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Bit confused and worried

Remnra

Bearded Dragon Egg
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Ok so I get back from doing laundry this morning with my youngest, and I find Stripes (kiddos named him that since when we got him we didn't know if he was a girl or boy plus he's got 2 orange stripes that ran down his back) he was sitting at the bottom of his tank with his beard puffed up dark near black color, and half his tail was the same. And he was just almost laying down at the bottom of the tank. I looked up it said that if the tail turns black it could be tail rot if it's going soft. Well I did a few test squeezes and the tail is nice and firm. His beard is stuck in puff mode as well. He was fine last night when I checked on him. Normally through out the day he would be in his water dish chilling out. His tank temp is 93 with humidity at 46. He's got a heat lamp and a day bulb for basking and I make sure his food gets changed every day or every 12 hours on days I work. His water gets changed daily unless he poops in it that day. I've uploaded some pics of stripes
 

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JumpinJellyfish

Juvenile Dragon
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His tail looks normal - they can get dark like that when they're stressed, or just absorbing heat. You mentioned a heat bulb and day(?) Bulb. Do you have a (tube, not coil) UVB bulb as well? If the day bulb is one of those blue bulbs, consider replacing it with a white one,or just not using it, if you don't need the extra heat. Colored bulbs can hurt a beardie's eyes. You also want the tank to have a temp gradient, so the beardie can choose between full basking heat and a cooler area.
He's a pretty dragon. :0)
 
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