TL;DR:
My beardie is easily stressed and has wrinkly skin.
Possible causes that I think and need confirmation:
- Big change to humidity after removing water ramp.
- Me trying to make it accustomed to getting handled.
- Just hungry / dehydrated.
So my beardie has been shedding for the past two weeks that caused it to have lessened appetite.
Now he just shed a big chunk of skin and started darting here and there.
Because the summer wind is coming now here in Canada, the humidity is raising.
I normally have a water ramp but that causes the humidity inside the aquarium to be around 60+% and that caused me to have some concerns. So I removed it.
I'm afraid putting back the water ramp because that will ramp up the humidity to 60% and above. So I just increased the times of me misting my beardie (from 1-2 times a day to 2-3 times a day).
I've been trying to handle it because it's still not accustomed to me so I've been trying to handle it every hour for 2-3 mins for it to be accustomed.
So I thought me trying to handle it causes it to become stressed so I stopped, but then it's still easily stressed.
I've also noticed he has been glass surfing on the cold side of the tank.
I would leave the water bowl out - the misting I would not do as often as your doing --- why are you misting so much that is also causing the humidity to go up
Karrie
I would leave the water bowl out - the misting I would not do as often as your doing --- why are you misting so much that is also causing the humidity to go up
Karrie
Ok -- how long have you had him? He is probably going thru relocation stress-- I would cut down on the misting-- w/ the humidity that high you don't want to give him an RI-- are you using a hydrometer-- for humidity? The house does it have high humidity? 40-50% in the tank is ok -- and I think 60 ok as well I think if it starts getting to 70 then I would be concerned- others on here can input
Karrie
Ok -- how long have you had him? He is probably going thru relocation stress-- I would cut down on the misting-- w/ the humidity that high you don't want to give him an RI-- are you using a hydrometer-- for humidity? The house does it have high humidity? 40-50% in the tank is ok -- and I think 60 ok as well I think if it starts getting to 70 then I would be concerned- others on here can input
Karrie
around 3-4 weeks now, for 2 weeks I left him to be accustomed to the tank, and these past 2 weeks I've been adding / removing decorations that can help him in long term. Maybe that may be the case?
For house humidity, using hygrometer it's dancing around 45%-50+% and the tank is dancing around 40% - 50%
That is fine-- I would leave decor alone- sometimes it takes awhile for them to adjust-- be patient- he's gonna get used to you w/ your hands in the tank--- you can put a soft piece of clothes like fleece or blanket in his hide so he gets used to your smell- he will come around-- try hand feeding
Karrie