My bearded dragon is attacking his heat lamp daily, he head butts it. any reason for this??

Question

My bearded dragon is attacking his heat lamp daily, he head butts it. any reason for this??

Answer 1

Maybe its not hot enough? Or he's probably just has an itch he can't scratch or maybe he's feeling a little feisty!

Answer 2

You might have it all set too close to him. I remember in my first tank (the 20 gallon, before we bought the BIG tank) my beardie was too close to the screen lid and she would always scratch her face on it, expecially when she would start shedding, lol. If yours is close enough to headbutt the light, then it's too close.