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Strange bevahior after moving terrarium to new place

Rwtf8

Hatchling Dragon
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Hey there!
Randy is about 8mo old dragon.
90x45x45 enclosure, Arcadia tube 12% inside the enclosure. Heating is 75W and gives 40-42 Celsius for hot spot. Humidity is about 40-52%. Feeding him twice a day with dubia roaches and with supplements once a day (Calcium and Calcium D3). Veggies are here every day.
So, after I moved to new apartment Randy have started to show odd behavior: he's walking all over the enclosure constantly and doesn't want to eat from me. I tried to let few dubia roaches free to be catched and he ate all of them. From my hand he eats only "sweets" like carrot or pumpkin, but this is not I want to feed him permanently.
So nothing has changed in regards of his environment, only new apartment and possibly new view from terrarium.
He's still can sit and lay on me without any attempts to escape.

Also, his nostrils looks a bit strange to me, like clogged
Any ideas what's going on with him?
 

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Skybug

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He’s going through location stress it sounds like, and his nostrils arnt clogged, beardies actually have flaps of skin inside their noses to keep dirt and water from getting in there. Give him some extra love, and maybe let him run around in his new environment so he can feel safer
 

Rwtf8

Hatchling Dragon
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He’s going through location stress it sounds like, and his nostrils arnt clogged, beardies actually have flaps of skin inside their noses to keep dirt and water from getting in there. Give him some extra love, and maybe let him run around in his new environment so he can feel safer
Thank you for this promising reply :) I let him run a bit on the floor and he caught few dubias, so he has appetite, but not in the enclosure. I'll take care of him and will try not to disturb him without necessity.
 

Skybug

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Thank you for this promising reply :) I let him run a bit on the floor and he caught few dubias, so he has appetite, but not in the enclosure. I'll take care of him and will try not to disturb him without necessity.
Maybe try putting a towel over the enclosure? Thats helps when my girl thinks it’s outside time
 

Rwtf8

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Maybe try putting a towel over the enclosure? Thats helps when my girl thinks it’s outside time
I close all curtains in living room when I'm going to bed. I'm from Estonia and now we doesn't have a "night time" - sky is still bright even at 1am, so this can be confusing for Randy.
 

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I close all curtains in living room when I'm going to bed. I'm from Estonia and now we doesn't have a "night time" - sky is still bright even at 1am, so this can be confusing for Randy.
That’s probably the problem!!! Poor guy doesn’t know what day it is! Lol, my girl fusses the second she sees the light coming from my window.
 

Rwtf8

Hatchling Dragon
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That’s probably the problem!!! Poor guy doesn’t know what day it is! Lol, my girl fusses the second she sees the light coming from my window.
I also HAD a black but transparent film on sides to decrease his visibility outside the terrarium. Maybe it is time to place it back...
You can see it on the photo, I also have same film for bright UVB, so with that I can take a look at the terrarium with less eye damage of bright lamps

Thanks for these advices!
 
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