Stress Marks and Glass Surfing

[JLollino]

so I've had Khaleesi now for over a week and the past two days she's been showing heavy stress marks and has been acting very different when I try to handle her. She runs in the tank and doesn't like being handled it seems, she's not been like this since I've gotten her. She's also been very infatuated with what appears to be her reflection and will go against the glass and try and it appears like trying to get out. But if I approach her she just stops and looks at me like I'm crazy. She's did an arm wave at the glass today and I saw her from about 20 feet away on my couch so I doubt it had anything to do with me. I'm not sure if this is normal or whether this is something I caused. I don't want to have her stressed like this. Here's a picture of her like 5 minutes ago and she's been like this since she woke up at 8 and basically all day yesterday.

 

[CooperDragon]

Is she still eating? If her appetite is up then that's a good sign. I'd put some newspaper or similar up on the sides of the tank to cut down on her ability to see her reflection which may be causing some stress and the timid behavior.

 

[JLollino]

Is she still eating? If her appetite is up then that's a good sign. I'd put some newspaper or similar up on the sides of the tank to cut down on her ability to see her reflection which may be causing some stress and the timid behavior.

Ya she's eating great she's leveled off at about 8 Dubia 3 times a day which is feel is good because they're not the teeny tiny ones they're a good size but they are no bigger than the space between her eyes and she chews them really well. And I'm not sure but from reading up on the glass surfing I feel like it could be one of two things. She only does it in the morning and she always goes to the bathroom in this time and I've been feeding her when she does this and she seems the most eager to eat so maybe she's hungry and just has to go to the bathroom. The marks really don't go away they just get slightly lighter and she's been much better about being handled and has been really tame and hangs out with me for around 10 minutes just checking her environment out. So hopefully she's doing better and it's just normal baby behavior because everything else seems to be fine.

 

[SukiLove]

My Suki used to glass surf like MAD when she had to go to the bathroom, she refused to go in her tank. She had gotten used to going potty on paper outside her tank when she was roaming. Funny how they can become so routine sometimes. :lol:

Soleil also has the "stress marks" they were darker the first 2 days she was home but now they are lighter, I think its pretty standard for some babies to just have more of the pattern on their bellies and throat than adults.

Sounds like you are doing really well with her.