Beardie hiding

Mollysn28

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Hello guys. My bearded dragon Sorcha is 7 months old. She has a 4×2×2 enclosure. She eats salad every morning, and I mix up her bugs between super worms, meal worms, and dubias. She eats well, and I've been giving her bugs like once a day, though still every day. She is pooping normally, too. Her basking spot still gets up to about 105°F. She has a uvb tube light, reptisun, that is just shy from its 6 month mark. Lately, by noon, she is hiding in one of her caves and will stay there all day. This has happened probably for the last 4 days. Maybe my UVB needs to be replaced? Or perhaps the basking temp isn't appropriate for her age/size anymore. I live in the vegas heat, but I keep the temp in my house at about 69°f. Could she be trying to brumate from the cold a.c? I'm gonna get her a new uvb today. Her beard isn't black either. Aside from her hiding most of the time these last few days. Any thoughts? 😭
 

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KarrieRee

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Hello guys. My bearded dragon Sorcha is 7 months old. She has a 4×2×2 enclosure. She eats salad every morning, and I mix up her bugs between super worms, meal worms, and dubias. She eats well, and I've been giving her bugs like once a day, though still every day. She is pooping normally, too. Her basking spot still gets up to about 105°F. She has a uvb tube light, reptisun, that is just shy from its 6 month mark. Lately, by noon, she is hiding in one of her caves and will stay there all day. This has happened probably for the last 4 days. Maybe my UVB needs to be replaced? Or perhaps the basking temp isn't appropriate for her age/size anymore. I live in the vegas heat, but I keep the temp in my house at about 69°f. Could she be trying to brumate from the cold a.c? I'm gonna get her a new uvb today. Her beard isn't black either. Aside from her hiding most of the time these last few days. Any thoughts? 😭
Please adjust her surface basking temp to 95-100 -- is the UVB and T 5 or a T8? And where do you have it placed for the tank? Inside the tank or top of screen? Your screen will determine where the UVB needs to go
 

Mollysn28

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Please adjust her surface basking temp to 95-100 -- is the UVB and T 5 or a T8? And where do you have it placed for the tank? Inside the tank or top of screen? Your screen will determine where the UVB needs to go
Reptisun t5 i think.. And I have it inside.
 

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