Sleeps all day :?

[phanatical92]

For the past few weeks, my beardie has only been active from about 6 AM to 2 PM- the rest of the day he crawls into his hide and just sleeps. His appetite is fine and his poo seems normal, but when I first got him he was active until 11 at night! Could he be brumating? He's only about 8 months old and 14 inches...

 

[Hellstrom]

If he's eating fine then he's not brumating...

My beardie is active about 8 hours too...although it's a different 8 hours. He wakes up around 10 and doesn't move until 12 then it's back to sleep at 8...

I think each beardie kind of figures out their own schedule. Do you have proper lighting/heat and UVB? What time are your lights set to go on and off?

 

[phanatical92]

Basking temps are about 100-105, and the cool side is at 75-80. I use a Zilla Desert 50 UVB tube- it came with the fixture, so I'm just waiting for the 6 month period to get him a Reptisun 10.0. His basking light is just a regular 100 watt incandescent lightbulb. I don't have any timer on my lights- I generally just turn them on when I get up at around 6 am and turn them off once he falls asleep (sometimes on my lap while I'm on the computer)