Behavioral Problem

[Renne]

My beardie has recently been acting up. She is doing things that she has never done before (acting restless, turning her beard black, furiously scratching at the glass, etc.) I let her out of her tank and she does the same thing for a while(30 min) and eventually finds a small corner to lay in and just hangs out there until I get her. She's been doing this for about 3 weeks. I don't know what to do and she's driving me nuts because I don't know what I can do to help her calm down.
I have tried covering the sides of her tank with colored paper(not shiny) but it didn't really help at all. I could only think of one thing and that's hormones, she's a year and-a-half. If anyone has any other possibilities please let me know and if anyone has a solution PLEASE tell me.
heat lamp temp is 100 degrees
substrate is sand
10.0 reptisun uv bulb
diet: she gets a salad everyday (mustard/collard greens dusted with calcium and for treats peppers and blueberries sometimes cucumber) She is also given supplements on her salad because I am currently not giving her crickets but I will be ordering silkworms and possibly some other worms (supers)
I bathe her about once a week and she poops every day

I took out the cacti because she just kept pushing them over and the log under her heat lamp is positioned a little different so she can get closer and so there's more room for her to cruise around. On the left is where I NOW have the colored paper (it never bothered her in the past though)
Please help

 

[Adama]

Has she ever been through a lay before?

 

[Renne]

Has she ever been through a lay before?

No she hasn't. Is that usually how they act?

 

[Adama]

It's certainly a possibility. Someone else may know better, so I'd wait for someone else to confirm. In the meantime, you might try to give her something to dig in and make sure she's getting plenty of food, water, etc.

 

[lauraj1055]

How old is your beardie? Does she seem to be digging a lot in her cage? I see you have sand, but hopefully you know all the issues with having sand as a substrate, so I'm not even going to go there.. but I would get a lay box ready for her... But depends on her age. It's the time of the season. All the beardies are going crazy :shock:

 

[Renne]

How old is your beardie? Does she seem to be digging a lot in her cage? I see you have sand, but hopefully you know all the issues with having sand as a substrate, so I'm not even going to go there.. but I would get a lay box ready for her... But depends on her age. It's the time of the season. All the beardies are going crazy :shock:

She is a little over a year. She does dig all the sand out of one corner, I'm gonna clean out the tank and put some more sand in.
edit: yes, she has yet to consume sand though

 

[Renne]

It's certainly a possibility. Someone else may know better, so I'd wait for someone else to confirm. In the meantime, you might try to give her something to dig in and make sure she's getting plenty of food, water, etc.

She didn't eat anything yesterday and only ate a blueberry today but it's probably because she's so stressed out. If she doesn't eat again tomorrow I'll have to go get her some baby food or something. :/

 

[Adama]

Digging lots? I would definitely get her something she can dig deeper in and maybe that has some cover. A box with several inches of coconut husk fiber may be a good choice.

 

[Renne]

Digging lots? I would definitely get her something she can dig deeper in and maybe that has some cover. A box with several inches of coconut husk fiber may be a good choice.

I'll get her something like that, thank you.

 

[Renne]

**An update on how she's doing**
She basically stopped acting so frantic but she has yet to start eating again. I'll keep updating, hopefully she just needs to lay eggs.