Hi,
I recently took in a beardie that needed to be rehomed due to the owner's change in circumstances.
I've owned water dragons in the past and was looking at getting a beardie for my son anyway, so it worked out well for both parties.
The previous owner had left the basking light on continually (24 hours a day). Having done some research I decided to drop it to lighting the viv for 13 hours a day (basking and uv).
The beardie (approximately 2 years old) doesn't move around much and spends much of it's time lying in it's cave or sleeping under the basking light. It is feeding ok (mealworms and curly kale), and defecating ok (every other day). I just wanted to check that it's behaviour isn't anything unusual. I have checked with the previous owner and they said that he is quite lazy.
Having not cared for a beardie before I just wanted to check this was normal behaviour.
I wonder whether changing the daylength in the tank has triggered hibernation?
Any advice would be great.
Thanks
I recently took in a beardie that needed to be rehomed due to the owner's change in circumstances.
I've owned water dragons in the past and was looking at getting a beardie for my son anyway, so it worked out well for both parties.
The previous owner had left the basking light on continually (24 hours a day). Having done some research I decided to drop it to lighting the viv for 13 hours a day (basking and uv).
The beardie (approximately 2 years old) doesn't move around much and spends much of it's time lying in it's cave or sleeping under the basking light. It is feeding ok (mealworms and curly kale), and defecating ok (every other day). I just wanted to check that it's behaviour isn't anything unusual. I have checked with the previous owner and they said that he is quite lazy.
Having not cared for a beardie before I just wanted to check this was normal behaviour.
I wonder whether changing the daylength in the tank has triggered hibernation?
Any advice would be great.
Thanks