My 11 month old Beardie seems more tired, lazy

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My 11 month of beardie (Abe) has started acting really tired, he hasn’t moved around much since I bought him when he was 3month. But recently Iv began to worry, some days he doesn’t move hardly, he eats and poops regularly though. Also he hasn’t shed in about 2-3 months, he shed pretty much once a week when I got him and was growing very fast.

His setup has an Arcadia 10%+ stretching his whole viv at the front. Then he has a smaller 2% exo terra fluorescent tube above his basking spot at the back. basking light is an intense exo terra 100w. The hot end stays around 95-110. Cold end stays at 80-75.

He’s spoilt really and gets a lot of attention with care, I very rarely see him looking dark or stress marks down his body etc. He’s never once bitten me and he’s never done the black beard yet. I bath him once a day either in the sink or bath to help him poop.

The main issue I think is he isn’t eating enough greens. I give him nutrobal everyday with his hoppers, his hoppers I usually put in his viv so they can have a mini holiday whilst gut loading themselves on greens and water.

I’m not sure if Iv got a really lazy healthy beardie or if there is something wrong with him. I would post a pictures of his setup and him etc but I can’t figure out how to. ??‍


Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I'm no expert, but it's possible that he's in brumation. I've read it's very uncommon in young beardies but possible, and it is around the time that most beardies start brumating. This isn't guaranteed but it is possible. If hes still basking than I'm not sure if its brumation. Heres a great article on it! https://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/brumation/?page=1

Sounds like all the signs of brumation to me. My dragon is only 8 months old and she's brumating right now. A lot of sources like to say that beardies under the age of a year old don't brumate, but that isn't true at all, especially if they're on the older end of that scale. I've read about beardies as young as 6 months go in to brumation. As long as your beardie is at a good weight, you have nothing to worry about. Though if you want to be 100% sure, it's best to take your dragon to a vet and get a fecal done just to rule out parasites.

The way my girl went into brumation is similar to yours. She stopped eating her veggies around mid November. Then slowly she started eating less bugs. She still basked, but eventually she started going under her log and started to scratch. This is their instinct to burrow underground. She's been brumating for three weeks now and she hasn't lost much weight, which is a definite sign that it's brumation and not illness.

Hello,

To post pictures, simply click on the XIMG button here in the message box to upload your
pics to the Image Gallery. Then, copy/paste them onto here for the forum. It is pretty easy
to do.
We would be happy to go over your tank setup with you also, to be sure everything is good
with your lighting, etc. Though I do see you are using the Arcadia lighting. It is still nice to
see your setup anyway. Pictures of him would be great also.

Tracie