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Hey! My beardie is about 2 years and once summer started she's been acting strange.. she is messing up her cage every time i clean it, making the paper towels fly every where. Shes pooing all over her cage.. *usually poo's in one place*. she's been running at the glass and now her nose is sort-of bruising... i probably dont play with her as much as i should.

Any one know why?
Thanks in advance!!
*lauren

I don't know about the poo but when i first got my beardie when he was young he did the running up and down the glass bruising his nose. i would pick him up when he started put him back in later and he would just carry on and i handled and always have handled mine about 3 or 4 times a day. i think it is just part of the whole crazy beardie behaviour.

Hope this helps a bit if you are anything like me i panic when anything happens and no amount of info is enough.

Kayleigh

Thanks!! It helps that i know my beardie isnt sick or w/e.. I know it, i panic every time something changes w/ my pets.. well thanks again!
*lauren

What are the temps in the cage, particularly on the hot end? It may be that since summer started the temps got too high and the rubbing behavior is your beardie trying to get out of the cage
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Hi,
What size cage is youe beardie in? I ask because I've seen dragons claw like mad to get out if they're in too small a cage. Or he could be doing it just to do it....I've seen that also!
-Nicky

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N/P
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Are you like me, confused
All included but you
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Rapid brown avoid clear blue
Why’s it have to be this way?
Be this way
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?? N/P does that mean no problem? lol sry im sorta slow with abbrieviations. I think her cage is fairly large, 40 breeder.. shes been the same size for a year or so and is just getting fatter.. shes always been fine with her cage and am sure thats not the problem..
* right now the temp is 80*F
THANKS Alot!!
*Lauren

Oh i see now you called her a he so u were correcting your self.. LOl. agh! now i get it

Lol. Yes...I was correcting myself, and N/P means "no post". The cage size sounds ok...but I'm confused as to the temp? You said 80. Is that the hot or cool side and what is the actual basking temp? Do you use a temp gun or digi probe to measure the temps with? Like I said, she could be doing it just to do it. Gordo goes crazy, jumping up the sides of the tank and running around like mad if he thinks I'm not paying attention to him often enough. Which is about every 5 minutes in his mind, lol!
-Nicky
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What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused
All included but you
Alone...
The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen and change their hue
Rapid brown avoid clear blue
Why’s it have to be this way?
Be this way
Flowers watched through wide brown eyes
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon
-Alice In Chains
2.1 Bearded Dragons: Gordo, Layne, & Chiquita
2.2 Cats: Zeus, Remi, Kiki & Delilah
1.0 Betta

Is 80 the hottest temp she has in the tank? If so this may explain why her feces are looking different. Beardies need to have acess to temps around 100-110degrees in order to properly digest their food, as well as maintain general health. Try upping the temps and see what happens.
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1.1 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Tokay Gecko
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink
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0.1 Anerythristic Corn
0.0.1 Red Tegu
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

No,no.. thats the cool side its usually 95-100*F. Her poo doesnt look AnY different its just ALL over the place. :-p
like she usually goes in the same corner all the time now shes going in all different places scattered about her cage.