1. We think Junior is almost a year old, definitely a male
2. In the last 7 days we started babysitting an older female. That's when he became agitated (bearding, head bobbing, turning dark, going up on his side and inflating) and stopped eating. Eating superworms that is and started eating more veggies.
3. We moved her out of his room. The first day she was gone he had a normal appetite. But went back to not eating insects (which is how we feed him calcium and multi vitamins)
4. In the last 7 days he has had 13 -14 supers total (only ate them on two different days).
5. He is eating his veggies
6. He was also moved from a 40 gal tank to a 78 gal tank on Thursday.
I included pics of the new setup. Using a temp gun - the basking side gets up to 109 at the highest spot and high 90s. I use two bulbs 100w and 50w (on hotter days I just leave the 100w on). Cool side is in the mid 80s. I have a 75w bulb there. With the new tank we got a T5 10 bulb - keep in mind this all sits on top of the screen.
Hi there....what happens with some mature beardies [ mostly males ] is that once they see a potential rival or mate they become pre-occupied. That can take away their appetite as they pine away....their instinct in the wild would be to " get that female". Now he's seen her but can do nothing, so it's stressful to an extent. This happens in captivity but it won't harm him in the long run. The poo looks fine, just some colors from the veggies or pellets in his diet.