Brumation questions!

[Akeath]

My Beardie, for the past two years, has gone into a definite slow-down during the winter, but not a full brumation. I keep his temps around 103-70 during the winter, lights on 13 hours a day. What I'm wondering is, should I encourage him to brumate? Would that be healthier for him, or does it not matter? What should I do to encourage him, how long should I turn the lights off etc. And once he goes into brumation (if he goes into brumation) how do I care for him? How often do I wake him for a bit of water, should I still leave stuff for him to eat in there in case he wakes up, etc? How do you handle brumation?

 

[diamc]

I suggest you read this article as it is very informative, then if you have any questions, we can try to help. http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/brumation/

 

[Akeath]

Thanks, that helped a lot. I had no idea that article was here, I guess I should look at that section of the site more often.

 

[diamc]

I'm glad you found the caresheet helpful, there sure is a lot of info in it.