Refuse to eat crickets/worm, only eat salad

[superyynju]

My beardie is recently going through a hibernation. He is very sleepy in the day time and doesn't move a lot. He will occasionally eat some of his green salad but he will always refuse to eat his crickets and superworm, which were his favorite food. Does this look normal? Also I bathed him every two days but he only pooped once or twice in two weeks. Before the winter time, he pooped everyday. I looked at some article saying that you should encourage your dragon to poop before he went to a deep long sleep but my dragon never went to a deep sleep. But my dragon is just sleepy and lazy. He will bask and his belly looks normal, no sign of anxiety and frustration. My room is pretty worm, 27-29 degree celcius all day. His tank is like before, hot spot ~38 degree celcius and cool side is the same as the room temperature.

I don't understand why my dragon won't eat his crickets or superworm. I am very worried. Does anyone has the same experience?

 

[StaceysBuddy]

Is this your beardie's first brumation?

When Buddy sleeps, it's not a deep sleep either. She is just really lazy and may not move for days but she will wake up time to time. She will be picky on her food as well. Some days she won't eat at all, other it's only superworms, others its only veggies. So to me that sounds completely normal. And if you are giving him a bath regularly, he should be fine on his poop schedule. Buddy scares me every winter because she will go a long time without pooping but she's always fine.

 

[superyynju]

Yeah. It is his first Brumation. My beardie also doesn't poop for a long time.

Thanks for the information.

Is this your beardie's first brumation?

When Buddy sleeps, it's not a deep sleep either. She is just really lazy and may not move for days but she will wake up time to time. She will be picky on her food as well. Some days she won't eat at all, other it's only superworms, others its only veggies. So to me that sounds completely normal. And if you are giving him a bath regularly, he should be fine on his poop schedule. Buddy scares me every winter because she will go a long time without pooping but she's always fine.