Not eating but acting normal?

[MiltonandMitch]

We have 2 bearded dragons, about 3 months. One of them weighs 32.2 grams, and the other weighs 18 grams. Milton, the 18 gram one, just doesn't seem to eat. His color is fine, he's still acting normal, although sometimes he paces the front of the cage. We moved them from a 20 gallon to a 55 gallon about a week and a half -2 weeks ago and thats when we noticed he stopped eating. Would this cause him to stop eating for this long? Mitch is acting fine, so I'm kinda at a loss as to what could be wrong. If i put him in his water bowl he'll drink, and sometimes I can get him to munch on a mustard green leaf, but he pushes it out of his mouth. They originally had a a reptiglo bulb, but we switched to repti sun last week when we realized it was a better bulb, but we were still taking them out for natural sunlight every day. He will also move around his cage- from his cave, to the cool spot, to the basking spot - throughout the day. I spoke with an exotic vet and they said unless he's acting lethargic he doesn't need to come in, but I'm still worried. We got a scale so I'm going to start weighing him twice a day to see if maybe he is eating a little when we aren't looking.

-Jennifer

[ladyknite]

We moved them from a 20 gallon to a 55 gallon about a week and a half -2 weeks ago

I'll assume they're housed together.  Seperate caging should fix the problem.

[perfectly_flawed]

Agreed. If they're housed together it's pretty much a given that it's where the problem is. Dragons are solitary creatures that do best when housed alone. By their names, I'm assuming they're both males. That is by far the most dangerous combination to keep together, though any combination is very dangerous. Having one so much larger than the other just adds to the problems. Housing alone is safest and healthiest for bearded dragons.

[MiltonandMitch]

We are actually pretty sure Mitch is a girl and Milton is a boy.  Both of them are named after movie references.  Once we confirm Mitch is a girl we will probably change her name. 

We moved Milton back into the smaller cage today and he's eaten a couple crickets, so hopefully he'll be back to his normal self again.  He had lost .6 grams over night, but is back up to 17.9 (-0.1 grams from yesterday) so its looking good.  Thanks for the suggestion.