Hello all, My friend has a 4 year old 23 inch beardy named Bandito. He has had him about 5 months now. At first he was standard beardy behavior, didnt mind being held, ate super worms like crazy, and loved having his head scratched.

However for the last month he has stopped eating almost entirely, he might take down 1 or 2 superworms but others he just throws down. He also will not let you handle him at all. I have never heard of this before but he WILL bite! The second your hand comes into the cage he puffs up, sticks out his beard and opens his mouth. If you attempt to touch him he spins and bites. I have never seen a beardy act like this so I thought I would post here.

He is in a 26X46 plexiglass enclosure, I dont have temps since my friend isnt running any but he keeps a 75 watt red light over the basking stump, it was a 150 watt heat lamp but it burned out and he decided that the 75 would do since its rather close to him. Hes useing repti-bark as substrate, a small water dish, and food pellets always avaliable.

I'm starting to worry about this little dude. Any advice? I'll pass everything on to my friend.

Thanks in advance!