HippieLizards
Gray-bearded Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Daisy, Loki, Rocket, Phoenix, Mulder & Scully. Non beardie pets: Stan (Leo) Cayde (Hognose) Tillery (cat)
Hey y’all, been a while since I’ve posted here, I’ve missed y’all! 
Okay so, I have a question, a few days ago I just celebrated 5 years of having My oldest beardie, Daisy.
She’s around 8-9 years old, most likely 8. She’s normally an extremely laid back and chill beardie that prefers to just lounge around and judge people from her “throne” (the top of her hide, or her log)
She’s been extremely odd lately by being exceptionally hyper and constantly is glass surfing, scratching, trying to get out and escape, running around everywhere in her tank and pretty much having no chill at all. To clarify before anything else, I have a vet appointment scheduled for her on the 10th to make sure there’s nothing going on internally.
I’ve been checking her tank temps like a hawk as a few days ago the temperatures in my room and house spiked horrendously and her cool end was around 95, which I thought was why she was freaking out so much this week, was that it was too hot and I didn’t know why until then. I got a fan set up in one side of her tank to lower the temps, they’re down to about 72-75-ish on the cool end, warm end 85-90, basking spot 95-100. But she’s still going absolutely insane. Literally all hours of the day and sometimes at night too she’s constantly glass surfing and running around and scratching everywhere and being unbelievably hyper and jumpy. I have no idea why, especially since she’s older and usually she isn’t super active and just chills on her “throne” judging everyone. (it’s her hide lol)
Is this normal? Is there any cases where older beardies get super hyperactive before they die or something? I’m just very concerned honestly as I’ve been watching her like a hawk and have tried everything, I’m also upgrading her tank to a bigger, front opening tank soon. It’s 40 gal but it’s bigger than her current tank, which I think is technically a 40 gallon? I’m not sure, it’s smaller than my usual tanks. But it’s taller than it is with floor space which isn’t great, hence the new tank will be a good upgrade for her well-being. Especially since it’s front opening.
I’m going to see how she does in the new tank and just see if her old tank was the problem, but honestly I’m still really confused and concerned. I’ve tried moving her to one of my bigger tanks too but she also immediately wanted out of those as well, she just won’t stay in any tank.
She eats bugs voraciously, eats greens sometimes, she can’t see the other beardies really, and sometimes calms down if I hold her, but she’s just constantly on the move and flighty all of a sudden, which isn’t normal for her. It started about a week ago and I’ve tried everything to see what could be bothering her, but I honestly have no clue anymore, hence why I’m getting her seen by my vet. It’s obviously stressed out type behaviors but I have tried everything to look for any potential stressors for her and I can’t really think of anything.
Also, she hasn’t expressed any digging behaviors from what I’ve seen, but I’ll likely put in a dig box when I swap her into the new enclosure, which is probably today. I’m not happy with how simplistic her setup currently is, so I’m hoping to add more enrichment for her soon!
Also, semi side note, is 8 old? I’ve been looking around everywhere for like an average life expectancy and everywhere I’ve seen is between 8-10 or 10-15 with no exact answers to either, I’m really hoping that she’s not nearing the end of her life soon, as other than this sudden odd behavior she’s in very good health.
This was her recently, before she started the weird hyper behaviors. She’s usually a super laid back and chill beardie.
This middle pic I just took today, she seems to thankfully have calmed down some this evening.
Another recent pic, the red is from raspberries lol.
Okay so, I have a question, a few days ago I just celebrated 5 years of having My oldest beardie, Daisy.
She’s around 8-9 years old, most likely 8. She’s normally an extremely laid back and chill beardie that prefers to just lounge around and judge people from her “throne” (the top of her hide, or her log)
She’s been extremely odd lately by being exceptionally hyper and constantly is glass surfing, scratching, trying to get out and escape, running around everywhere in her tank and pretty much having no chill at all. To clarify before anything else, I have a vet appointment scheduled for her on the 10th to make sure there’s nothing going on internally.
I’ve been checking her tank temps like a hawk as a few days ago the temperatures in my room and house spiked horrendously and her cool end was around 95, which I thought was why she was freaking out so much this week, was that it was too hot and I didn’t know why until then. I got a fan set up in one side of her tank to lower the temps, they’re down to about 72-75-ish on the cool end, warm end 85-90, basking spot 95-100. But she’s still going absolutely insane. Literally all hours of the day and sometimes at night too she’s constantly glass surfing and running around and scratching everywhere and being unbelievably hyper and jumpy. I have no idea why, especially since she’s older and usually she isn’t super active and just chills on her “throne” judging everyone. (it’s her hide lol)
Is this normal? Is there any cases where older beardies get super hyperactive before they die or something? I’m just very concerned honestly as I’ve been watching her like a hawk and have tried everything, I’m also upgrading her tank to a bigger, front opening tank soon. It’s 40 gal but it’s bigger than her current tank, which I think is technically a 40 gallon? I’m not sure, it’s smaller than my usual tanks. But it’s taller than it is with floor space which isn’t great, hence the new tank will be a good upgrade for her well-being. Especially since it’s front opening.
I’m going to see how she does in the new tank and just see if her old tank was the problem, but honestly I’m still really confused and concerned. I’ve tried moving her to one of my bigger tanks too but she also immediately wanted out of those as well, she just won’t stay in any tank.
She eats bugs voraciously, eats greens sometimes, she can’t see the other beardies really, and sometimes calms down if I hold her, but she’s just constantly on the move and flighty all of a sudden, which isn’t normal for her. It started about a week ago and I’ve tried everything to see what could be bothering her, but I honestly have no clue anymore, hence why I’m getting her seen by my vet. It’s obviously stressed out type behaviors but I have tried everything to look for any potential stressors for her and I can’t really think of anything.
Also, she hasn’t expressed any digging behaviors from what I’ve seen, but I’ll likely put in a dig box when I swap her into the new enclosure, which is probably today. I’m not happy with how simplistic her setup currently is, so I’m hoping to add more enrichment for her soon!
Also, semi side note, is 8 old? I’ve been looking around everywhere for like an average life expectancy and everywhere I’ve seen is between 8-10 or 10-15 with no exact answers to either, I’m really hoping that she’s not nearing the end of her life soon, as other than this sudden odd behavior she’s in very good health.
This was her recently, before she started the weird hyper behaviors. She’s usually a super laid back and chill beardie.
This middle pic I just took today, she seems to thankfully have calmed down some this evening.
Another recent pic, the red is from raspberries lol.
