SC Beardie Dad
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- Norbert
Hello all. I've searched and seen answers all over the place so my apologies for yet another question on the subject. We are new beardie owners.
We have a two and a half year old male. We adopted him from a teenager who wasnt taking care of him anymore last summer. He did really well for us all summer and into the Fall and then I believe he went into deep brumation. Around Halloween he started sleeping more and slowing down. A short time later he went to sleep in his cave and hasnt budged once. Ever. Yes, since the first weeks of Nov he has not moved more than his leg maybe a couple of times.
No water, no food, no anything. From what we read online this seemed "normal" and we shut off his heat and UV setup and just let him sleep. We keep a bowl of water in there in case he gets thirsty, but he's never budged. The temp in the room is 68 day and night. We live in northern SC so it's starting to warm up a bit outside and be light longer.
He is alive. If we watch him long enough, you can see him breathe. If you lightly touch a foot, he will twitch it. We read not to startle him, so we just leave him alone.
Is four months normal? Anything special to do when he wakes up? Do we turn on his light and heat lamp yet? My kids are getting a little bummed their new dragon hasnt moved in months. Thankfully we have plenty of other pets!
We have a two and a half year old male. We adopted him from a teenager who wasnt taking care of him anymore last summer. He did really well for us all summer and into the Fall and then I believe he went into deep brumation. Around Halloween he started sleeping more and slowing down. A short time later he went to sleep in his cave and hasnt budged once. Ever. Yes, since the first weeks of Nov he has not moved more than his leg maybe a couple of times.
No water, no food, no anything. From what we read online this seemed "normal" and we shut off his heat and UV setup and just let him sleep. We keep a bowl of water in there in case he gets thirsty, but he's never budged. The temp in the room is 68 day and night. We live in northern SC so it's starting to warm up a bit outside and be light longer.
He is alive. If we watch him long enough, you can see him breathe. If you lightly touch a foot, he will twitch it. We read not to startle him, so we just leave him alone.
Is four months normal? Anything special to do when he wakes up? Do we turn on his light and heat lamp yet? My kids are getting a little bummed their new dragon hasnt moved in months. Thankfully we have plenty of other pets!