Black bearding when changing where sitting

[Toadleagend]

Hello, my bearded dragon sometimes will black beard right after she has moved to a new spot. A lot of this happens when she is on the basking and moves to the other end or the middle of her tank. Yesterday and maybe today, she was doing it more frequently. She’ll be in one area. Then, later she will be sitting somewhere else with a black beard. I’ve seen her do it in front of me a couple times. Her beard turns dark then she’ll move. Or sometimes she will move then her beard will turn dark. It normally doesn’t happen a lot. And it still doesn’t happen every time she moved. But, since yesterday it has been happening more than usual. Her beard gets better with greens and crickets. It takes more greens to get it better tho. It normally makes it stay bright. Until she does it again. Sometimes it gets better when I’m sitting with her. Not completely better tho. I’m not sure if it gets better on its own or because I’m there.I’m not sure what could be causing this.

I’ve also seen a few times today she has been glass surfing with a black beard. She stops glass surfing when I come into the room. She has also been very excited for food recently. She normally is excited. But, she has been more aggressive about it. She keeps trying to eat my fingers. She is 5 years old.

 

[Chris.]

Could be I guess, my boy will sometimes get darker before he poops (like a couple of minutes).

I mean uncomfortable moving like sheding the legs or maybe slipped and hit her toe or something. Just very minor troubles that occure from time to time...

 

[Toadleagend]

Could be I guess, my boy will sometimes get darker before he poops (like a couple of minutes).

I mean uncomfortable moving like sheding the legs or maybe slipped and hit her toe or something. Just very minor troubles that occure from time to time...

Ok, thank you very much for your help!!! Her beard was bright when she pooped today.

 

[Toadleagend]

It seems like today she does small spurts of glass surfing when I’m not around. Because when I see her her greens are all over the place. And she is settled somewhere. And a few times she had a black beard. Other times it was only slightly brown.

 

[Toadleagend]

I saw her beard turn black a minute ago. Normally I’m not around when it does. I was on the other side of the room. She was on her basking. Then, she started eyeing her greens or just the ground. Her beard started turning black. She jumped down and grabbed a green. Stepped over the green and glass surfed/poked around the glass for less than a minute. Then, she went back on her basking. I don’t know what this would mean. Perhaps mood/ dominance/anger/ boredom.

 

[Toadleagend]

I noticed she keeps running down to the same spot in the middle of her tank. She glass surfs too. But always stops there.

 

[Chris.]

I saw her beard turn black a minute ago. Normally I’m not around when it does. I was on the other side of the room. She was on her basking. Then, she started eyeing her greens or just the ground. Her beard started turning black. She jumped down and grabbed a green. Stepped over the green and glass surfed/poked around the glass for less than a minute. Then, she went back on her basking. I don’t know what this would mean. Perhaps mood/ dominance/anger/ boredom.

Could be any of the things you mentioned really.
You should not make changes to the tank too often but providing a big tank with a lot of enrichment is really important.

 

[Toadleagend]

Could be any of the things you mentioned really.
You should not make changes to the tank too often but providing a big tank with a lot of enrichment is really important.

Ok, thank you very much!

 

[Toadleagend]

Ok, thank you very much!

Do you know what would be enrichment that I can add into her tank? I tried adding a reptile climbing ladder but she just tried to eat the sticks it was made out of.

 

[Chris.]

Do you know what would be enrichment that I can add into her tank? I tried adding a reptile climbing ladder but she just tried to eat the sticks it was made out of.

There are many ways, here are some pics of my latest tank.
Obviously I'm more of a natural guy and both my dragons really like branches and climbing. They spend very few time on the ground with a setup like that because they like the verticals so much.

 

[Toadleagend]

There are many ways, here are some pics of my latest tank.
Obviously I'm more of a natural guy and both my dragons really like branches and climbing. They spend very few time on the ground with a setup like that because they like the verticals so much.

Ok, thank you very much!!!

 

[Toadleagend]

Ok, thank you very much!!!

I have a hammock and that reptile climbing wall. I can add those. Hopefully she won’t eat the sticks after a while. I’ll add them in slowly so she doesn’t get so stressed.

 

[Toadleagend]

I just wanted to add that today she brown bearded a lot when she wasn’t glass surfing. Not black just brown. Sometimes it was bright. She also kept glass surfing with a black beard. It was not continuous. But, she still did it quite a bit. The glass surfing typically only lasted 1 minute. Sometimes 5. She always did it around the same spot. Which was around her greens. She also didn’t stop for me a couple of times. I still think she did sometimes though. And, one time it looked like she waited until I left the room to do it. I just wanted to add this because she’s acting slightly different from Friday and Saturday, and I’m not sure if it means anything different.