clyde612
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- Beardie name(s)
- Clyde
Hi there!
My little boy Clyde is just now 10 months old, and recently I have noticed signs of brumation. He is still eating his morning roaches ferociously, but he has started to attempt to nap during the middle of the day a lot more. He will go into his hide and try to burry his head under the blankets to sleep.
I'm worried he might be too young to brumate? Other than the napping he is very happy and healthy, almost never shows stress marks, etc. I have all of the correct lighting and a 40 gallon (I'm going to upgrade soon cause he's getting bigger). My basking light is only 75 Watts because it was recently really hot and hard to keep the temps down but it's gotten a little colder and I was thinking of switching back to my 100 Watt bulb. Right now there is a stick he can climb up to get closer to the light where it will be 100 degrees. The colder side of the tank has been around 75/80 I think. Last winter I kept it closer to 82 on the cool side.
Should I up his tank temps? Or should I turn the lights off early and let him sleep more? Right now i have the lights on for 12.5 hours a day (they were on 13 hours a day but he was seeming tired so I gave him another 30 min of sleep).
Clyde is also female but I've felt his belly for eggs and I haven't felt anything, I know it would be a little early for that too.
My little boy Clyde is just now 10 months old, and recently I have noticed signs of brumation. He is still eating his morning roaches ferociously, but he has started to attempt to nap during the middle of the day a lot more. He will go into his hide and try to burry his head under the blankets to sleep.
I'm worried he might be too young to brumate? Other than the napping he is very happy and healthy, almost never shows stress marks, etc. I have all of the correct lighting and a 40 gallon (I'm going to upgrade soon cause he's getting bigger). My basking light is only 75 Watts because it was recently really hot and hard to keep the temps down but it's gotten a little colder and I was thinking of switching back to my 100 Watt bulb. Right now there is a stick he can climb up to get closer to the light where it will be 100 degrees. The colder side of the tank has been around 75/80 I think. Last winter I kept it closer to 82 on the cool side.
Should I up his tank temps? Or should I turn the lights off early and let him sleep more? Right now i have the lights on for 12.5 hours a day (they were on 13 hours a day but he was seeming tired so I gave him another 30 min of sleep).
Clyde is also female but I've felt his belly for eggs and I haven't felt anything, I know it would be a little early for that too.