i agree ... brumation or semi-brumations ... i think each are different for each beardie.
my beardie Blue went down in november ... she has a pattern kind of ... she sleeps like a log for about 4 days, then i wake her for a warm water soak and a few bites of greens, she will bask for 30 minutes, then back to sleep for another 4 days, repeat
some can "nap" alot, some can just hang out awake on the cool side, some can sleep on/off, and some just SLEEP, deep sleep.
i know when she first starting doing i freaked out. it is her first brumation and she under a year, so she began to brumate at 7.5 months. ive since calmed down and kind of let her biological work naturally, and can only wiat till she decides she's ready to be pitter pattering around again.
so yup, they can do any of those things, generally a full on full blown brumation seems to be a constant sleep, but so many beardies are different in how they brumate ... is yours starting to show signs?
~Emily