So our home was finally finished and we moved from the tiny granny house on the property to the main house. It's been about a month now and my beardie is like a brand new dragon (not sure in a good way though).
Home differences:
Granny house: Much hotter(I live in Cali where it's 108-114f average from May to September, no AC unit, used a small window cooler, kept house at around 90 on hot days), less light due to lack of windows, small area...
Beardies home @ granny house: 105f-110f (I used a 125W Exo Terra Solar Glow all in one) on basking side and high 80's to low 90's on cool side depending on weather.
Beardies personality in granny house: Active, huge appetite, rarely ever had a black beard, more alert, dug every where, couldn't keep still.
New home: Much cooler (84f without running the swamp cooler and around mid 67-70+f with it on, it's located at the other end of the home), much more light because we've more windows, bigger and open.
Beardies home @ new house: basking side 95-98f pretty much all of the time (I use a 160W Exo Terra Solar Glow all in one, so it's UVB and UVA, up'd my wattage due to this home being a lot cooler inside), I've no other lights because there's plenty of lighting, cool side 83f on average.
Beardies personality in new house: Stays on cool side all of the time lounging on his net whether awake or sleeping, first week he ate well enough yet since then nothing not even his favorite veggie spreads, doesn't run around anymore, no black beard, doesn't dig anymore, he's just very lazy and that is something he's never been before.
Is there any tips someone who's gone through a move can give me, is this normal? Maybe he enjoyed the hotter enclosure, should I add more heat? Or maybe it was too hot that's why he was more active and digging and now he can finally be cool? I dunno. Also he goes into brumation always during the month of October. I'll include a pic of both him and his enclosure. I did force him to come hang out in front of the window on my desk xD (Note his enclosure is currently on the floor until I am able to build him a new one or find someone to pay lol, also he's 2yrs old)
Home differences:
Granny house: Much hotter(I live in Cali where it's 108-114f average from May to September, no AC unit, used a small window cooler, kept house at around 90 on hot days), less light due to lack of windows, small area...
Beardies home @ granny house: 105f-110f (I used a 125W Exo Terra Solar Glow all in one) on basking side and high 80's to low 90's on cool side depending on weather.
Beardies personality in granny house: Active, huge appetite, rarely ever had a black beard, more alert, dug every where, couldn't keep still.
New home: Much cooler (84f without running the swamp cooler and around mid 67-70+f with it on, it's located at the other end of the home), much more light because we've more windows, bigger and open.
Beardies home @ new house: basking side 95-98f pretty much all of the time (I use a 160W Exo Terra Solar Glow all in one, so it's UVB and UVA, up'd my wattage due to this home being a lot cooler inside), I've no other lights because there's plenty of lighting, cool side 83f on average.
Beardies personality in new house: Stays on cool side all of the time lounging on his net whether awake or sleeping, first week he ate well enough yet since then nothing not even his favorite veggie spreads, doesn't run around anymore, no black beard, doesn't dig anymore, he's just very lazy and that is something he's never been before.
Is there any tips someone who's gone through a move can give me, is this normal? Maybe he enjoyed the hotter enclosure, should I add more heat? Or maybe it was too hot that's why he was more active and digging and now he can finally be cool? I dunno. Also he goes into brumation always during the month of October. I'll include a pic of both him and his enclosure. I did force him to come hang out in front of the window on my desk xD (Note his enclosure is currently on the floor until I am able to build him a new one or find someone to pay lol, also he's 2yrs old)
