He needs to bask for 1.5 to 2 hours prior to his going down minimum and have a bm at least once a week, preferably every 2-3 days and no eating while brumating, that can rot inside his gut and cause an increase in parasites and infections. Draconis took a day and a half break to eat and bask then back down to brumate, you might try and encourage yours into basking a full day then full brumation for a bit after a nice healthy bm. Also if you can take him to a reptile specialist just in case.Karenxx67":3qguk3uu said:I wanted to ask. Ive fed him tonight an hes had a few crickets an locusts over the last 3 weeks from time to time. Thing is after eating he doesnt want to stay under the basking lamp. He wants to crawl off an go back to sleep. How will he digest the food if he doesnt stay long enough under the lamp? His last poo was about 2 weeks ago but like i say he has eaten a little during that time.
See this is an example of two sources of info, you do what works best and what you have been told by your experts and ill do what ive been told by mine.....actually Draconis woke up nearly 5 days in and ate nearly a whole dish of beardie bites which, give hydration and nutrition all in one and did his poop and eagerly back to bed a day and a half latter not to come back out except to lodge a complaint about his bedding arrangements....Karenxx67":3s81vtjf said:I been told every 10 days for water. I bathed him last wed. He drank a lot. I didnt bother offering food. He didnt seem interested. My crickers are dying off as hes not eating them. Not sure its worth buying any more yet.
Fuzzy tends to re arrange himself from time to time. Hes sleeping on the hit side of his tank. Tucked out of the way under the plastic leaves. He is also not fully asleep an peeps at me sleepily from time to time. I cant wait for him to wake up. X
Then just offer water and liquid vitamins and some nice bedding. Draconis got up on his bridge today and was like "ok mom im up today" when i walked in the room and patiently waited for me to turn his light back on. He ate some beardie bites and is basking, and he knows mommy will have him bask tomorrow and poop before he goes back into brumation. I am pretty sure hes following a schedule now! He brumates until he gets thirsty then hes out eats his bites for both food and water because they are full of moisture and have just enough of what he needs to keep him from losing too much weight because he is still on the younger side of brumation acceptability.Karenxx67":3p9z61c9 said:Fuzzy wont stay on the basking spot.
Rankins":3084op35 said:I force brumate all my reptiles once a year. I feel it is healthy and follows natural seasonal changes. My gilas and Mexican beaded lizards brumate for 4 months!! No lights, heat or food...its amazing they can tolerate 50-55°F for so long. But for breeding its gotta be done that way.
The Rankins got brumated for a month a few weeks ago. Hopefully they will try to breed soon.
Ok now that I am finally out of bed and not feeling like crud warmed over. (i did get up but wasnt at the pc much) He did bask for a few more days, i bathed him once more then just let him sleep. I also made him a mattress and used his old blankets to match that one. I will take pics of his new blue one and the hot pink one (yes its hot pink and yes he likes the color) and both are fuzzy. When i gae him his blue one he rubbed his face on hid emoji pillow shifted his little hand on the mattress and then looked at me with a wide eyed surprised look and flopped down and proceeded to start shifting about on it with a look of pure pleasure on his little face. the hot pink one will have a matching blanket.Beardymama33":3rn3um3d said:Ok its been a few days since i posted, on the 1st he made himself a lil blanket cave and was watching me from under it and when i pulled the blanket off of him and picked him up he shook his head at me like "uh, uh" but i made him bask until 7, no poopies.
On the second he was up and wating for me to get him out and looked piffed at me with the beardy out until i came close to his tank and said "What?" and then he sucked it in and sulked on his bridge until 6. No poopies.
Yesterday he was all fine and dandy with me taking him out of his bed and basking his and even gave him kissies. and when i told him i fhe stays on his bridge he can go to bed early he proceeded to do acrobatics on his bridge as if to say "look mom no feet on the repticarpet". It is surprising how many things his fat little but can do and not fall off the bridge. He went to bed at 1 after smiling at me and hugging my hand to go to bed.
Today he was happy to get up to bask until 12 and then back to bed no poopies and he even turned red and did his basking pancakie for me.
When he is sleeping sometimes he wakes up and wants to get some petting have his blanket and pillows adjusted (on either side of his face) and any other demand he has. and when he beds down he has to have everything just right or he pokes his head out and demands i get back there and fix it!He may be a spoiled rotten dragon but hes my spoiled rotten dragon!
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