towels on the table and I’ll set him down there and he knows that that’s where he’s supposed to poop so he’ll poop on the paper towels and I’ll dispose of it. Then I’ll clean off the table. It’s really easy to clean up and it keeps his cage clean
I’m looking for a good hammock for my bearded dragon is there one you recommend
I like the sea grass one
It has gaps so when he poops it falls through and looks natural I have 3 hammocks in his tank, a sea grass one, and two green ones like hers one is on the side like a climbing wall the other a hammock. I recommend the sea grass one its big too😊
😆😍awww he’s so cute!
Does this work with other lizards?
It might! I've never tried it on any of my other reptiles. Im not sure if the same steps will apply. Also, you'd wanna make sure the reptile your training is able to be comfortable in water like a beardie is.
I love how he/she just looks so confused about what's going on 0:37
HAHAHAHAH
i love you. so helpful
Fitz is so cute
How many gallons are in that tank
How many times do they go potty within a day?
My bearded dragon poops in his water bowl...no matter where I put it...lol
Love your accent
He is sooooo cute Dx