What is up with Simon?

[aegillesp]

I've had Simon Since end of February, and he was about 7" long, which I am assuming he was about a month or two old. He has never gone a day without eating or basking, and he always eats 20-40 crickets a day (large crickets about 1" long or so) and he gets his Calcium and multivitamin powder, his mustard and collard greens. When I moved him to a new tank, because he just seemed unhappy in his 20G so I pumped him to a 36x18x18 and his basking temps got cooler because I only had a 100W and his temps were like 85-93 degrees in his basking area. After a week or so in his new tank he quit basking all together. I upgraded his basking light to a 150W and I have his basking temps at 103-112 depending where he lays. Now all he does is lay under his half-log and hides ALL day, he rarely eats, he's getting very temperamental, and doesn't like being held a whole lot and he was a straight up mama's boy. He made me sad today, the last time I gave him Mango he absolutely loved it and couldn't get enough of it, and today he ran from it! He didn't eat breakfast and he always runs when I shake the powder bag when I'm powdering his crickets, today he was just "meh" and ignored all of them. I read a post about coming of age (viewtopic.php?f=5&t=195297 ), but I think he is only 6-8 months old and I'm not too familiar with brumation. It's like 120 degrees here in phoenix, so I don't get why he would be doing that. Any insight would be helpful, the last poo smear I had done came back clean and uneventful. Should I take him and his poo to the vet just to make sure? He's being a real big buttface and I'd like to know what's up with him.

 

[Goonie]

Moving to a new home is a very stressful event for beardies, and it could take a few weeks to get used to. Do you have all of the same viv furniture in the new tank?

103-112°F may be too hot for your baby, thus the need to hide all day long. Try lowering the basking temps to be 98-103°F and see if he come out of hiding and start eating again.

Given you live in Phoenix, he shouldn't be wanting to brumate.

 

[aegillesp]

He only started the hiding thing a couple days ago. He wasn't basking at all and was cold every time I took him out of his tank, which worried me. It took me about 2 or so weeks to get him a better basking bulb. He's been in his tank for I think a month or a little more now, so he is quite used to everything in his tank. I put everything exactly the same except his hammock, which he found and was pretty OK with where I put it. I don't move anything except to find his hiding crickets that he hasn't been eating. When I first got his bulb, the spot he'd bask in (usually once or twice a day for about 30 mins at 80-95 degrees) was about 130, so I had to shift where I put his light and so the basking spot was I think 103-112 (in his hammock) and then on his hiding log it's at 103. He is 7-8 months now, and is 20-21" (it's been a while since I've measured him). He's been stubborn lately and doesn't want to be held, he doesn't get all stressed marked out but he squirms and doesn't sit still like he has been doing for the past 3-4 months out of the 5 or so I've had him. He barely even ate today and the only reason he poo'd was because I was worried and helped him since it's been 2-3 days. He was actually really calm after his bath today and relaxed with me for over an hour on my chest, which he hasn't done for a week or so. His face has been shedding, but he's never been this temperamental while shedding and the rest of his body doesn't look like it' going to shed anytime soon.