To be honest..I think you are worrying about nothing. Its not unusual for dragons to get flighty for a period of time in their 'early teens'. She's active, eating well, even if once in awhile she doesn't eat much. My dragon never eat the same amount of insects every day while she was growing up.



Just offer her insects twice a day, as much as she will eat, keeping the size to no bigger than that space between her eyes. Get a temp gun, which is much better at measuring surface temps. Not sure if that unit you have contains a probe or if you just stick it on the side of the cage.



As for bathing her everyday, I don't recommend it. You can do as BDLvr has recommended in many posts in the past, just use a clean eyedropper (not one that has been used for medicine etc...don't' want any trace elements getting into your dragon. You can buy eyedroppers at any pharmacy). Drip water on the corner of their mouths, usually they get the idea after a few times to lick the water up.



I would also stop using that veggie dust...I don't' see any benefit and too much supplementation can be harmful too. Best to just have a good variety of greens offered to her instead. Mist the greens well, it will keep them from drying out fast and adds more moisture to them..also misting them while your dragon watches, may stimulate them to 'attack' the greens as though they were alive.
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