Calming my beardie

[BEARDIEOWNER81]

My daughter has her beardie in reptile take that she keeps locked. Well today we both came home to find rank open n beardie on window seal. We think cat somehow got tank open. Thus is 1st time happened. Now her beardie is very stressed n won't sit still like use to, and he keeps getting a black chin. So I assuming cat may been In tank and so wondering what suggestions anyone may have to help beardie feel safe in own tank??

 

[KarrieRee]

Keep the cat away from the dragon PERIOD!! The cat has stressed the dragon out - its going to take some time for him to calm down ---

 

[Drache613]

Moved by Moderator from General to Behavior

 

[Gemmarii]

Maybe a better lock so the cat can't get into it again? Sorry, I'm new to herp care myself and this is not a problem I've had to consider, so I have no idea if they actually make locks for tanks. Maybe like one of those child safety things?

 

[CooperDragon]

What kind of enclosure are you using? Some of the ones with front opening doors allow for a cable lock that can be used to keep the latch closed (ExoTerra has this). If you have a top opening enclosure, then weighing down the top with a heavy frame of some sort may be helpful in preventing the lid from being pried open.