halima16
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So I have read that Beardies don't brumate until they are full grown adults and I am just curious if people have seen that this is not always the case? I have had my beardie for 4 months and he is about 6 months old now, 16"-17" long, and is healthy. He hasn't' been eating as much as he used to and he seems to be a little more lazy than usual. What was weird is that this morning when I woke up he was not basking, instead, he was sitting on a log on the cool side of his tank (80 degrees). He had pooped and it looked fantastic so he seemed normal besides that. Then today I get home from work around 4 pm and he is sleeping! He was out of sight and then I found him lying under his log :roll: So I didn't feed him dinner.
His temps are 105 degrees on the hot side with a 75 watt bulb, like I said, cool side is 80 (tested with probe). He has a reptisun T8 10.0 long UVB bulb. He eats twice a day, as much as he can in 20-30 min time span. It is getting into the winter season here in San Diego (believe it or not) It is finally cooling down and the sun sets at 5 pm now. His lights come on at 6 am and are off at 6 pm.
His behavior seems normal beside him not eating as much and going to bed earlier. He has, a couple times now, dosed off early prior to this, but he still hangs out under his heat lamp when he does.
Anyway, is it possible he is trying to brumate? If so, is there anything I should change. I am not prepared for this if he is, because I thought I wouldn't have to deal with it for another year! Here are some pics of my love.
I took this a few days ago
And this is whats left of him after I came home from work at 4 pm lol.
His temps are 105 degrees on the hot side with a 75 watt bulb, like I said, cool side is 80 (tested with probe). He has a reptisun T8 10.0 long UVB bulb. He eats twice a day, as much as he can in 20-30 min time span. It is getting into the winter season here in San Diego (believe it or not) It is finally cooling down and the sun sets at 5 pm now. His lights come on at 6 am and are off at 6 pm.
His behavior seems normal beside him not eating as much and going to bed earlier. He has, a couple times now, dosed off early prior to this, but he still hangs out under his heat lamp when he does.
Anyway, is it possible he is trying to brumate? If so, is there anything I should change. I am not prepared for this if he is, because I thought I wouldn't have to deal with it for another year! Here are some pics of my love.
I took this a few days ago
And this is whats left of him after I came home from work at 4 pm lol.