starshooter123
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Hello,
I adopted a 2 year old beardie a few months ago named "Smaug". Iv never seen him brumate so this is fairly new to me. I did research and saw videos about this to make sure I am prepare. So let me tell you my plan and can you guys add/remove ideas from my plan? Is it a good plan? etc.
So this morning, instead of waking up as usual around 8-9 am, he instead only opened his eyes when I woke up and saw him, and went back to sleep. Then two more hours, and he is still sleeping, at this point I turned on his lights, and kept it at a good 80-85F maybe 90F? and put a blanket over him.fast forward to now, 5 hours later, and he is still chilling under the blanket, and still asleep but once he felt my presence he opened his eyes a little bit, and for a little bit of time, then back again to ZzZz. So ok at this point im preeeetty sure its brumation, I'm gonna miss him, but I will take care of him during this process. Every time I check on him (eveyr 3 or so hours), he opens his eyes, I just want to make sure he is not dead haha, and if he is still sleeping. But he hasent moved from his comfy sleeping spot so Im just gonna let him be for the rest of the day. At night when lights go off for usual sleeping, gonna check on him and if he is still sleepy, lights will remain off during the morning and until brumation ends? I gave him fresh salad, im planning on doing every day. Every 4-5 days im going to bathe him and be extra careful of course, and once in a while if hes eyes are open, offer him a worm or a cricket, and see if he wants to it.
So is all of this good? Am i handling it good? Any advice, critique, suggestions are ALL welcomed. I only want the best for my Smaug
Oh and by the way, im from Thousand Oaks, Southern California. 2 hours north of San Diego
BIG EDIT AND UPDATE: Uuuhh So my Smaug just popped out of his blankie and went directly to his basking spot..like he just had a VERY good night sleep? haha
I adopted a 2 year old beardie a few months ago named "Smaug". Iv never seen him brumate so this is fairly new to me. I did research and saw videos about this to make sure I am prepare. So let me tell you my plan and can you guys add/remove ideas from my plan? Is it a good plan? etc.
So this morning, instead of waking up as usual around 8-9 am, he instead only opened his eyes when I woke up and saw him, and went back to sleep. Then two more hours, and he is still sleeping, at this point I turned on his lights, and kept it at a good 80-85F maybe 90F? and put a blanket over him.fast forward to now, 5 hours later, and he is still chilling under the blanket, and still asleep but once he felt my presence he opened his eyes a little bit, and for a little bit of time, then back again to ZzZz. So ok at this point im preeeetty sure its brumation, I'm gonna miss him, but I will take care of him during this process. Every time I check on him (eveyr 3 or so hours), he opens his eyes, I just want to make sure he is not dead haha, and if he is still sleeping. But he hasent moved from his comfy sleeping spot so Im just gonna let him be for the rest of the day. At night when lights go off for usual sleeping, gonna check on him and if he is still sleepy, lights will remain off during the morning and until brumation ends? I gave him fresh salad, im planning on doing every day. Every 4-5 days im going to bathe him and be extra careful of course, and once in a while if hes eyes are open, offer him a worm or a cricket, and see if he wants to it.
So is all of this good? Am i handling it good? Any advice, critique, suggestions are ALL welcomed. I only want the best for my Smaug
Oh and by the way, im from Thousand Oaks, Southern California. 2 hours north of San Diego
BIG EDIT AND UPDATE: Uuuhh So my Smaug just popped out of his blankie and went directly to his basking spot..like he just had a VERY good night sleep? haha