Brumating beardie?

[Marcorecinos]

Hey guys, my beardie, kog maw, has been acting a little lazy recently. He doesn't seem unable to move, more so just unwilling. Today I found him sleeping on his hammock at 5pm and it is fall time. He's around 7 months old ( not too sure since he was a rescue) he ate regularly this morning and took a big healthy poop today as well. As for medication he is currently on, he is taking itraconazole once a day for 7 days. Do you think he may be getting ready to brumate? He does have a cave but he never really used it even when active.

 

[KarrieRee]

Usually they dont go into full brumation at that age or atleast mine didnt - he did get real lazy tho last Dec -- it could be the meds hes on someone else would haft to weigh in on that one-- but it could be the weather too --- as long as hes eating and pooping I would say let him be --- its when they start losing weight is when you should get concerned
Karrie

 

[AHBD]

Hi there, does kog have fungus ? I know the meds. he is on is used for Y.F. usually. Can you post pics of him [ showing the fungal infection if he has it ] as well as his set up ? Here's how to post pics :

https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then use the XIMG to upload them

It's good that he eats well though.

 

[Marcorecinos]

Hi there, does kog have fungus ? I know the meds. he is on is used for Y.F. usually. Can you post pics of him [ showing the fungal infection if he has it ] as well as his set up ? Here's how to post pics :

https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then use the XIMG to upload them

It's good that he eats well though.

Just for context, he did have surgery a couple months ago to remove spots of fungus, he has been on oral anti-fungals as well as creams. The photos above are the areas around where the surgery was done. The fungal spots look a bit larger than they actually are due to dried fungal cream! They have not gotten any larger as of recently though.

He has a 45 gallon tank, the temperature is an average 105F on the hot side and 80 on the cool side with an average of 20% humidity in the tank. He doesnt use his cave but will use his hammock avidly. He ate dinner about an hour ago and ate quite a few large crickets. (Also the forest background was the only one available at petsmart at the time, i know he isnt a forest animal but i wanted some sort of back drop for him.)

 

[AHBD]

I've never heard of surgery on fungal areas, how long was he at the vets for that ?. Are you sure it wasn't just a skin scraping ? How long have you had him ? Can you post pics in better light + without the cream on if possible ?

 

[Marcorecinos]

I'd get better pictures but he doesn't particularly like being on his back and me putting him on a glass surface doesnt really allow for great lighting. I believe the word used by the doctors was "debridement" and I dont know the details because i adopted him after he had the surgery done from a foster. I've had him for a month and a half now and the surgery was done about 7 weeks prior to that? (A bit iffy on the time line as again, I got him from a foster parent).