Brumation is OVERRRR!

[Jess]

After about 5 months of sleeping and hardly eating, Dudley is AWAKE!
Now I get to deal with the hormonal joys of waking up from brumation. Yay. XD
He is constantly running around in his cage, taking epic leaps of of his decorations and then missing and falling, head bobbing at random objects, constant black-ish beard, too busy being mental to eat... Sounds about right to me, LOL.

Anyone else feeling my pain? I know most of the other beardies will probably be waking up closer to spring, but Dudley went down in August so he is waking up earlier too I guess.

 

[Cheline101]

LOL Sounds like a good time over there My beardie's never brumated....

 

[Jess]

Oh yes. :roll: It's amusing at least!
He just finished black bearding/head-bobbing at his hammock. It must look extra threatening today.
Looks like his basking spot was just dominated too.

 

[kmc5]

Mine woke up Monday and has played havoc in her tank ever since. She wants out, she wants in. She leaps over things, tries to crawl under things. Just as she went into brumation, we put plastic vines in her tank. She spent hours staring at them and rubbing up against them. She pooped on a leaf. Brumation seemed short this year. Maybe she will go back to sleep.

Do you think it is because it has warmed up here in Michigan?

 

[Slave2Scarlett]

Thankfully Scarlett is a baby and hopefully I won't have to deal with this until next year b/c i'm scared i'm going to go into a depression..lol Just watching her sleep is gonna drive me nuts or make me a nervous wreck one... lol

 

[Jess]

Ugh, I think poor Dudley gave himself brain damage this morning. :| He launched him self off of his branch and smacked his head on the screen cover, right under the heat lamp! Ouchy! I think his little face hit the UV light too. I didnt even know a beardie of his fatness could even jump that high! Theres probably about a foot of space between the branch and the screen lid.

 

[quigleysmom]

I am sorry your Dudley is mental right now. I get to look forward to this with my own children soon, not the brumation, but the hormonal surges. Atleast the beardies calm down eventually. Mine can't decide if he wants to burmate or not. Glad you can finally cuddle Dudley.

 

[Jess]

At this point, Im lucky if he will sit still at all... Cuddling is completely out of the question! :roll: LOL
His old owner used to use him as a breeder, so that is probably why is is going so mental. I bet he is used to meeting up with the ladies this time of year! Haha :lol:

 

[jeritta]

Boy, Ya'll make me look sooooooooo forward to NEXT year!!! I get brumation x4 next year for the first time ever. I can't wait. This year everyone of my babies is too young but next year does not sound like it will be fun. Amigo is already hormonal though. He headbobs EVERYTHING, the wall, the floor, his food, the bowl, everything. He thinks he is a big dragon already.