Another Beardie!!! Taz

This bearded dragon is 10 months old and beautiful but somewhat tempermental to say the least. His previous owner called hime Spike but we renamed him Taz because he has a devilish streak as you can see fron his photo debut. This was after sunning and water play which he wasn't that into. He is extremely active and very particular about how he is handled so we are doing things his way to a point. We know he will eventually settle down with time and patience once he gets used to us and his new home. I sat with him quietly this evening and we snuggled for a few minutes. He tried to dart away twice but resettled. We will be holding him for short intervals several times daily. He hated the newspaper and paper towel in his cage so we stuck to the repti-carpet he is used to for now as we don't want to stress him out too much. He is scratching the hack out of us and we have finally figured out that he prefers to be held facing forward when being carried. Not too difficult. I did manage to trim his nails on the right when he was sleepy tonight. The left side is tomorrow night's challenge.