Can anyone help to aid my bearded dragon to stop wall climbing and glass dancing please.

And no, it's not the reflection in the glass.

Hi Spammy,

My Male 'Bill' Often does a glass dance.... Hes bored! We left him have a 10 min run around in the living & hes normally fine again till the next day :-)

Hope this works for you. Clair x

Afraid not Clair, keep on taking her out and she doesn't do nothing.

Put her back in the viv and she's right back to it!

Chucking a male in with her didn't solve it then. Is he still in there? Also what are your temps in the viv? Cool side and basking spot?

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8 Degus
1 Syrian Hamster
1 Lurcher
12 Bearded Dragons
10 Leopard Gecko
2 three eyed Giant African Land Snailsa
16 Young Giant African Land Snails

I took the older beardie out and out a smaller juvenile in.

Basking temp right now is 105 and the other end is alot cooler as it's a 4ft viv.

I don't think the temp is the issue as I have changed the wattage from 60 upto 75.

She will scratch the back of the viv constantly for upto 15mins then go and bask for 3-5 mins then go straight back to stratching. All day long!
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Do you actually know the cool end temp though? If not I'd suggest checking just in case. If it is too warm then she will be scratching to try and get to a cooler place. Or she may be unsettled with all the chopping and changing of different beardies go in with her. They really don't like change and are much better off alone anyway.

Does she have access to water? Also how old is the UV and what % is it?

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8 Degus
1 Syrian Hamster
1 Lurcher
12 Bearded Dragons
10 Leopard Gecko
2 three eyed Giant African Land Snailsa
16 Young Giant African Land Snails

she started scratching before i put the orginal male bearded dragon in. I put the first male in to stop her doing it, which she did.

the uv is arcadia 12% uvb 25w which is around 4months old.

cool end of viv = 65-70.

Ah cool ends actually a bit low! Should be more like 75-80, obviously not her looking to cool down that's the problem then.

Often if dragons are dehydrated they will scratch a lot, usually they dig down rather than scratching the walls but you could try giving her a bath. Even if she doesn't actually drink she will take water in through her vent.

Failing that I'm not sure. I have one obsessive scratcher, but usually letting her out for a run or giving her a bath will stop it.

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8 Degus
1 Syrian Hamster
1 Lurcher
12 Bearded Dragons
10 Leopard Gecko
2 three eyed Giant African Land Snailsa
16 Young Giant African Land Snails

Desert animals don't need bathing. I've seen the results from someone giving them constant baths- the outcome was fatal.

I've got an idea - I have some non slip mat that I use underneath the cutlery tray - I'm going to the DIY shop to get some more and cover the entire back of my viv. Let's just hope she doesn't start on the glass after I do it!

Oh MY GOD!

I'm soooo annoyed! She's doing my head in, look what I have done and look what she does in return. She's gone absolutely loopy!

Someone please help - on the verge of selling the LOT!


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