Stress lines

[Emjay22]

I got my first beardie a few days ago! I got her from a breeder a few hours away, so I bought her a carrier and lined it with repticarpet. After I bought her, I put her in the carrier and then I put the carrier on my lap. A few minutes into the drive I looked on my felt something on my sleeve. She escaped somehow and came out to cuddle with me! I checked her belly and there was no sign of stress lines. When we got home I put her in her enclosure and she ran around quite a bit, and then climbed up to her basking spot. She didn’t have any stress lines either, and later that night she ate 4 small crickets dusted with calcium powder. Today, after I fed her, I noticed she had extremely dark stress lines all over her belly. I let her bask for a few hours, (undisturbed), and then I checked on her again. She still had stress lines. I noticed she was running across her viv, and so I just assumed she wanted to be picked up. I picked her up, and her stress lines disappeared. I cuddled with her for about ten minutes, and then put her back into her viv. I left for five minutes and when I came back she had stress lines again! So basically she has stress lines whenever she’s in her viv. Is there something wrong with my setup? She’s in a 50 gallon viv, her basking spot temp is 105, the cool side of her Viv is at 85, she has a hide and a basking platform. Her UV light is a reptisun compact.( I would have the reptisun 10.0 but I can’t find a fixture) and she is 2.5 months old.

Sorry for so much writing! Next time I’ll try to shorten it a little

Mj



Edit: the dark spot on her nose is from a little nip from her sibling. I took the picture when I first got her and it’s starting to go away now

 

[Emjay22]

Update: I just bathed her, and she drank some water. Her stress lines have gone away, so I guess she was just dehydrated? I feel like such a bad beardie mom?