Female bearded dragon acting crazy

[Kfoley_5678]

I recently bought my bearded dragon, Liz, a new UVB light, it is the reptisun T5 10.00. Ever since installing it she has so much energy and is scratching and surfing on the doors on her enclosure. The only time that she calms down is when she is out of her tank and at bedtime. She is pooping almost every day and is eating perfectly fine. Since she is about 2 years old now I suspected that maybe she was gravid, but she isn’t showing any other signs besides the surfing and scratching. I am not sure what to do to calm her down. I am in contact with my vets office, but won’t hear anything until tomorrow. Any suggestions?

 

[KarrieRee]

I recently bought my bearded dragon, Liz, a new UVB light, it is the reptisun T5 10.00. Ever since installing it she has so much energy and is scratching and surfing on the doors on her enclosure. The only time that she calms down is when she is out of her tank and at bedtime. She is pooping almost every day and is eating perfectly fine. Since she is about 2 years old now I suspected that maybe she was gravid, but she isn’t showing any other signs besides the surfing and scratching. I am not sure what to do to calm her down. I am in contact with my vets office, but won’t hear anything until tomorrow. Any suggestions?

Has she ever laid eggs? Can you feel for eggs? Where is the UVB ? inside the tank or top of screen? Any digging?

 

[Kfoley_5678]

Has she ever laid eggs? Can you feel for eggs? Where is the UVB ? inside the tank or top of screen? Any digging?

She has never laid eggs, and I cannot feel any eggs. The uvb is on top of the screen. She is more scratching the glass than digging.

 

[KarrieRee]

She has never laid eggs, and I cannot feel any eggs. The uvb is on top of the screen. She is more scratching the glass than digging.

Depending on screen will determine the placement and distance for the uvb- how big is your tank?

 

[Kfoley_5678]

Depending on screen will determine the placement and distance for the uvb- how big is your tank?

It is a 4x2x2

 

[xp29]

Look at your light through your phones camera. I had one going crazy once and my ZooMed fixtures had failed. I'll link a thread I had about it and there's a video so you can see what was happening. Once I replaced the fixture she xalmed right down.

ZooMed light fixture issues revisited | Enclosures

I posted a thread yesterday about having issues with 2 outta 4 Zoomed fixtures. So i was going through my pictures last night and came across a video I had forgotten. Snicker Doodle had been being silly, but of course by the time i got the camera on she stopped.What is interesting about the...

www.beardeddragon.org

 

[Kfoley_5678]

Look at your light through your phones camera. I had one going crazy once and my ZooMed fixtures had failed. I'll link a thread I had about it and there's a video so you can see what was happening. Once I replaced the fixture she xalmed right down.

ZooMed light fixture issues revisited | Enclosures

I posted a thread yesterday about having issues with 2 outta 4 Zoomed fixtures. So i was going through my pictures last night and came across a video I had forgotten. Snicker Doodle had been being silly, but of course by the time i got the camera on she stopped.What is interesting about the...

www.beardeddragon.org

My light isn’t doing that, that is really strange though. It is so weird because she is eating and pooping perfectly fine. It may be because she didn’t have the right uvb before this new one?

 

[xp29]

Maybe. Could be hormones to.

 

[Kfoley_5678]

Maybe. Could be hormones to.

Possibly, I am not feeling any eggs or follicles, so I am not sure what it is.

 

[Kfoley_5678]

She calmed down around 4 pm today, she looked worn out from being so energetic today. She will want to come out of her tank, and then as soon as she’s out she calms down, her absolute favorite thing is to sit at the window and look outside, I think that is what is getting her so riled up is because she can see the window.

 

[KarrieRee]

She calmed down around 4 pm today, she looked worn out from being so energetic today. She will want to come out of her tank, and then as soon as she’s out she calms down, her absolute favorite thing is to sit at the window and look outside, I think that is what is getting her so riled up is because she can see the window.

Her tank is big enough--- the UVB is inside the tank directly above the basking decor 12-15 inches? If all is good w/ temps and lighting and no digging she is fixated on the window - I would get her out for about 2 hrs let her sit in the window if that is what she likes -- see if that calms her down

 

[Kfoley_5678]

Her tank is big enough--- the UVB is inside the tank directly above the basking decor 12-15 inches? If all is good w/ temps and lighting and no digging she is fixated on the window - I would get her out for about 2 hrs let her sit in the window if that is what she likes -- see if that calms her down

I put in a dig box and she started digging in it, should I assume that she is trying to lay eggs?

 

[KarrieRee]

I put in a dig box and she started digging in it, should I assume that she is trying to lay eggs?

Could be just keep an eye on her and see what she does

 

[Kfoley_5678]

Could be just keep an eye on her and see what she does

She is still eating, and I don’t feel anything in her belly so we will see what happens.

 

[Kfoley_5678]

She is still eating, and I don’t feel anything in her belly so we will see what happens.

Update: she has been lying in her cozy hide all day and looks super sleepy, she is still kind of accepting food and I can still not feel anything in her belly.