Beardie looking and acting weird.

[Lakerlife24]

I got my bearded dragon 3 weeks ago. He was really stressed out in the petstore and was really skinny when i got him. Happy to say i brought him home and his stressed dissapeared and seemed very happy. But the past couple of days he has been acting very strange. He doesnt want to eat crickets anymore and hes rarely been eating. He ate maybe a couple of worms and ate fruits and veggies more than anything. I have been switching his lights a couple times due to the fact that i found better ones. Yesterday i changed his light and he loved it! But he hasnt been wanting to do ANYTHING but bask in the heat. I bathe him everyday sometimes every other day and he loves it. But when i woke up this morning he was very very dark. I noticed yesterday at night his tail was dark so i thought he was gunna shed. But today he was all dark when he woke up and im not sure if he drank water but when i came back in the room the tip of his nose was dark!! Is the light i have burning him?? Why wont he eat much . Plz help!

 

[Carnivorouszoo]

Do you have pictures? What are the temps in the cage? basking surface, hot side air temp, cool side air temp? What kind of bulbs are you using and how far from them does he bask? When beardies shed they tend to go dull or grayish. Mojo is dark allover when cold. Pics would really help as well as temps oh and what you use to measure the temps.

 

[Lakerlife24]

I dont have any pictures of my tank right now but i can upload some so u can c them. The basking temps are about 105-115 they vary. The cool side is about 85 mayb a bit less or more but around there sumtimes. I have a zoo med halogen basking bulb that i am using and for uvb i have a reptisun 10.0 linear tube. Hes about 6-8 inches from the basking spot and also the uvb. I have stick on thermometers but i also have a infared temp gun that i got from zoomed for 25$. Yea hes like a darkish dull grey. But like 2 days ago he was very very happy in the bath and his yellowish spots werr really glowing. Hes almost 3 months old

 

[Carnivorouszoo]

I meant pics of the beardie but pics of the cage could help too. Have you changed anything about his setup lately? What feeders have you been offering? If a bath perked him up he may be dehydrated. try lowering backing temps just slightly. How often do you bathe?

 

[Lakerlife24]

Okay yea sounds good i will post as soon as i get home. I added a branch to the vivarium but he really really loves it. Its closer to the uvb he liked being there and once hes there for about 30 min. He moves to another spot. The bath did perk him up. I bathe everyday but sumtimes every 2 days. I have been offering him crickets and also mealworms but not too many as i kno they have hard skeleton. And also 1 or 2 waxworms because i know they are high in fat. Okay sounds good then. When i take him out as i did last night he starts exploring different things and running around as if he is excited