RustyEyron
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My five year old beardie has been acting really weirdly for the last few weeks, with the most worrying thing being he's completely gone off his food.
I moved house, which is what triggered the change I believe. He was in a carry cage in the car for six hours, with frequent stops to check his temperature and general mood, and seemed fine for the journey. I set up his vivarium immediately on arrival and put him back in it. The temperatures (monitored by a thermostat in the hot end) and lights (timed by an automatic day cycle timer) are the same as they have always been, and his viv set up hasn't changed at all.
Since moving he's been waaaay more active than usual, including skimming the glass which he never does. He also isn't eating, I've tried him on his usual greens and locusts, on carrot, on crickets, on morio worms, and he's just refusing everything. Normally he's the biggest fatty and I have to monitor to make sure he isn't going to eat too much, and he's never gone off his food before. He also often has a really black beard.
I've put a scarf up covering three quarters of the vivarium under the assumption that he was stressed seeing a new environment, but that hasn't changed his behaviour much except he seems to be focusing on staying in the area he can see out the glass. Has anyone got any tips for me? He's normally such a laid back dude who will happily munch on hand fed food so I'm stumped :S
I moved house, which is what triggered the change I believe. He was in a carry cage in the car for six hours, with frequent stops to check his temperature and general mood, and seemed fine for the journey. I set up his vivarium immediately on arrival and put him back in it. The temperatures (monitored by a thermostat in the hot end) and lights (timed by an automatic day cycle timer) are the same as they have always been, and his viv set up hasn't changed at all.
Since moving he's been waaaay more active than usual, including skimming the glass which he never does. He also isn't eating, I've tried him on his usual greens and locusts, on carrot, on crickets, on morio worms, and he's just refusing everything. Normally he's the biggest fatty and I have to monitor to make sure he isn't going to eat too much, and he's never gone off his food before. He also often has a really black beard.
I've put a scarf up covering three quarters of the vivarium under the assumption that he was stressed seeing a new environment, but that hasn't changed his behaviour much except he seems to be focusing on staying in the area he can see out the glass. Has anyone got any tips for me? He's normally such a laid back dude who will happily munch on hand fed food so I'm stumped :S