Is my dragon brumating?

[sultan316]

So for the past couple weeks now my bearded dragon has had a serious lack of appetite. No veggies pretty much at all and only occasionally eating a dubia or two. More recently though he hasn't been eating any dubias or veggies. I bought him superworms to change it up and he at almost 25 in one sitting. I limited him to about half of that spread over two days. I've been spraying him every day and his temps are accurate. He's a bit over a year old now and maybe like 20inches if not a bit more? He looks pretty healthy. I also spray him every now and then every day.

Other notes: I bought him one of those large half logs and if I don't take it out of his cage every day then he will stay in it all day. I remove it so he gets some activity and some heat, but right when I put it back he goes right back to it and stays there. It's getting to be a little tedious to take it out and put it back in every day (I still give him his regular attention every day don't worry). Also, he hasn't gone to the restroom in the past week and a half, but then again he hasn't eaten for him to need to. So even with a warm bath nothing happens.

I find him closing his eyes at random times of the day for a couple seconds at a time. Sometimes one eye open, other closed.

From what I've read really quickly, these seem to be signs of brumation, but I want to make sure. I thought it might be that he's been sick of dubias. I got him off crickets and on to dubias since about June and thats all he's been eating. His calcium and multivitamin used to be every day, but now cause of the lack of food he rarely gets it.

What do y'all think? Sorry for the long post.

 

[mikewithsfi]

It sounds like brumation to me, my beardie is actually doing the same. Its that time of year for many...

 

[sultan316]

Do I need to keep buying worms to feed him?

What about taking out his log everyday? Should I just let him chill under his log all day?

 

[vampy]

If he wants to chill all day, then let him. Just make sure you bathe him a couple of days after he eats, then every day after that until he poops so you know there's no food to potentially rot in his stomach. If he doesn't eat and just wants to sleep, just take him out for a bath once a week to keep him hydrated.

You will probably still want to buy food just in case he wants it, and superworms last a pretty long time. Whenever he is awake, offer him food, he may or may not want to eat. If he does, put him under his light to bask afterwards, if he'll stay there rather than just going back to his hide again. So long as he isn't losing (a lot of) weight and is being kept hydrated, he'll be fine just doing his own thing.