Ostrommaysi":1mhhooc1 said:Being a first time beardie owner is amongst the most worrisome, frustrating, melo-dramatic mess that I can recall in my entire life. But it is also some of the most rewarding times as well. When he clings on to fall asleep on me I wouldn't trade it for all the care free existence in the world.
Why must they be so difficult and yet so endearing?
A dragon can go into brumation as early as 5 months old. it will all depend on growth rate and available food and how strong the natural pull to brumate is for that dragon. Though I will say that I would not allow any dragon of any age to brumate without frist having a fecal check ran by a qualified vet so you know that nothing sinister is going on.Screamin99":15qnal69 said:I could be wrong, but I really do not think that a dragon that young would go through burmation at that age. You really might want to keep checking this out I know when my dragon was about 6 months old he was acting like he was trying to burmate at the end of January and he was really just overwhelmed with parasites.
spyder79":stzycp7x said:A dragon can go into brumation as early as 5 months old. it will all depend on growth rate and available food and how strong the natural pull to brumate is for that dragon. Though I will say that I would not allow any dragon of any age to brumate without frist having a fecal check ran by a qualified vet so you know that nothing sinister is going on.Screamin99":stzycp7x said:I could be wrong, but I really do not think that a dragon that young would go through burmation at that age. You really might want to keep checking this out I know when my dragon was about 6 months old he was acting like he was trying to burmate at the end of January and he was really just overwhelmed with parasites.
Screamin99":2uafs8ii said:spyder79":2uafs8ii said:A dragon can go into brumation as early as 5 months old. it will all depend on growth rate and available food and how strong the natural pull to brumate is for that dragon. Though I will say that I would not allow any dragon of any age to brumate without frist having a fecal check ran by a qualified vet so you know that nothing sinister is going on.Screamin99":2uafs8ii said:I could be wrong, but I really do not think that a dragon that young would go through burmation at that age. You really might want to keep checking this out I know when my dragon was about 6 months old he was acting like he was trying to burmate at the end of January and he was really just overwhelmed with parasites.
I highlighted your post. Lots of variables to weed through in trying to determine a positive yes or no answer. Im not saying your wrong, but the burmation article on this site and many of the others I have read all say the same things. Over a year or older.
http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/brumation/?page=3
YoungMasterPo":dj1pphuw said:I too am a first time beardie owner. I don't know Po's exact age, but we think shes under a year old. She's 18 inches long.
She's been steadily eating less and less (from 60 crix a day as a hatchling to around 10) but though not loosing any weight. Her poops are around every 2 days. We've also noticed she has not shed in about 2 months. Her skin doesn't look like it's going to shed any time soon. She doesn't appear to be lethargic, but definatly....slower. Most of her time is spent basking and outside of her cage she likes to either explore or cuddle.
I'm not sure if this lack of shedding and slower metabolism is her setting up for brumation or her growth slowing as she enters sub-adulthood. Any thoughts?
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