Vegetarian beardie

[techdave]

Kinda getting a bit concerned now. It's been about 3 weeks since Tiamat has eaten any live feeder. Used to eat supers with no problem, now he won't even look at them for more then a second. I tried to get him to eat dubias, but all he will do is taste their back and try to run away. I've tried putting them in his viv, I've put supers in a bowl in his viv and he won't eat any of them. He does eat his salad on a regular basis, still runs around and is active when we take him out. Temps and uvb are good. He hasn't really lost much weight, if any.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Hey Dave it is possible he is slowing down for brumation. How old is he?

 

[techdave]

He's about a year and a half.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Then it is a very good possibility he is slowing down for brumation.

 

[techdave]

Ok, so I just read the brumation article. Do I need to keep the temps the same as they are now? And will I need to turn on the uvb, since he'll be hiding?

 

[paulaann15]

When my beardie became an adult he slowed down on crickets quite a bit. I ended up just giving them as a treat once a week. I read that was normal.
Paula