stressmarks

[Littlelizardstarman]

I've seen my beadie have stress marks since ive gotten him a month ago. he eats just fine in both veggies and live food. he basks all day and sometimes ill let him out and explore my room or lay on my belly. all the times he is outside his tank his stress marks go away. when hes in his tank they are there and they get really dark. sometimes his stress marks arent there but the creamy belly doesnt last very long. i do own a cat thats basically in love with my beardie, she sometimes jumps up on my dresser where i put the tank but i have a spray bottle and spray her every time she gets up there. i dont think the cat is the problem. he lives in a 40 gallon tank and hes a little over 10 inches from tip of the nose to top of the tail. i have two small food/water dishes and a large basking log under the uvb and heat lamp, two hides (which he never uses, but ive seen him sleep in both once). i dont know what could be causing his stress marks other than hes just getting dark to collect heat, any other suggestions?

 

[CooperDragon]

I think the term stress marks is misleading. Young dragons commonly have dark marks along their bellies and it coincides with them darkening to bask and collect heat as you mentioned. It sounds like his behavior is good, he is alert and eating well, so I wouldn't worry about it. What are the surface temps in his basking spot? Is he getting enough heat?

 

[Littlelizardstarman]

I think the term stress marks is misleading. Young dragons commonly have dark marks along their bellies and it coincides with them darkening to bask and collect heat as you mentioned. It sounds like his behavior is good, he is alert and eating well, so I wouldn't worry about it. What are the surface temps in his basking spot? Is he getting enough heat?

It's very hot but sometimes he basks at the top of his log. It's at 100 to 105 depending on the temperature of my room. He likes to bask at the bottom of the log