FuzzyNavel
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My 8 month old beardie has been digging a lot recently. I suspected she could be gravid with infertile eggs so a made a lay box and put her in it. I was thrilled when she dug a cave but then all she does is hide there with her eyes closed. Her appetite has decreased drastically in the last week or so and she has been spending most of her time on the cool end of the tank. Yesterday I put her cave hide into her tank and she went inside and pushed sand into the opening. She has been hiding there all day. I've read up on brumation quite a bit and the general consensus is beardies don't brumate till about a year old. She seems to be displaying signs of brumation despite it being past the colder part of the season. Is it possible she is wanting to brumate? Or perhaps it's something more serious?
She has a 24" reptisun UVB tube that she can come within 6" of. I have measured her temps in the tank with a zilla digital probe. They are 38 degrees at the basking spot and 25 degrees on the cool side. Temps never drop below 18 degrees at night (more often its at 20 degrees.) Humidity is usually between 30-40%.
She has a 24" reptisun UVB tube that she can come within 6" of. I have measured her temps in the tank with a zilla digital probe. They are 38 degrees at the basking spot and 25 degrees on the cool side. Temps never drop below 18 degrees at night (more often its at 20 degrees.) Humidity is usually between 30-40%.