ComicBookMama
Sub-Adult Member
I'd be interested to hear whether other people's beardies have had behavior changes as they age. Figment is currently 4.5 years old, and for the entire time I've had him, he has given me huge issues drinking water. Won't drink from a bowl, won't drink from a bath, won't drink from droplets dribbled on his nose. I started really soaking his greens in water, to make sure he got SOME liquid into him.
But yesterday, as I was misting his back wall to reattach a suction cup, he scrambled forward and started to try to drink from the mist! I started squirting little bits of water onto his nose, and he drank, and drank, and drank. Thinking how thirsty he seemed, I put him in a bath... and he drank from there, too! He's NEVER done that before, and in fact has always hated baths.
Should I be concerned that his behavior is changing, or is this typical? His urates were pretty hard today when he pooped, so I'll be upping his baths to daily for a while.
But yesterday, as I was misting his back wall to reattach a suction cup, he scrambled forward and started to try to drink from the mist! I started squirting little bits of water onto his nose, and he drank, and drank, and drank. Thinking how thirsty he seemed, I put him in a bath... and he drank from there, too! He's NEVER done that before, and in fact has always hated baths.
Should I be concerned that his behavior is changing, or is this typical? His urates were pretty hard today when he pooped, so I'll be upping his baths to daily for a while.