autumncrisafulli
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Hi guys! I am new to this website but its always helped me raise my beardie. I have a 2 year old male bearded dragon. He recently has stopped eating and is more often on the cool side of his tank hidden in a corner. He puffs up his beard and gets angry when I come near his cage. I am just worried because this is not like him at all. I changed out his heat lamp a couple days ago because it was getting old and his basking side was only reading 95. He has had his new bulb for about three days now and is reading 100-105. His diet is mostly greens with an occasional one or two horned worm as a treat. I would say he is stressed because of our move, but that was two months ago and he just recently stopped eating and was showing dominant behavior. He passed stool about a week ago, it was a regular log with urate, it was just a bit smaller than it usually is. My only guess as to why he's acting funny is that hes going into brumation. A family friend of mine who's husband is a herpetologist suggested maybe he's just maturing and practicing puffing out his beard or defending his territory. Its just concerning me that hes not eating!