Male bearded dragon not eating with female in the room

[JuniorBeardie]

We have a 10 month old male bearded dragon. He had been doing great - until.... We are babysitting a friend's older and bigger female bearded dragon. Their cages are in the same room but not directly near each other. She is fine and eating normally - but little man is going nuts. His color is dark, head bobbing, bearding, will race to her tank if we put him on the ground. He is eating a small amount of veggies but not touching his superworms which is very unusual. It's day 3. We have the other one for a total of a week and a half. Should I be worried? He also hadn't pooped in 2 days going on three. He is a daily pooper - though he is not eating much which may explain that.

I have him out getting some alone time in another room with me and thought I may try to feed him in a little bit since his color seems to go back to normal when we keep him out of the room for a bit (though when we did this last night he still wouldn't eat).

Because the tanks are so big and we have to put them in a room we can close off from our cat - moving them to be in different parts would be a last resort.

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. I'd cover those sides so he can't see her.

 

[JuniorBeardie]

I got him to eat about half of his normal diet today after letting him hang out with me (away from her) for a few hours. And he also pooped. We ended up shielding him from the sight of her cage (the back of her tank is blacked out so we turned it around).

I just hope he doesn't starve over the next 6 days, poor guy

 

[JuniorBeardie]

Update - he isn't eating today either. He may have had some veggies and that's it. Even though he can't see her - he is still agitated and head bobbing/bearding. Worried he won't eat.