Constant Glass-surfing

[FruityCrows]

I have a 1 y/o Rankins dragon who constantly glass-surfs. Sometimes for hours at a time. She has an Exo terra intense basking spot 75W heat lamp and Exo terra natural light (the more blue light). She has 25°C on the cool end, 30°C in the middle and 40-45°C under the basking light. I really doubt its heat related as she always goes back to basking after she's had enough. I've tried all pieces of advice I've found, letting her out, feeding, covering the glass with a blanket, playing. When I let her out she searches for places to surf, walls, my bedframe, desk, any and everything. Sometimes when i try to let her out she runs away and goes to where the glass still is closed and surfs. It feels like im going insane. She also surfs on the wood of the right side of her tank. It looks like she's trying to climb up. She eats one larger dubia roach every other day and sallads whenever she feels like (offered basically every day). Is there anything I can do? I would like to avoid going to the vet as im under 18 and don't have a licence, (the closest vet is over 1h away). I will ofc go if i need to though.

Edit: She does have an exo terra 150 UVB, i will be checking for others though and remove the natural light. Her tank is 120 x 60 cm.

 

[FruityCrows]

The original poster changed her light to our recommendation since that first post. She has a reptisun t5 10.0 for uvb now and has removed the colored light and the coil.

Nothing to do with this post really, but i do use they/them or he/him pronouns. Since i am trans i do care more about pronouns than the average person. Thanks for correcting Alixvthorne

 

[Sue E.]

Nothing to do with this post really, but i do use they/them or he/him pronouns. Since i am trans i do care more about pronouns than the average person. Thanks for correcting Alixvthorne

Oh sorry, Ill correct my post!

 

[Sue E.]

Nothing to do with this post really, but i do use they/them or he/him pronouns. Since i am trans i do care more about pronouns than the average person. Thanks for correcting Alixvthorne

An interesting fact, dont know if you know this already..did you know some bearded dragons can change their gender during incubation from male to female? From the web:
Central bearded dragons can change gender. Specifically, they can switch from genetically male to functional female during embryonic development due to high incubation temperatures. This phenomenon, known as temperature-dependent sex determination, overrides the standard chromosomal sex determination that typically dictates gender in most animals, according to BioTechniques. Pretty cool, huh?

 

[xp29]

An interesting fact, dont know if you know this already..did you know some bearded dragons can change their gender during incubation from male to female? From the web:
Central bearded dragons can change gender. Specifically, they can switch from genetically male to functional female during embryonic development due to high incubation temperatures. This phenomenon, known as temperature-dependent sex determination, overrides the standard chromosomal sex determination that typically dictates gender in most animals, according to BioTechniques. Pretty cool, huh?

They can yes, but forcing it causes some mental issues from what I've read.

 

[Sue E.]

They can yes, but forcing it causes some mental issues from what I've read.

Oh i thought it was just a natural thing they did when the temps are too high.

 

[xp29]

Oh i thought it was just a natural thing they did when the temps are too high.

It may be in the wild, I haven't researched it. But it can be forced in captivity and from what I've read it can cause them not to be as smart as they would be if incubated at a lower temp. I don't remember where exactly I read that, I came across it when I was researching breeding. If I can find it again I'll post a link to it

 

[FruityCrows]

Very cool! I mean except for the mental issues but that its possible is incredibly interesting

 

[xp29]

Very cool! I mean except for the mental issues but that its possible is incredibly interesting

Animals in general are amazing, but beardies for the win!!!