Why is my bearded dragon staying dark?

[Storm9711]

Hi, I have a 5/6 year old male bearded dragon and his colors have been very dark and has ha stress marks the past few days. I haven't changed anything in his cage or anything, his basking spots about 97-105 and his cool sides about 75-90 ( he has a big cage) and he has a 10.0 reptisun UVB light. I feed him collard greens and butternut squash as a salad except this week the store only had kale :/ dsprinkled with calcium with d3 every like 3/4 days, and he gets a couple super worms a week. I give him a bath every couple days too. He's been eating and he pooped so he's not impacted, and he's not as active.. Could he be going into brumation? I'm just scared I can't take him to a vet because of money issues.. We just paid a vet bill from our dog slashing her leg open, and getting a tumor removed off the other leg.. It's frustrating
Thanks

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

How many insects on average does he get per week, only 2 superworms?
On average an adult still does need around 40-50 insects along with greens for optimal health.
How old is the Reptisun 10 UVB light & is it a tube bulb or a compact/coil light?
How close is the UVB light to him?
Are you using a digital probe or temp gun to measure his temperatures?
While he could be going into a slow down phase, let's review your tank set up a bit more to be sure nothing is off for him.
Please post some pictures of him so we can see his physical condition, too.

Tracie

 

[Storm9711]

Hello,

How many insects on average does he get per week, only 2 superworms?
On average an adult still does need around 40-50 insects along with greens for optimal health.
How old is the Reptisun 10 UVB light & is it a tube bulb or a compact/coil light?
How close is the UVB light to him?
Are you using a digital probe or temp gun to measure his temperatures?
While he could be going into a slow down phase, let's review your tank set up a bit more to be sure nothing is off for him.
Please post some pictures of him so we can see his physical condition, too.

Tracie

Im sorry i never responded to this but he did get better. But to answer your questions he eats about 10-15 (thats a couple compared to by baby beardie eating about 10 dubias a day haha).
I bought the uv light about 2 montsh ago and its the tube.
He can get pretty close to the uv light.. about 5 or 6 inches.
I use a temp gun.
He brightened up and went to normal about a day after i posted this. I just have no idea why he did that.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

That is great news to hear he is much better.
Maybe the weather was affecting him if it has been cloudy & or cold. It tends to get them down or more lethargic when the weather is turbulent.
The distance of 5-6 inches from the Reptisun 10 tube bulb is fine, as long as it is mounted alongside the basking light.
Let us know if you need anything!

Tracie