maddylemon
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Hi everyone,
My beardie is around 11 months old, he will be a year in January. He has been off food for a couple weeks now. I still offer his worms and fresh greens daily.
He was checked for parasites and did not have them. He hasn't lost any weight. His fat pads are still all there. He looks the exact same as when he was eating.I give him baths and he poops during those. They are very small but look solid, healthy, and a white urate. Temps have been checked, cool side is around 84, and his basking spot is 105 with the area around it being in the 90s. He has the proper UVB lighting inside his cage, it's a ReptiSun 10.0. He gets a CHE at night because our house goes down into the high 50s.
At first, I was thinking brumation due to him being a bit lazy, but he still basks, and when he is done is still on the warm side. There have been no attempts at trying to burrow, hide, or go to the cool side. He is active when we take him out sometimes, and is still very curious when outside of his tank. I occasionally feed him a slurry made out of his greens and switch between calcium and his vitamins. He also accepts water from a dropper.
In all accounts, he is acting like a normal beardie, just a tad lazy, and not eating. I am posting mainly just to check in and gets others thoughts.
My beardie is around 11 months old, he will be a year in January. He has been off food for a couple weeks now. I still offer his worms and fresh greens daily.
He was checked for parasites and did not have them. He hasn't lost any weight. His fat pads are still all there. He looks the exact same as when he was eating.I give him baths and he poops during those. They are very small but look solid, healthy, and a white urate. Temps have been checked, cool side is around 84, and his basking spot is 105 with the area around it being in the 90s. He has the proper UVB lighting inside his cage, it's a ReptiSun 10.0. He gets a CHE at night because our house goes down into the high 50s.
At first, I was thinking brumation due to him being a bit lazy, but he still basks, and when he is done is still on the warm side. There have been no attempts at trying to burrow, hide, or go to the cool side. He is active when we take him out sometimes, and is still very curious when outside of his tank. I occasionally feed him a slurry made out of his greens and switch between calcium and his vitamins. He also accepts water from a dropper.
In all accounts, he is acting like a normal beardie, just a tad lazy, and not eating. I am posting mainly just to check in and gets others thoughts.