Grumpy Dragon...

[Novia]

I've had Butiki since March and he's quite large now. Ever since I moved he's been really grumpy. I moved from South Dakota to Utah about a month ago and then about 2 weeks later moved just a few miles away to a new apartment but ever since then he black beards at me ALL THE TIME. I give a bath it's black, put him in the sun he's black, etc etc. I've been bathing him almost every day for about a week now because I think the move may have slightly dehydrated him. I feed him mustard greens every day and he usually eats about half of the bowl of those and maybe one or two medium sized powdered dubias if they're right in front of him. He won't chase anything anymore... which is irritating. I was hand feeding him super worms for most of his diet but I think the chitin wasn't doing very well with him because his poops have been loaded with the shells of the worms. Today he had one poop with barely any urate and it had grass it it (last time he was in the grass was about a week ago) and superworm shells (I gave him one superworm yesterday) He hasn't been pooping every day like he used to... it's been every other day for about a week but before that he went 3-4 days without pooping. He stays in his cave pretty much the whole day. Even right now... I put him on the window sill to sun for about 15 minutes before he hopped down so I put him back in his cage and he immediately went in his cave. He hasn't been coming out in the morning except to eat his mustard greens... I would imagine this can't be healthy because he's not sunning...
I think it may stress him out that my boyfriend and I just got a new baby dragon 2 days ago too but they can't really see each other and he was acting funny before that anyway. Essentially I don't know what to do anymore... Right now he has a hammock right underneath a 100W sunning bulb with a 5.0 UVB strip light. I changed from 75W to 100W 2 days ago thinking maybe he wasn't warm enough. Could that be too much for him? He was a baby when I got him so I'm assuming he's about 6 months old now? not sure.
Sorry my post is so long... any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Novia]

OH and one last thing, he hasn't shed in like a 3 weeks... usually he sheds every two or so...

 

[CooperDragon]

Is his beard constantly black, or does it just go black often? It's a good sign that he's eating and pooping regularly. Has anything changed with his setup recently aside from changing locations? I suggest replacing the 5.0 UVB light with a 10.0 as the output from the 5.0 isn't really sufficient - they are designed for shade animals.

 

[Novia]

He just black beards a lot. And I do plan on going from a 5.0 to 10.0. The only other hing that changed is that he has a new cave and I moved his cage but only a couple feet. He was grumpy before either of those changes though. Could he just be going through a teenage phase?

 

[CooperDragon]

Yes, it's possible he's just being a teenager. Keep an eye on his weight and make sure he keeps eating and go from there. Not much you can do except wait if that's the case. If he starts losing a lot of weight though, a vet visit may be in order.