Diablo acting a bit lethargic

[Rampagingraptor]

As the title says, Diablo has been acting a bit lethargic recently. She perks up all the time and is still very alert, but she seems to be going off to sleep quite a bit.
For example, in the middle of the day today, she was digging into the corner as if she were going to sleep. I pulled her out cause I had to do something with her, so she didn't fall asleep, but she likely would have if I kept her there. She seems to be going around to nap quite a bit, too.
I've also noticed that while she is under her basking light, she tends to just cuddle up to whatever she is basking on and leaves her head down. Often times, I will see her just laying down on whatever she was basking on and just keep her eyes closed, either like she is sleeping or is half awake.
As for her setup information, most of it can be found on my posts, but I do have all of the right lighting I need and all of it is still a month or two old, and all of my temps are right, taken with a infrared thermometer. Her feeding schedule hasn't changed much at all and she is still eating quite a good amount of dubias each day. Her light time is from 7 am to 11 pm.
She has been doing this for some time, and I am a little worried about her. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[DaisyDragon123]

Has she been checked for parasites?

 

[Rampagingraptor]

I can't remember exactly when, but we had her stool tested when we took her to the vets a while ago. It hasn't been particularly bad smelling lately, though it has been a bit watery.

 

[DaisyDragon123]

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[Rampagingraptor]

Its not that bad, really. The poop is solid for the most part, and it only is a bit watery. I didn't take a picture of it, but it looks pretty much exactly like this.

From what I know, that's basically normal. Obviously I am not a pro on Beardie poop, though.
Edit: I also meant that it wasn't runny, it was more just accompanied by a slight amount of liquid, like a VERY small amount that would just soak a little.

 

[DaisyDragon123]

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[Rampagingraptor]

Yeah, I will probably try taking her to the vet when I get a chance. I just don't really want to if I don't have to, especially with tax season coming. >_<
Another thing I should mention, though, is that I have a feeling that she might not actually be getting enough sleep. She sits next to my desk, so she is next to me all the time, and I tend to stay up real late (cause night shift and all).
I'm tempted to try drastically changing her light hours to see if that helps, but I don't think that would be a great idea or that I would have to implement it slowly.

 

[DaisyDragon123]

That may help. Keeping lights on until 11 pm is a bit late. You could just cover the cage with a black bedsheet while on the computer.

 

[Rampagingraptor]

I suppose I could, but She can get away from the lights pretty easily with how I have most of her stuff setup, and the blanket might be a little bit harder to put over the front with how I have her enclosure setup.
I'm not too sure if I am too loud for her, as well. I mean, its not earsplittingly loud, but it is about medium or so? idk.

 

[Betty53218]

It might be from your lights being on too long. I believe it should be around 12 on 12 off, but more off time during fall and winter. I turn lights on at 7:30ish and out around that same time at night. My guy is in his own room though, so no noise around. If someone does sleep over, I cover his tank with a blanket leaving a little space open on the screen top for air flow.

 

[Rampagingraptor]

It could be that, so I suppose I could test out a shorter time, but the problem is it makes it really hard for me to get around to feeding her and allowing her enough time to bask. That, and I couldn't really be certain about this.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

I agree, it could be that she may not be getting quite enough sleep. How old is she?
Some dragons start odd brumation phases this time of year. I have one who goes in or starts slowing down in May to June time frame. I think he is on Australia time or something, but he has been doing that for the entire time we have had him.
You could consider a fecal sure, normally they don't charge very much for that, either. Is her appetite is still good though?

Tracie

 

[Rampagingraptor]

She is about 5 or 6 months now, so i don't think it would be brumation yet.
She still eats at least two times a day, and usually clears out 10+ medium size dubias just fine each feeding. The other day she actually had a couple of gigantic hornworms, but she seemed to be just fine afterwards. No idea how she fit them in here, both of them were about 3/4 her torso and pretty thick!
For her feeding she doesn't really follow the schedule all the time, though. Usually I just leave a plastic Tupperware in there for her to eat from, which she usually charges, but sometimes she just ignores it for a while, then comes in.
Also, like I said, that picture isn't her poo, but it looks almost exactly the same.

 

[jenh010112]

Let us know how she's doing. Our lights are set to on 7:15 a.m. and off 8:15 p.m. They usually fall asleep where ever they are when the lights go off. Sometimes they'll come down off of the basking spot, sometimes not. They are in our tv room and the tv and lights do not affect them sleeping. My female seems to sleep more than our male. We have no idea the age on either of them, but she is bigger. My male is a rescue and we're still trying to fatten him up. LOL.

Good luck! It's always scary when something seems weird. I'm a poop watcher too. My husband hates it. My female is a large pooper, about 1-2 x per week. My male is a small pooper 3-5 x per week.

 

[Rampagingraptor]

She did alright today. She didn't go to the bathroom today, but I'm not too worried about it just yet as its only one day. She was walking around kind of slow, but she seemed more like she was stalking, so it was kind of hard to tell. Otherwise, she seemed really alert and everything, though she kind of dug into a corner for a little and just stuck her head up.
I plan on making it so her lights turn on at 8 instead, see if that changes anything for her. going to give it a week to see if she is fine with it.