Juvie strange behavior?

[ladybriann]

My two and a half month old beardie, Sophie, is acting strange. She is 58 grams, 10.5 inches long. She is in a shed right now. This morning I soaked her for about 5 minutes to help with the shed. Put her back in her tank and she ate endive and raspberries, for the very first time, that I dangled in front of her. She's only eaten crickets and tiny mealworms until today. She also ate 3 superworms (first time for those) and 5 crickets today. (she likes to eat!)

My reason for concern is: She is on her basking shelf (91 degrees) and rubbing against the glass and shelf (I assumed to get the dead skin off) then all of a sudden she is gaping and flaring her beard at nothing that I can determine would bother her. Then she did a weird motion with her beard/throat that looked as if she was trying to throw up. I don't see anything in the back of her mouth/throat.

Now she seems more comfortable, and calm. She has old skin still hanging on her neck, back and a little on her head between her eyes and nose. Is she acting weird because the old skin is constricting around her neck? Should I soak her more? or leave her in her basking light to digest the superworms she ate 15 minutes ago?

 

[tonid]

Hi, I think your baby is a little too small to be eating superworms at the moment. They are not usually recommended until your beardie is about 16 inches long, so you may want to stop giving these to her until she is a bit bigger.

When my beardies are shedding, they puff up their beards, this helps them loosen the tight skin, they also rub around things to help get the shed off.

Don't worry too much at the moment, but I would definately hold off on the superworms.

 

[ladybriann]

Thanks for the reply. I hadn't read about not giving superworms to young beardies until this afternoon. I won't give her any more until she's full grown. I had gotten the superworms for my adult leopard geckos that I just got this past weekend and thought I'd see if Sophie liked them. Well, she did but they didn't agree with her, now I feel bad that I gave her a belly ache. She didn't even want her dinner crickets tonight. Should I be worried? She will be okay, won't she?

 

[tonid]

Hi Jan,

Just keep an eye on her for now, but sometimes when they are going through a shed they lose their appetite. Hope she feels better soon x

 

[ladybriann]

Sophie seems to be feeling better today. She had a tub soak and a BIG poop :lol: , ate a few crickets and is now basking on her shelf. Her shed is complete except for a little on her eyelid (I'll have to watch that). Today will be a good day.
Thanks Toni for 'holding my hand' through this first BD crisis.

 

[tonid]

My pleasure Jan...I'm so glad to hear Sophie is feeling better today x