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15-May-08, 08:43 PM
| | | My Beardie sleeps all day?
Hi all, i got my first reptiles 2 beardies about 4 months ago. I bought them as pairs but just found out they are two boys  , They have been together until two weeks ago. Had to separate them as they started going each other. Anyway, for the last 4 days one of them just sleeps all day..... I have woken him up so he can eat crickets, he eats, then hes out again. The other one doesnt, he is business as usual.
Is this something to worry about?
They are both kept in identical 4x2x2. Temperature is arround 28-30. Could it be that he is missing the other (silly question???)
Any help appreciated, Cheers... |
15-May-08, 08:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 13  | | | | His probably dreaming about the other one, and are you sure they were fighting?? =] |
15-May-08, 08:57 PM
| | | | LOL, yep im sure they were fighting and nothing else. They were confirmed as boys by someone experienced in herps. |
15-May-08, 09:05 PM
|  | Be The Rat! Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: SEQLD Age/Gender: 21 | | | | sounds like brumation
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he was being good and i let my guard down...........and he bit me on the face!!
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15-May-08, 09:10 PM
|  | +Timmo+ Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 13 | | | | Yea i would say Brumation.
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15-May-08, 09:14 PM
| | | | So its best to wake it for feeds or leave him alone? Im sure i have to wake him when cleaning the cage. |
15-May-08, 09:22 PM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | Leave him alone, he probably will eat little or nothing untill spring, most important not to disturb them when in brumation.
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15-May-08, 10:10 PM
| | | | Thanks for your replies, I will try not to disturb him and feed only when he is awake. Just one more question. Should i turn the temperatures down? |
15-May-08, 10:23 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender:  | | | | if 38-40 under basking light at head height.......& the cool end 20 during the day....leave lights on
how old is your beardies?
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15-May-08, 10:31 PM
| | | | The beardies are about 10 months old, i think. I have had them for 4 months. I was just concerned as the other one has not behaved like this. I will leave the temperatures on then and make sure they are at the 38-40 range |
15-May-08, 10:34 PM
| | Be The Rat! Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: SEQLD Age/Gender: 21 | | | yeah my two boys are both in brumation at the moment, i wish i got to sleep all day like they do 
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15-May-08, 10:35 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | 10mnths old is way too young to brumate
do you have them in glass...tubs.....wooden habitat?
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15-May-08, 10:38 PM
| | Be The Rat! Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: SEQLD Age/Gender: 21 | | | | 10 months is a fine age if they were well fed.
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15-May-08, 10:41 PM
| | | | I have them each in a 4x2x2 foot wooden enclosure with glass front, standard set up with UV and basking light. Some fake rocks and newspaper on the floor. They both seem healthy and eat heaps of crickets and vegies... |
15-May-08, 10:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | i think we need some sizes of the 2 dragons....for comparison...& for brumation
at 10mnths my boys averaged.... in length from chin to tail tip.....44cm....head..6.5cm...weight 300grams
.................................................. .................................................. ..."'"........48cm... " ".....8 cm......" "........460grams
but they hadnt fully grown yet!...thats the key issue with brumating
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