Hey guys! My bearded dragon Sylvester has been acting a little odd the past week. He hasn't been eating much of his food that I have noticed, instead he will just run over it and throw it all around his cage. He also has been constantly walking back and forth at the edge whenever I am not in the room with him. Sometimes he will slowly scratch at the glass. I made sure everything in his cage was good and nothing around him has changed to cause stress. He still looks super healthy and his colours are not dark. He is currently going through a shed on the top of his head but I was not sure if that could be the reason
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The shed could certainly be part of his behavioral changes. Especially when they shed their head it can get them pretty riled up. If you're able to take him out and let him run around a bit and maybe access something somewhat rough like carpet to rub up against it would be helpful.
Update, his shed seems to be over and he is still doing this. I have cleaned the cage throughout well and made sure his lighting and heating is all good. Nothing has changed in his tank that could be stressing him out either. I make sure he has food and water everyday. Today, when I took him out to let him roam he was walking back and forth against the wall even out of his cage. I am worried he is stressing or something could be wrongaverlynnm":11d1bru9 said:
Lighting has a lot to do w/ their behavior--- I know you said hes doing even out of the tank but lets start w/ the lighting--- any colored bulbs in the tank? UVB brand and bulb ? where in the tank is it? coil or tube? Basking temps ? how are you taking them?
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I was using the tube when this started happening. But a few days ago it went out and I am currently waiting for it to come in so I am using the old coil one I had before as I was unaware they are not good for them so had switched. But he started doing this when it was the tubeKarrieRee":1qv8uxxa said:
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