I'm really not buying into the stress thing after everything you wrote. It seems to be the catch all in the reptile world. Gee, can't find anything else so it must be stress. Beardies need 8 hours of uninterruped sleep. They also need to feel that they are not prey to another animal. Other than that Beardies are very durable and curious. I am constantly changing my enclosures or who is living with who and who may be alone. They often sleep in random places around the house. None of this ever seems to be a problem.

Your dragon doesn't really sound any different than my male when he is housed alone. Outside he will not stay in the sun like the girls. In 15 minutes he's looking for a place to sleep. I have never put him outside in the same cage as the girls.

I launch fireworks whenever he eats live food, but always push. He will never eat crickets, roaches, horn worms, phoenix worms or butter worms. He will eat, and believe me he only does it as a personal favor to me, superworms and sometimes silkworms. You could try these.

You should also have a weight scale. It would help to know how much he weighs. I weigh mine at least a couple times a week and write it down. It really helps with understanding trends after brumation, etc. Plus he may just not eat much because he is not hungry. But if he doesn't lose weight then that's fine.

I give him a one full day limit on the hiding thing. Everyone seems to be afraid of this. If you don't want them to hide take away the hide or block it.

He will never hide when one or both of the girls are with him. I really just think maybe he is bored. I play the radio all day none of mine could see the TV from their enclosure anyway.

Just my 3 cents. Used the 2 cents before. lol.

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