HELP! Sick? Brumating? Leaving town- what to do?!

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Help PLEASE :) Here's the brief run down: Basking temp 100-103*, cool side 85*. Humidity 30-38% Lights off at about 8pm, on about 7am. She has one feeding of crickets in the afternoon and used to eat about 25-35 crickets. NOW, she's barely eating 10-15 crickets. She has a full supply of mustard greens throughout the day, but doesn't usually eat them. She is bathed daily for about 15-25 minutes and poops every other day, if not every day. She has the good kind 10.0 UVB light. She's about 7-8 months old. Here's a pic of her set up:

The far left light is her basking light, middle is the CHE light that comes on at night and far right is just a standard light bulb. In this picture, I just put her in there after the bath so she's not hiding. But usually she is ALWAYS hiding under her log. I don't usually see her sleeping under there though, just laying there. This has been going on for probably... 1 month.
Over the past week, she's started to eat less and less. Is this common for brumating? What about her not actually sleeping during the day, just laying there? The other change has been her poop. Is used to be smoother and would go down the drain during a bath, but now it's harder and my husband says he has to drain the sink and pick the poop up and flush it down the toilet. She is given calcium one dusting 3x/week and vitamins 2x/week.
Here's the other problem: we are leaving tomorrow morning and won't return until Monday night. Should I turn off one of the lights? Will she be okay not eating for that long if she's not really eating to begin with? Is she just brumating
PLEASE help, I am SO desperate. We've been battling this for what seems like forever and I'm SO worried we'll come back and find her not alive :( I almost don't even want to go!
 

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Hi there....just curious, but are you sure of her age ? Is she pretty plump, and do you have her weight + length ? She looks it in the picture but could you post a closer full body shot out of her cage ? The older they get, the less bugs they need . Another thing comes to mind is that the UVB is too close. Some of my dragons don't like it any closer than 10", otherwise they avoid it. If she's healthy weight she will have no problem with little food for 3 days. For extra hydration try dripping water on her snout to get her to drink. But she's not in any danger, beardies do go into hiding sometimes for various reasons, but it may be just as simple as moving the UVB further away. You might also get a fecal done to check for parasites.
 

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AHBD":3w3rvuuc said:
Hi there....just curious, but are you sure of her age ? Is she pretty plump, and do you have her weight + length ? She looks it in the picture but could you post a closer full body shot out of her cage ? The older they get, the less bugs they need . Another thing comes to mind is that the UVB is too close. Some of my dragons don't like it any closer than 10", otherwise they avoid it. If she's healthy weight she will have no problem with little food for 3 days. For extra hydration try dripping water on her snout to get her to drink. But she's not in any danger, beardies do go into hiding sometimes for various reasons, but it may be just as simple as moving the UVB further away. You might also get a fecal done to check for parasites.

I am definitely not sure on her age. We bought her from Petco in November and guess she was about 1 1/2 months old, but she's never been tiny like those baby dragons you see posted here. I just moved her UVB light back up to the top part of the cage. Is it too high now though? Or will she still get the benefits from it?
Here are some pics: (Ps thank you SO much for your help)


 

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She looks pretty big....she may be closer to a year old actually. She also looks to be in good condition, and not in danger of any sudden decline. She'll be O.K. while you're gone , but if you haven't had a fecal done you might do that. First see if moving the UVB away helps. She should be fine though.
 

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AHBD":1idmbgse said:
She looks pretty big....she may be closer to a year old actually. She also looks to be in good condition, and not in danger of any sudden decline. She'll be O.K. while you're gone , but if you haven't had a fecal done you might do that. First see if moving the UVB away helps. She should be fine though.

Well you used my mind a lot. I really appreciate it :)
 

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You're welcome ! :) It may even be the basking spot needs to be a tad cooler, maybe 95 -100. Just experiment a little with the heat + the UVB bulb. I can't tell how far up the UVB is, as long as it's about 10" away it should be fine.
 

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AHBD":1fypl3vs said:
You're welcome ! :) It may even be the basking spot needs to be a tad cooler, maybe 95 -100. Just experiment a little with the heat + the UVB bulb. I can't tell how far up the UVB is, as long as it's about 10" away it should be fine.

And by used, I meant eased :) haha! I'll try having it a smidt cooler also, she seems to like the cooler temps!
 
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