Beardie acting weird.

[strangestatic]

My bearded dragon is about 9 months old, its a girl and shes been acting weird lately. I have a 40 gallon tank and it always stays about 84 degrees in her tank. Lately shes been running up the glass, holding on to the thermometer in the tank and she going crazy in there, we do pay a lot of attention to her so I couldn't see her begging for attention. When it first started the other day her face was shedding a bit and her legs were about to shed, they already have shed and theres no signs of more shedding on her.The only other time she would run up the glass is to let me know she had to poop. She has pooped maybe 4 times within the past couple days, although her poops have been very tiny, its not like her big poops she does every couple days. She just peed a little bit ago, no poop just peed. We did take her to the vet and got her a check up and everything, they tested her poop and nothing came back so she was good. Any advice on what I should do? Is this normal? Is she constipated or something? She does a lot of glass surfing and a lot of basking but I don't know what to do.

Edit: She eats crickets & superworms, and dandelion greens also. I gave her a bath on Sunday also.

 

[celestejs]

I am no expert but my beardie is almost a year and is acting crazy like that too. From what I have read it could mean she is going to have eggs or she is looking to mate. So I keep checking mine to feel for eggs, when they are closer to laying you would be able to see them like bumps .

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. Yes thats what it sounds like for both of you. Make a lay box. You need a tote like probably 2 couple of feet deep sand and make it damp. Sometimes you can't feel the eggs. Also 84 in a tank is to low of a temp. It needs to be at least 98 in her basking spot so she can digest food.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

It does sound like she is getting ready to lay. A lay box with soil & vermiculite would be a good idea.
Are you using a good UVB & calcium supplementation, regularly? I recommend increasing her calcium intake to 5, maybe 6 times per week to be sure she has good calcium stores.

Tracie