Hi,
I bought a new tank for my Beardie, she is about 7 months old. She was doing very well but quickly out growing her original tank (glass also) this room was dark and 2 sides of the cage were covered by a wall.
I had to put the new cage in a different location. The 1st day she went nuts trying to escape. It is glass so I covered all the sides except a small section for sun to shine in the cage in the morning. I moved all of her furnishings with her to keep some things the same. I changed the paper towels substrate to the reptile carpet, but after 3 days I was afraid it was to much of a change so went back to paper towels and she stopped running like crazy along the side of the tank.
Right off the bat she was acting afraid. I covered as much of the tank as possible to keep her from seeing out which seemed to set her off. The old cage you went through the front of the cage now I have to enter the cage through the top. I try to go in the new cage from the other side so she can see me.
Now going on 2 weeks she is not eating well and is sleeping all the time and hiding. She has just stopped puffing up and trying to bite in the past couple days. Do you think the move brought on brumation? The hours of sun light are more natural now, before there was no natural sunlight. Temp and all is the same, maybe a bit warmer.
Should I just leave her be? She will absolutely not accept any food by hand and has eaten very little. There have been normal looking poos, but not as many.
Will she adjust to this new tank? Should I try to move the tank up closer to my face so when I have to work with her she can see my face? I can't move it up to high because I have to reach in from the top to take care of her.
I bought a new tank for my Beardie, she is about 7 months old. She was doing very well but quickly out growing her original tank (glass also) this room was dark and 2 sides of the cage were covered by a wall.
I had to put the new cage in a different location. The 1st day she went nuts trying to escape. It is glass so I covered all the sides except a small section for sun to shine in the cage in the morning. I moved all of her furnishings with her to keep some things the same. I changed the paper towels substrate to the reptile carpet, but after 3 days I was afraid it was to much of a change so went back to paper towels and she stopped running like crazy along the side of the tank.
Right off the bat she was acting afraid. I covered as much of the tank as possible to keep her from seeing out which seemed to set her off. The old cage you went through the front of the cage now I have to enter the cage through the top. I try to go in the new cage from the other side so she can see me.
Now going on 2 weeks she is not eating well and is sleeping all the time and hiding. She has just stopped puffing up and trying to bite in the past couple days. Do you think the move brought on brumation? The hours of sun light are more natural now, before there was no natural sunlight. Temp and all is the same, maybe a bit warmer.
Should I just leave her be? She will absolutely not accept any food by hand and has eaten very little. There have been normal looking poos, but not as many.
Will she adjust to this new tank? Should I try to move the tank up closer to my face so when I have to work with her she can see my face? I can't move it up to high because I have to reach in from the top to take care of her.