Just curious if there is any relation to the colors of my beardie and whether he is happy/comfortable.
He is a Super Citrus Leatherback (still a juvie at 7 months). When he eats, he gets a much brighter color...especially when eating his Dubias. I did notice that certain things make him go darker though. I have faux-rock structures throughout his 4x2x2 viv and he runs like crazy all over them, taking periodic breaks under the heat lamp. I added a little branch thing for him to climb up on under the heat lamp...checked temps and all that jazz... He climbed up on the branch and hung out under the light. He got a much darker color (almost a brown instead of yellow) and stopped running around.
So, I took the branch back out and made him get off. He is now running around his cage all hyper again and is a bright yellow. Does this mean he didn't like the branch? If so, why did he hang out on it (I feel as though I'm treating him too much like a human with reasoning)?
He is a Super Citrus Leatherback (still a juvie at 7 months). When he eats, he gets a much brighter color...especially when eating his Dubias. I did notice that certain things make him go darker though. I have faux-rock structures throughout his 4x2x2 viv and he runs like crazy all over them, taking periodic breaks under the heat lamp. I added a little branch thing for him to climb up on under the heat lamp...checked temps and all that jazz... He climbed up on the branch and hung out under the light. He got a much darker color (almost a brown instead of yellow) and stopped running around.
So, I took the branch back out and made him get off. He is now running around his cage all hyper again and is a bright yellow. Does this mean he didn't like the branch? If so, why did he hang out on it (I feel as though I'm treating him too much like a human with reasoning)?