calcium & vitamins during brumation

[Missi]

What happens when your beardie brumates and does not get calcium or vitamins since they are not eating ( or eating very little) . Does / can this cause a health problem? What should you do ( if anything) to make sure they get their calcium & vitamins?

 

[Soulwind]

If they are really brumating (and not eating at all), then their
metabolism is slowed way down too. In that state they can go
a long time before running into calcium/vitamin problems.

If you've got one that does still eat at least a bit, then just be
sure to dust every feeding that you can get anything into them.

 

[Missi]

Thanks .
I will dust anything I offer him , but most times he will not eat in the morning only the evening and only a little compared to the piggy he was a few weeks ago.

 

[Soulwind]

Yes it's quite scary at times.

I can get a few buggies into Rico maybe once a week, but Mellow hasn't eaten a thing since late September.

I keep them both hydrated, but other than that I just sit around and fret . . .