Our baby beardie, Tequila, has been having a rough time. She is somewhere between 6-8 weeks, we believe, since she is only 6-7 inches head to tail. When we first got her, she was gaping and never had any stress marks. The last week or so, I or my boyfriend haven't seen her gape once, and she has stress marks all the time. She basks, goes to the cool side, climbs, runs, eats, and poops regularly. She just finished a shed, which we thought might be causing the marks, but they haven't gone away since the shed ended.
Our set up is a 4 foot x 18 inch x18 inch custom viv that we built out of wood. Cool temps are usually around 85, but as of late we have been experiencing a heat wave in Western Washington, the cool side is getting up to 90. The hot side stays around 100, with the basking temp at 110-115. She has reptisun 10.0 uvb light in her tank as well. Assess to veggies and water 24/7. Always has white urates, so I know she is drinking. Stress marks actually go away when we take her out of her viv, so maybe something is wrong with her home?
Everything with her seems fine, except that she isn't gaping and always dark. We have read everything we can on beardie behavior and cannot really find any info, so all ideas are welcome! Thank you.
Our set up is a 4 foot x 18 inch x18 inch custom viv that we built out of wood. Cool temps are usually around 85, but as of late we have been experiencing a heat wave in Western Washington, the cool side is getting up to 90. The hot side stays around 100, with the basking temp at 110-115. She has reptisun 10.0 uvb light in her tank as well. Assess to veggies and water 24/7. Always has white urates, so I know she is drinking. Stress marks actually go away when we take her out of her viv, so maybe something is wrong with her home?
Everything with her seems fine, except that she isn't gaping and always dark. We have read everything we can on beardie behavior and cannot really find any info, so all ideas are welcome! Thank you.