Beardie acting scared.

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Apollo22

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Hello!
My bearded dragon has been acting differently and I wanted to ask to see if anyone could help. She is a female who is a year and a couple of months old.
Recently, she started acting differently. Whenever someone walks by her cage, she hunkers down and acts nervous. And in the past week or so, when someone walks by, she goes crazy and runs around her cage and dashes into her hiding house. She then stays in there for a while, looking scared when someone passes by. When she does start to come out, she just goes back in if someone goes near her.
Plus, for a while, she has been glass surfing almost constantly, and now she is doing what I described above.
Does anyone know what could be wrong? I would love some help!
 

KarrieRee

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Beardie name(s)
Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Is she near a window ? Is there other animals in the house? It sounds like something has startled her and almost like she was traumatized ---- glass surfing--- what do you use for lighting in the tank ? brand and bulb of lights ---
Karrie
 

Apollo22

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Thank you for your reply!
No, she is not really near a window. The only window is on the other side of the room and the curtains are closed all the time.
I do have other pets. I have dogs. Her cage is high off the ground so I do not think she can see them. Their barking probably bothers her, though.
For her lighting, I use a Zoo Med Reptisun 10.0 UVB and a Exo-Terra 100 watt daytime heat lamp.
After a while today, she stopped acting startled and scared and just glass surfed a few times, but did not act scared.
Thank you for your help!
 

KarrieRee

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Beardie name(s)
Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Could be the dogs stressing her out--- is her beard a normal color- the glass surfing means she wants out--- what size tank is she in? Is she just glass surfing no digging?
Karrie
 

Apollo22

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Her beard is a normal color. Sometimes she gets a little darker though.
She is in a 46 x 22 inch cage. She is glass surfing, but I do not see her digging.
 

KarrieRee

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Beardie name(s)
Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
How many gallon 46x22x? - tank could be too small as well
Karrie
 

KarrieRee

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Beardie name(s)
Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Ok just restless then -- mine has been doing the same wall surfing --- and hes in a 120 gallon tank as well --- I bring him out for approx 2 hrs and then he seems fine after that --- same w/ the beard goes a little darker
Karrie
 

Apollo22

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Okay, yeah, that seems like what's wrong.
Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate it!
 
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