Kristen623
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Hello, my male beardie is 8 1/2 months old & hasn't been acting himself for about 2 weeks now. Instead of basking on top of his hide rock/cave, he's been inside it during the day. When he's out, he seems to look fine, but I've noticed he's doing a lot of digging & tearing up the paper towels I've been using for subtrate. He is 18 inches long & in a 20 gallon tank. My first thought is, maybe he's unhappy in his tank, too small? Which I will be upgrading to a 40 or 50 soon. Or maybe it's too hot. I did notice his basking side was about 100 (digital thermometer) I adjusted his temps. I have a 75 watt dimmer on basking side, which the temp is now about 95-97. The cool side is about 78. He eats mealworms, Phoenix worms, & butter worms, escarole, butternut squash, and mango. I tried wax worms too, but saw a lot of them in his stool so I stopped feeding them to him about 3 weeks ago. He seems to be going to the bathroom every 2 days now. Any ideas?