Excessive hiding and stress marks, cause for concern?

[chrism1]

Hi all!

So my beardie has been retreating to his hide everyday for about 5 weeks now. I can't find a cause though, as he goes there on his own after basking for a while. Sometimes I'll feed him, he'll bask, and then he'll go into his hid and won't come out. Sometimes I take him out and put him on his basking rock, and he'll stay there for a while before going back into his hide.

I've also noticed that he has stress marks on him all the time, sometimes light, but he almost never has a clear, white belly, especially when basking.

His set-up:

Basking spot: power sun 100watt, about 100 degrees, and he opens his mouth when under it after a while of basking.
Heatbulb: a generic 40 watt from the hardware store that doesn't produce light.

Coolside: 75 degrees-70 degrees inside his hide.

He has been eating pheonix worms and pooping in his bath every two days.

Any suggestions or things to change?


Thanks everyone!

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. Do you use a uvb? If so is it coil/compact or tube? What brand? How are you taking the temps? What size enclosure is he in?

 

[chrism1]

Hi. Do you use a uvb? If so is it coil/compact or tube? What brand? How are you taking the temps? What size enclosure is he in?

hey, yeah the power sun is MVB with both UVB and heat. It's a bulb, like a basking bulb. I'm using a zoomed thermometer probe and his enclosure is about 70 gallons.

 

[destiny1998]

How old is he? Brumation maybe?

 

[chrism1]

How old is he? Brumation maybe?

He's is just under a year old. I think it might be but sometimes he wakes up on his own and this morning he fell asleep outside of his hide and once I turned on the lights he went to his basking spot. I hope he is brumating though because I can't think of anything else...

 

[destiny1998]

Yeah I have one thats doing weird things also. She'll sleep for a few days, then she'll bask one, return to her hide the next and won't eat a thing. Basically driving me nuts with worry half the time lol