Twitchy sides?

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So far so good, Holly will be three this year in December. She's been moved into a much larger tank my dad built using only hardwood so don't worry. (He'd never admit it but I know he cares about Holly just as much as I do hehe.) I've noticed recently that her sides will twitch a little. It's only when she's being a spoiled little baby wanting out for play time. So it's really just when she's making sharp turns at her glass, scratching and wanting out. I've got a Dubia colony going now, I gut load them with flukers cricket food and the water gels (its convenient, I admit) but I'll also give them bumble dust bee pollen, I'll occasionally mix in some vitamin and calcium supplements I picked up for my leopard gecko. I only use the calcium without D3 for feeding them. Her set up is basking spot is at 105 degrees Fahrenheit, I do have an infrared thermometer gun thing now, she has the reptisun 10.0 UVB bulb, cool side at around 85 and since it's summer now, I have been taking her outside more often when the weather permits it. I'm wondering what the side twitches are all about. Is it just because she's using those muscles more? Or is there an underlying problem? She's bright eyed and scaly tailed everyday and absolutely loves outside of tank time to waddle around and explore. Her behavior hasn't changed in any way and she's absolutely healthy with a good appetite and good stinky (healthy stinky) dooties. She gives me the stinky messes every few days as she's a fully grown adult now and is on dubias as her staple feeder. I've been giving her full sized adults, perhaps they're too big? She'll only eat one in a sitting. Other than that, dandelion, collards, you know the average beardie salad.
 

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If she's bright colored and active, it's probably not something harmful or bothering her. Possibly just harder than usual breathing after being active? Can you post a video of what she's doing? You can upload one to a service like vimeo or youtube and post a link here and I'll be glad to take a look.
 

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Alright, I'll just have to try to catch it when she throws her next tantrum haha.

Might not be for a little bit since she gets excited seeing nice bright sunlight filter in from the windows. Sunny weather= she wants fun in the sun like you wouldn't believe haha! It's been pretty rainy here lately so I haven't gotten to see it as much.
 
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