Hello guys,
New beardie owner here! I am on this site daily. For hours lol.
My 3 month old Juniper has been acting strange for the last 5 days. She's gotten more jumpy and nervous around me, she's hiding in all sorts of spots she never hid before, and her appetite has almost disappeared. She seems interested in bugs, however she will only eat 1-5 before becoming disinterested (no matter how much I make those dubias move), and then she'll start rubbing her nose and signaling to me that she wants out (of her feeder viv). She won't eat any greens. Just now I tried to give her a dandelion green and she licked it, which I took as a good sign, so I waved it front of her again but then she ran away and hid in the corner looking really scared ?
She's definitely acting strange. This is not normal for her at all, she never used to hide at all. She shed a small amount a few days ago but her behavior has remained the same.
She's in a 40g tank, with Reptisun T5 10.0, 150W basking bulb. Basking temps with IR are 110. Cool side is 77 (maybe too cool).
The Reptisun T5 tube is 9 inches from her basking spot and is sitting on wide holed mesh, is this ok?
I could try to bathe her but she does not like baths!
Could it just be a shedding that she's not dealing with well? I wish she wasn't so nervous around me. I've had her for 3 weeks now and she was just warming up!
New beardie owner here! I am on this site daily. For hours lol.
My 3 month old Juniper has been acting strange for the last 5 days. She's gotten more jumpy and nervous around me, she's hiding in all sorts of spots she never hid before, and her appetite has almost disappeared. She seems interested in bugs, however she will only eat 1-5 before becoming disinterested (no matter how much I make those dubias move), and then she'll start rubbing her nose and signaling to me that she wants out (of her feeder viv). She won't eat any greens. Just now I tried to give her a dandelion green and she licked it, which I took as a good sign, so I waved it front of her again but then she ran away and hid in the corner looking really scared ?
She's definitely acting strange. This is not normal for her at all, she never used to hide at all. She shed a small amount a few days ago but her behavior has remained the same.
She's in a 40g tank, with Reptisun T5 10.0, 150W basking bulb. Basking temps with IR are 110. Cool side is 77 (maybe too cool).
The Reptisun T5 tube is 9 inches from her basking spot and is sitting on wide holed mesh, is this ok?
I could try to bathe her but she does not like baths!
Could it just be a shedding that she's not dealing with well? I wish she wasn't so nervous around me. I've had her for 3 weeks now and she was just warming up!