Bearded dragons and sounds

Question
I have moved my drum set in my room.  Will the vibrations or the sound hurt my bearded dragons ears?  I also play loud music but he hasnt seemed to mind it.

Answer
Hi Claire

Unfortunately the drum set being played in the same room as your Beardie would have a negative effect on his nervous system

As for loud music-how do you know that he does not mind it?

They do not react to sound in the same way as mammals do and the loud music could in fact be causing him stress and/or pain

They react to the vibrations more than the sound range that we "hear"  and a drum set would put out quite a bit of vibration

They have a much different ear structure than ours

Here is an excellent explanation of hearing in reptiles by Melissa Kaplan

http://www.anapsid.org/reptilehearing.html



Please move the drums or the Dragon out of the room-I am sure that you both will be much happier for doing so

Sandy aka LadyGecko